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Why we are 350: Scientists overwhelmingly agree that 350ppm CO2 is the upper limit to sustain life as humans have lived it. For 800,000+ years atmospheric CO2 varied between roughly 180 to 280ppm (graphic).
The numbers: Mauna Loa Observatory - this is NOT a record we want to set!
- This Friday: End the Era of Fossil Fuels: Chicago & Madison Events
- Friday, June 9, 12pm: Chase Bank Protest North
- Tuesday, July 12, 7PM: Meeting - Wisconsin's Case Against Fossil Fuel
- Upcoming Events - Walk Line 5 (June) & Mackinac (Labor Day)
350MKE People Make a Difference - We Act!
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END THE ERA OF FOSSIL FUELS!
Friday, June 9 (June 8 - 11)
Join Us in Chicago or Madison this Friday!
Right now, we are in a critical moment of escalation.
This coming September UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is calling for a global climate accountability summit in New York City where the explicit “ticket to entry” will be tangible action to keep fossil fuels in the ground.
Biden promised to be a climate president – yet under his watch, the U.S. continues to be the biggest producer of oil and gas in the world.
In the first few years of his term, he approved more lease sales for new oil and gas drilling on federal lands and waters than Trump.
There are 50+ events scheduled across the U.S.
You have two options: Chicago or Madison!
Chicago
End the Era of Fossil Fuels - Chicago! to RSVP
Start: Friday, June 09, 2023, 11:00 AM
Kluczynski Federal Building, 230 S Dearborn St, Chicago, IL
Host Contact Info: 350 Chicago - [email protected]
- The rally begins at the Kluczynski building for the kickoff rally
- March to Chase Tower
- March to the Aon Center - the People's Gas HQ. (People's Gas is a subsidiary of WEC which also owns We Energies!)
Jazz band CLIMATE funeral procession!
Madison
End Fossil Fuel Infrastructure to RSVP
Start: Friday, June 09, 2023, 12:00 PM
Wisconsin Capitol, 2 E Main St, Madison, WI
Host Contact Info: [email protected]
This will be the debut of our amazing group of singers, and we'll be assembling in the Wisconsin Capitol Rotunda at noon to use music and art to tell the Wisconsin government that we demand action now.
Join us on Friday during your lunch break to Stop Line 5 and end the era of fossil fuels in Wisconsin and the US!
If you'd like to carpool to Chicago or Madison contact us at [email protected].
We'll organize the car pools.
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350MKE Fridays for Future
Fridays from 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Chase & Wells Fargo Banks
Many banks (including Chase and Wells Fargo) are lending their depositor's money to fossil fuel companies to develop new fossil fuel production.
We want more people to be aware of this and hopefully change their bank or talk to the management!
We get honks and thumbs up from drivers and passersby. Some people stop and have a chat about what the banks are doing, or ask, "What is fossil fuel?"
We're alternating between two Chase Bank locations.
Chase Bank Calendar:
We have signs, or bring your own!
Masks and Physical Distancing as appropriate
No protest when below 20F, Winter Advisory, or wet snow/rain (signs are paper)
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350 Milwaukee Meeting
Tuesday, July 12, 7 - 8:30pm
Your Zoom Meeting Link
Wisconsin's Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies
Tom Seery
350 Milwaukee
No June Meeting
Time: Tuesday, July 12, 7 - 8:30pm
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 818 7303 5880
Passcode: 809467
Dial by your location
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kqojPZ0qE
Update on in-person meetings: The Steering Committee is looking at options.
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The Inflation Reduction Act & Electrification
May's meeting with Phil Smith
If you'd like to watch again, or you missed it, May's meeting is on-line at: 350mke
Share it, please.
Learn what the IRA can mean for YOU & the planet!
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Walk the Line - June 17/18
Join us on the weekend of June 17-18 to walk part of Enbridge's proposed expansion of the Line 5 pipeline, learn what's put at risk by the proposal, practice identifying endangered species, and meet others who are concerned! The weekend of events will take place in various parts of Ashland County.
Spring flooding and erosion has highlighted the risk that Enbridge's Line 5 poses to the Bad River, the watershed, and the region as a whole. A spill would be devastating, and a reroute wouldn't solve any of the issues the pipeline brings with it -- threatening Tribal sovereignty, threatening the climate, and threatening Lake Superior and local waterways.
Seeing the waters, woods, wildlife and more that are put at risk by this oil pipeline hammers home how important it is to shut it down. This weekend is a great way to see what we're fighting for! There are lots of activities planned, including:
- A short training on identifying endangered species put at risk by Line 5
- Conversations around how to organize locally against Line 5
- A potluck
- A pancake breakfast
- A hike at Copper Falls State Park
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Date: June 17th - 18th
Location: Northern Wisconsin, various locations
Lodging: We have several campsites reserved at Day Lake
Travel: We're coordinating carpools, where there's enough interest
RSVP here!
Labor Day Weekend
LABOR DAY WEEKEND AT THE STRAITS OF MACKINAC
 Do you dream of a lakeside vacation, with people of like mind, enjoying the weather, delicious Indigenous food, paddling, music, and an art build? It’s happening Labor Day Weekend at the Straits of Mackinac, and we’re invited! |
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