by Rachael DeSouza On July 6th, members of 350 Tacoma hosted a first Renewable Energy gathering. Thank you to everyone who participated in the thoughtful, focused, and fun conversation. And thanks to the team of hosts for the delicious food…
On Monday a coalition of groups led by the Surfrider Foundation and Sierra Club, and including 350 Seattle and Tacoma, held a People’s Hearing on Offshore Drilling in Olympia. The event, held in a room adjacent to the Bureau of…
PSE IRP Hearing: February 21 Puget Sound Energy filed its 20-year energy plan, or Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), as is required every two years. And February 21 is the day that PSE customers and other people who breathe air in…
Big banks are breaking my heart. Why is that, you ask? Because not only do they continue to fund climate destructive fossil fuel projects, they also support private prisons and carry out fraudulent, predatory and discriminatory practices. And what better…
by Carol Kindt On Wednesday, January 31, 2018, the day dawned following a Super Blue Blood Moon. Women from every walk of life, accompanied by children and male supporters, gathered around noon for a circle of prayer led by elder…
In the predawn darkness of January 8, 2018, two trucks pulled up in front of the state capitol building in Olympia, Washington. Within minutes, four teepee-like “tarpees” were erected by indigenous and affiliated activists on the lawn at the base of the…
Expanding capacity of the currently existing Kinder Morgan pipeline would allow one million barrels per day of the dirtiest tar sands oil to be trafficked across our waters and then processed at refineries in Washington, California, and Asia. Thank you…
Thank you to the American labor movement and the social and economic achievements of workers! Here at 350 Tacoma, we know that jobs and a cleaner environment are not mutually exclusive. Jobs in clean energy – like solar and wind…
Testimony and Public Comment on Puget Sound Energy’s 2017 Rate Case Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission Dockets UE-170033 & UG-170034 If you live in Tacoma and you run across the words “Puget Sound Energy” and “public hearing” in an event…
In 2006, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization released a study showing that the animal agriculture industry is one of the chief contributors to climate change, contributing 18% of emissions, surpassing all transport industries combined (cars, trains, ships and…