Our Climate Crisis What we can do about climate change and global warming PDA Albuquerque Aug 8, 2018
PDA Action Team “STOP GLOBAL WARMING” Join our community crew of climate crisis responders! Email: KarenBentrup@yahoo.com
did you … drive an alternative fuel vehicle, ride-share w/ 3+, take the bus, walk or ride a bike?
Red-hot planet! All-time heat records have been set all over the world during this summer!
Welcome our presenters this evening • Sue Queen, PDA Stop Global Warming • Cynthia Hall, PRC Vice Chair & Commissioner District 1 • Delese Dellios, 350New Mexico, Steering Commt. • Kevin Sanders, PRC Candidate District 2 • Steve Fischmann, PRC Candidate District 5 • Ted Cloak, PDA Stop Global Warming, Co-Lead
What actions can you take? • #1 - Demand large banks stop funding the dirty fossil fuel industry and divest of those banks. • Successful fossil fuel industry requires: – Ability to locate, extract and transport the fossil fuels – Big banks to finance their operating expenses and expansions. • In 2017 major banks in U.S. and Canada increased their financial investments in the fossil fuel industry.
U.S. and Canada increased their funding of dirty fossil fuels in 2017!
Divest Exceedingly important that banks decrease and eventually withhold their financing of oil companies. How to divest: Go to http: pdacnm/divest for links to: How to divest Link to review of highlights of environmental study: “Banking on Climate Change: Fossil Fuel Financial Report Card, 2018”
“Banking on Climate Change: Fossil Fuel Industry Report Card, 2018” Study compiled by the following organizations: Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Sierra Club, Oil Change International, Indigenous Environmental Network, and Honor the Earth. " Every single dollar that these banks provide for the expansion of the fossil fuel industry is a dollar going to increase the climate crisis .” - Stephen Katzman, Oil Change International
Study graded 36 major banks worldwide: • Their contributions to top 30 companies in each “extreme fossil fuel sector” – Tar sands = dirtiest energy fuel • Their adherence to the “Equator Principles,” respect for and protection of human rights – Especially important for pipelines for transport • Rating order for top 6 US banks: JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo
http://www.nmprc.state.nm.us/
https://350newmexico.org/
KevinSandersForPRC@gmail.com 575-403-5347
Stephen.Fischmann@gmail.com 505-273-4956
“Rise at the Rio for Climate, Water, Jobs & Justice” Sat. September 8 , 9 AM - 1 PM 540 Bridge Blvd, SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102 at 8th St.
Earth has always had natural cycles of warming and cooling, but not like we’re seeing now . The top five hottest years on record are 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2010 .
https://www.drawdown.org/
https://davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can- do/top-10-ways-can-stop-climate-change
https://www.sandersinstitute.com/blog/ how-we-talk-about-climate-change
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