Forward to your friends!
 

The Texas Drought Project mourns the loss of Frances “Sissy” Farenthold.  Some of us were privileged to work with Sissy for over 50 years, advocating on behalf of rights around the world, promoting an end to the death penalty, opposing the involvement of the U.S. in Central America and Iraq, and championing immediate action on climate change.  She will live on as we redouble our efforts with her inspiration and in her memory.
 

One Simple Important Action

 

If you care about protecting us from the growing ravages of climate change, call your congressperson—or, if they will probably be unsupportive of adequate climate action, then call the congressperson in your area who is likely to support the type of action that is needed. Ask them to communicate with President Biden (see elements of his climate plan below) before it is too late.

 

Call the US Congressional Switchboard at 202-224-3121 now and ask to be connected to either your congressperson or a congressperson that might be more responsive.  Here are some things you can say:

  • I care about future generations!  The upcoming UN Climate Conference Meetings in Milan and Glasgow may be our last best chance for a safe future.  Please ask Rep ____ to push Biden for action much bolder than his present plan in these meetings.
  • See below for other talking points - Biden needs to do more!

 

Antonio Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General, warned on Monday that “unless we collectively change course, there is a high risk of failure” at the much-anticipated U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, scheduled in early November. On September 30th, about 35 of the most powerful countries will meet in Milan, Italy,  where they will largely decide what happens at Glasgow. Weaker countries will be expected to accept those decisions without protest.

 

Speaking to reporters at U.N. headquarters in New York City after a closed-door meeting of national leaders to discuss climate policy, Antonio Guterres said “Based on the present commitments of member states, the world is on a catastrophic pathway to 2.7 degrees Celsius of heating, instead of 1.5 we all agreed should be the limit. To limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees, we need a 45% cut in emissions by 2030 so we can reach carbon neutrality by mid-century. Instead, the commitments made until now by countries imply an increase of 16% in greenhouse gas emissions — not a decrease of 45% — an increase of 16% in greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 compared to 2010 levels.”

 

This dire warning comes after a summer of droughts, fires, flooding and hurricanes in the U.S. and across the world—we have seemingly reached a new global normal. Where we are headed if we don’t act decisively at Milan and Glasgow is what is already happening in some countries—FAMINE.

 

While many world leaders talk about the existential threat of climate change, their plans to combat it and thus protect us are severely lacking.  Here in the US, President Biden touts his plan, while at the same time he is:

  • Signing 2400 new drilling permits by August 1st and on the way to 6000 in his first year, while it took Trump two years to reach that number

  • Putting no limits on fracking on private lands and few on public lands

    Supporting the continued construction of major pipelines including Line 3

  • Being unwilling to challenge Sen. Manchin’s protection of coal’s future

  • Offering only 11.4 billion to help poor countries deal with the ravages largely caused by the emissions of rich countries, while the 2022 military budget for current and past expenses is 3,543 billion

Biden's plan doesn't satisfy what the world is demanding:

 

Leave fossil fuels in the ground!

 

Please make that simple call today!!!

 

The switchboard number is 202-224-3121
 

"Blah, blah, blah":

Greta Lambasts Leaders Over Climate Crisis

 

Carbon emissions are on track to rise by 16% by 2030 rather than fall by half, according to the UN.  Halving emissions by 2030 is what is needed to keep global heating under the internationally agreed limit of 1.5C.  Read the full article on The Guardian.
 

What We’re Doing, and How You Can Help

 

The Texas Drought Project was formed in the fall of 2008 when we worked on the first big US climate bill called Waxman-Markey. In the following years we did climate education all over the state in hundreds of forums.

 

We need only $2500 per month to sustain this critical push to our last best chance for a safe future.  Any donation of $100 or more will be matched!