Save Our Happy Place - 🌎 Take Simple Climate Action
Hey there sunshine! Welcome back to Save Our Happy Place your weekly pop of environmental and climate activism. After a little summer break, we are back and ready for action! During Our BreakDuring my summer escapades along the West Coast, I chose to partake in a little digital detox. After years of one horrid news story after the next, I figured two weeks of no news and no Instagram wouldn’t kill me and the world would carry on. Naturally in my absence, the most monumental GOOD climate news to ever happen in the U.S. was announced. While hiking through Big Sur’s Andrew Molera State Park, luckily my partner was still receiving push news notifications and informed me the Inflation Reduction Act had been signed into law. After a moment of pure glee and a jump for joy, a huge wave of relief came over me. After years of protesting, petitioning, and lobbying representatives, something monumental finally happened. I allowed myself to believe that maybe we could turn this whole climate disaster around. Maybe we would be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel. With a sigh of relief and a new wave of hope, I invite you also to celebrate this win and all of the small ones that lead up to this one (they count too!). Because almost everything we do as humans has an impact on our environment and the climate, we will always have more work to do. But let this good news energize you to keep fighting the good fight. Inflation Reduction Act: A Climate WinThe Inflation Reduction Act is the most expansive, significant, and impactful investment in our green future that has ever come from the U.S. Congress. After years of trying to compromise on climate legislation, Congress finally was able to pass an agreement through this act that was then signed into law by President Biden on Tuesday, August 16th. The Part You PlayedSince Save Our Happy Place’s launch in October 2021, we have collectively taken over 30 unique actions directly demanding that Congress and President Biden create meaningful climate policy. This call for action had many faces over the course of the year, whether that was the Infrastructure Bill or the Budget Reconciliation Bill and U.S. Climate Policy faced many foes. But we were not going to stay quiet while officials elected on their pro-climate agendas accomplished nothing. This is a huge win for the climate, for our futures, and for ourselves. Activism works. Making your voice heard works. I applaud you for your efforts in climate action this past year and beyond. Without all of us chiming in unison, we may not have seen any robust climate policy come to fruition. The Big WinsOverall $369 billion will be invested in energy, climate, and environmental protections as well as climate justice over the next 10 years. The bill should stimulate a remarkable renewable energy boom, create clean energy jobs, and help the U.S. curb greenhouse gas emissions up to 40 percent, below 2005 levels, by 2030. Highlights:
Some Personal Benefits:
The CatchThere is always a catch. If you’ve been keeping tabs on the ongoing Climate Policy drama with Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, the sole Democrat keeping climate policy from passing much sooner, then this should be of no surprise to you. The bill includes:
What’s Next?With this negotiating tactic between Schumer and Manchin leaving room for continued fossil fuel extraction, we need to continue focusing on ensuring that the investments listed in the bill go to real climate solutions and to the communities that need them. We’ll be keeping a pulse on how this plays out and aim to always hold our representatives accountable. Secondly, we’ll provide support and focus on the Gulf Coast, Appalachia, and Alaska to stop a potential wave of fossil fuel energy projects. Check out the below two actions to jump-start these precautions. Join the Appalachia Resistance
Help Stop Offshore Drilling for the Gulf Coast and Beyond
Some Rays of SunshineThe Headlines We’re Happy to See
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