Dear friend,
On August 9, 2021 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released their Sixth Assessment Report. Again the IPCC reports in the strongest terms, we are living in a climate crisis caused by the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation.
Author: Chuck Willer
We need your help to hold OFRI accountable
Dear Friends,
As the spring 2021 Oregon legislative session comes to a close, we are asking for your help to get an important bill across the finish line.
HB 2357-B, the OFRI Forest Bill, is currently on Senate President Peter Courtney’s desk after passing the House and is awaiting referral.
Friend, we need advocacy that matters
On January 21, the Coast Range Association (CRA) unveiled our most ambitious proposal to date.
Titled Climate and Industrial Forests: A Green New Deal Proposal, the analysis and recommendations call for replacing Wall Street forest ownership with new, social-benefit enterprises grounded in local communities. Driven by facts of the climate crisis, responding to multiple social and economic problems and guided by House Resolution 109-the Green New Deal (GND), the proposal was written in strong, truthful language. Our effort resulted in a significant contribution to the global climate movement.
Oregon Coast Ocean News – New stunning videos of Cape Lookout and Cape Foulweather
It’s spring and there are many exciting educational events, trainings and action items for folks to support on the coast! CRA’s Ocean News is your curated source for all things conservation and climate on the Oregon Coast.
In March, the Coast Range Association partnered up with the Audubon Society of Lincoln City (ASLC) to produce two videos for their proposed Marine Conservation Area (MCA) designations for Cape Foulweather and Cape Lookout. Watch and learn more about these two beautiful sites ASLC submitted for addition to the Rocky Habitat Management Strategy inventory of rocky habitats.
Momentum Building for the Climate & Oregon’s Industrial Forests Green New Deal Proposal
On January 15, we released our Climate and Oregon’s Industrial Forests: A Green New Deal Proposal. Over the last month we have spoken with many enthusiastic Green New Deal (GND) supporters across Oregon. We are now in the process of sending the document to key regional and national climate leaders, including members of Congress. Not long after releasing the GND & industrial forests plan, the beginnings of an emergent grassroots support network appeared.
Major News: CRA Releases Green New Deal and Corporate Forests Proposal
Today, the Cost Range Association (CRA) released our groundbreaking Climate and Oregon’s Industrial Forests: A Green New Deal Proposal. The proposal responds to a call by Congressional leaders for proposals related to the Green New Deal (GND) framework of House Resolution 109. Our proposal calls for vastly increasing stored forest carbon on corporate-owned industrial forests while providing social benefits to forest workers and rural communities.
Oregon Coast Ocean News – New Year Opportunities
All of us at the Coast Range Association appreciate the important advocacy work many individuals and organizations conduct along the length of the coast. Despite the hardships, 2020 was a strong year for coastal and nearshore conservation. But much work remains.
With nearshore rocky habitat planning and protection, continued opposition to the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal and the scientific assessment and public policy analysis of restoring and protecting a healthy sea otter population in Oregon, 2021 offers exciting opportunities.
Huge Release: CRA Announces Green New Deal and Corporate Forest Proposal
Even though the Coast Range Association (CRA) team has been confined to our homes for the past eight months, we’ve been hard at work. On January 5th, we will release our most important proposal since the CRA’s 1993 Coast Range Biodiversity Conservation Plan. The document is titled Climate and Oregon’s Industrial Forests: A Green New Deal Proposal (GND). No similar forest proposal exists that scales to the climate emergency and concurrently achieves the just transition goals mandated by the GND (House Resolution-109). Visit our website to get an exclusive early look at the proposal.
Oregon Coast Ocean News – As temperatures rise, oceans are at the forefront of climate change
All of us at the Coast Range Association send our well wishes as we move through the anticipation of the final months of 2020. This year has been unprecedented in many ways, but we continue to fight for action on climate change, working to ensure our communities and the Oregon Coast are prepared during these times of change. We ask that you forward this newsletter to your friends and family across Oregon. With your help we can build informed and engaged communities that act on behalf of our coast!
Oregon Coast Ocean News – Updates from the Living Ocean
Our hearts go out to everyone impacted by the recent wildfires. We hope all are getting the support they need and continue to stay healthy and engaged during these difficult times. Oregon Coast Ocean News is here to keep you informed on the most important coastal news and events. We continue to highlight important work and research from our many partners on Oregon’s marine reserves and the current and future impacts of climate change on our coast and communities. We also share many ways to become involved and stay connected to coastal conservation and stewardship.
Resources and educational materials for Labor Day east wind wildfires
Our hearts go out to the thousands of Oregonians tragically impacted by the Labor Day east wind fires. With over one million acres burned, hundreds of structures destroyed, ten people dead and tens of thousands of people evacuated, the fire impact to Western Oregon is unprecedented.
A Just Transition for Oregon’s Forests
This bears repeating, Coast Range forests are some of the best forests in the world, per acre, at storing carbon. In light of this fact, any proposal that takes on the climate crisis in Oregon must include a bold new vision for the private industrial forest estate.
Oregon Coast Ocean News – Ocean Justice and a Blue New Deal
Oregon Coast Ocean News is here to provide you the most important Oregon Coast and climate stories and events. We continue to highlight important work and research on the impacts of climate change on our coast and communities. We also provide many ways to stay connected to coastal conservation and stewardship.
Please consider donating to the Coast Range Association to help keep this important newsletter in your inbox. With your help we can continue to build a more informed society as we face the many social and environmental crises facing Oregon and our nation. Something you would like to see in these newsletters? Send an email, andrew@coastrange.org.
Demand the Oregon Global Warming Commission act at the scale and urgency of the climate crisis
In March 2020, Governor Brown issued Executive Order (EO) 20-04 requiring state agencies to develop strategies to prevent the most serious, catastrophic impacts of climate change. EO 20-04 calls on agencies to exercise their authority to assist in achieving a reduction in climate change-causing greenhouse gas emissions and address historical injustices by helping impacted and vulnerable communities to adapt to climate change. But are Oregon’s state agencies doing enough?
Oregon Coast Ocean News – Oregon Coast Climate Updates & Summer Events
Oregon Coast Ocean News is here to provide you the most important Oregon Coast and climate stories and events. We continue to highlight important work and research on the impacts of climate change on our coast and communities. We also provide many ways to stay connected to coastal conservation and stewardship.
Please consider donating to the Coast Range Association to help keep this important newsletter in your inbox. With your help we can continue to build a more informed society as we face the many social and environmental crises facing Oregon and our nation. Something you would like to see in these newsletters? Send an email, andrew@coastrange.org.