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Right now, Washington State’s house and senate have a bill (HB2576 in the Public Safety Committee and SB6442 in the Human Services, Reentry and Rehabilitation Committee) before them that will ban private entities from owning and operating prisons (including administrative detention) in Washington, or through a contract with Washington State. Let's pass this bill!Together we can shut down down prisons and detention centers and #BanPrivatePrisons!
Right now, Washington State’s house and senate have a bill (HB2576 in the Public Safety Committee and SB6442 in the Human Services, Reentry and Rehabilitation Committee) before them that will ban private entities from owning and operating prisons (including administrative detention) in Washington, or through a contract with Washington State.
Let’s pass this bill! We can join other states like California and Illinois in the movement to decarcerate and close down prisons, jails, and detention centers. All prisons and detention centers are harmful, traumatic, and should be closed. We see the effort to close private prisons as one of the many ways we work towards ending detention and deportations in Tacoma, WA and beyond and one of the many ways we work towards a world with freedom of movement for all.
In legislative terms, it’s a short session, which means we have a narrow window to pass the bill this year. We know we can't wait because private prison companies are going on signing sprees to extend contracts in states where there is a threat of a private prison ban! We know we can't wait because we want people to be returned to their families and communities now! We hope you’ll join us by taking action together!
To keep the bill alive, we have to get it out of committee by Feb. 7th! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to stay updated. Want to volunteer for this campaign? Get involved with this effort by volunteering: Sign up to volunteer by filling out this form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf7BDewqGw3oHMDGPk0mBLoMHHJaktehVzetXMi6uoz0o1ong/viewform?usp=s...
Volunteer sign up form in Spanish here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHdoxkDEAvi4cW49GYIATnWa3Ashos0Fl6jGLpEHP1qrtnTw/viewform
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The world’s financial elites gather tomorrow for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
More than 1,200 activists are hiking in the winter cold to meet them and demand system change, not climate change.
World leaders must abandon the fossil fuel economy before it’s too late:
❌ halt all investments in fossil fuel exploration and extraction
❌ end all fossil fuel subsidies
❌ immediately and completely divest from fossil fuels
World Economic Failure – Uprising against Davos
Inspired by global mass demonstrations for climate justice, campaigners carry the protest to Davos, where those responsible for climate catastrophe will meet again from January 21 - 23 at the World Ec... Once again, Puget Sound Energy — a privately-owned monopoly energy utility — is asking the state for permission to raise its utility rates.
If they get what they want (in addition to rate hikes just approved in November), gas rates would soar 22% higher, even though commercial prices for fracked gas are now at historically cheap prices. Electricity rates would raise by 7%, which is also mind-boggling considering 60% of PSE's energy generation comes from cheap fracked gas and dirty coal.
All told, Puget Sound Energy would rake in another $200 million annually if the rate hikes are approved. A pretty sweet deal, considering they have no competition. Compare that to the costs of the LNG facility, where PSE is charging ratepayers $134 million dollars — 43% of the cost to build the facility — even though less than 2% of the project is projected to benefit ratepayers.
That's why residents in Thurston County and East King County are now organizing to pass public power initiatives, to sever their forced dependence on PSE's dirty energy. Voters in Jefferson County did just that in 2008, and now enjoy cleaner, cheaper, and more reliable energy.
Please come give public testimony and let the Utilities and Transportation Commission know how you feel about these increased rates, and how it feels to know our energy bills are being used to prop up fossil fuel industries, even in the face of a climate crisis.
Details: www.facebook.com/events/296902121248754/
Register as a driver or find a ride with this carpool link!
www.groupcarpool.com/t/m8gych
Talking points & link to online comment submission here!
www.350tacoma.org/2020/01/12/pse-seeking-rate-hikes-for-electricity-and-gas/
Online comments accepted through February 6th!