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Witnessing the precipitous declines in birds and wildlife in general, he saw he had to expand his focus from enjoyment to protection. “If we keep the environment healthy for birds, we will be keeping it healthy for us. That is the humane and responsible thing to do,” he says. “It's more fun than trashing the place, too.” https://www.nsclimateaction.org/livingston-bio daily 0.75 2023-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/f7a05653-1aef-4aec-a60b-c0174b375972/P1070773+small%281%29.JPG https://www.nsclimateaction.org/ledger-bio daily 0.75 2022-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/719e1af9-d425-4c8b-b40f-36e29fd3ad8b/20190808_183859.jpg Ledger bio David Ledger David learned to love and appreciate nature growing up on a 270 acre ranch, surrounded on two sides by a 3,000 acre ranch left largely in its natural state in San Luis Obispo County. Here he learned to love the outdoors. David sees climate change as the biggest threat to humanity and to almost all life forms on Earth. David has been a field trip leader for Friends of the Dunes in Arcata and a volunteer at Friends of Arcata Marsh. He was a field trip leader for the Shasta Chapter of California Native Plant Society for ten years and is their current Conservation Chair. David has also led field trips for Horsetown Clear Creek Preserve and Shasta Group of Sierra Club where he is on the Executive Committee. He is President of Shasta Environmental Alliance (SEA). https://www.nsclimateaction.org/plaga-bio daily 0.75 2022-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/0a4b88f0-4241-44cc-a7f3-7f65438e8098/white+phone+2018+530.jpg Plaga bio Tamra Plaga NSCA Chairperson 2019 These are my Quarter Horses, Traveler and Pop. We’ve been riding our local trails together for about 12 years. The wide variety of recreational opportunities is something that brings folks like us to the north state. Over the past years, the quality of those opportunities has been greatly diminished due to the more frequent and ferocious wildfires. We live on edge spring through fall watching the sky for smoke. And when it comes, sometimes we have to evacuate, but we always suffer from unhealthy air quality. On windy days, the risk of falling ruined trees makes it too dangerous to be on the trails. Given time, those trees would feed the soil and encourage new growth, but with the horrific warming of the planet, the area will likely burn again before it can recover. Traveler and I once rode with exhilaration and joy. Now, the trails are mere ghosts of what they once were, and we ride with a sense of sadness and loss that comes from the knowledge that today’s young people will never know the beautiful, lush trails of the past…..unless we act. Action on climate change is why I donate my time to NSCA and why I hold out hope for the future. https://www.nsclimateaction.org/riverfront-development daily 0.75 2022-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/51b73c6a-e960-4d9c-8214-ddcb270f0712/sundial%2B12.jpg Riverfront Development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/765fa366-0f6d-462a-9f69-41fc8cf77bb7/solar+panels.jpg Riverfront Development - Focus for February 2022 https://www.nsclimateaction.org/ed-focus-value-of-natural-lands daily 0.75 2022-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/d66cd5d1-4b87-4471-a5a5-c94ce933381f/IMG_20150712_162155.jpg Ed focus value of natural lands - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/ca3422d6-a4ba-42ef-b78c-d1227cdc945b/IMG_0488.JPG Ed focus value of natural lands - Make it stand out A “chamber of commerce” day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1648771452870-B9UO40RJQW9I6ZLJPF51/unsplash-image-7rSMoOKrLoo.jpg Ed focus value of natural lands - Make it stand out Wildfire smoke degrades local air quality. https://www.nsclimateaction.org/dyksta-bio daily 0.75 2022-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/b74d0c32-f5f6-4276-8803-3c8102b9e72a/ron+at+table+at+concert+2.jpg Dyksta Bio - Ron Dykstra Ron believes that action to address the climate crisis is critical to preserve a livable world for his children and grandchildren, as well as the rest of our planet’s inhabitants and their descendants. That is why he joined NSCA. In addition to his participation in NSCA, Ron is an active volunteer with Citizens’ Climate Lobby, an international organization that promotes a carbon fee and dividend program to help address the climate crisis. Ron is a retired engineer who focused on water quality issues during his career. He has lived in Redding for more than 40 years. https://www.nsclimateaction.org/nelson-bio daily 0.75 2022-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/80ff0fd2-812f-44b5-ad28-e2566cd53368/jim+head+shoty.jpg Nelson bio - Jim Nelson Jim currently lives in Redding and spends his free time gardening, skiing, camping, and hunting. He is the owner of Nelson Facilitation LLC. Jim retired from the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) at the end of 2006 where he worked on habitat conservation. He pursued acquisition of lands to protect sensitive resources and was successful at attracting large grants for conservation efforts. Before coming to the Department of Fish and Game in 1989, Jim worked for ten years as a botanist for the California Energy Commission in their Power Plant Siting Division. He investigated the effect of air-born pollutants from thermal power plants on surrounding vegetation. He participated in licensing proceedings on proposed facilities throughout California. Since the early 1990’s, Jim has pursued the study and practice of facilitation, negotiation, and mediation for environmental problem solving. He has taught many classes on facilitation and environmental negotiation reaching thousands of scientists, resource managers and conservationists. He has worked directly with many groups facilitating discussions on complex and sometimes highly controversial topics. Since retiring from state service, Jim continues to help groups dealing primarily with natural resource conservation. He has served on several boards of trustees. https://www.nsclimateaction.org/mccrary-bio daily 0.75 2022-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/2335dc24-1569-4ede-ade9-66a841570ee0/head+shot+MaryAnnMcCrary-MedFrame.JPG McCrary bio - Mary Ann McCrary Mary Ann believes averting the worst extent of climate change should be our current bi-partisan World War 2- level effort. Mary Ann is retired from a 20-year career with the State of California. She worked on restoring wetland and riparian habitats impacted by construction, and the protection and management of Ecological Reserves. In the 1990’s she did botanical surveys, Conservation Easement baseline reports, and volunteered for The Nature Conservancy’s riparian restoration projects on the Sacramento River. Mary Ann has a Master’s in Environmental Science and a Bachelor’s in Microbiology. She enjoys pollinator-gardening and supporting wildlife in her ¼ acre urban yard by landscaping with California native plants. https://www.nsclimateaction.org/grissom-bio daily 0.75 2022-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/93d886bd-7fb7-41d2-badf-96d3ccc04e5c/FSCN0422.jpg Grissom bio Kathy Grissom Educator and Environmentalist I have always believed that all living things are interconnected and have been concerned about the fate of our beautiful earth since I read Silent Spring many years ago. I want to do what I can to raise awareness about the seriousness of our climate situation and work to change the direction we have been going as a community. I volunteer with North State Climate Action and Schools for Climate Action. I retired from my career as a Special Education teacher and Behavior Specialist a few years ago. Before that, I mostly worked in other settings with at risk youth and spent a few years as a Conservationist with the California Conservation Corps. Now, I spend my time riding my horse, packing into the mountains, camping, fishing, relaxing and working on my 5 acres. https://www.nsclimateaction.org/deckert-bio daily 0.75 2022-03-27 https://www.nsclimateaction.org/wind-power-commission-letter daily 0.75 2022-05-07 https://www.nsclimateaction.org/riverfront-2 daily 0.75 2022-08-04 https://www.nsclimateaction.org/riverfrontemailaction daily 0.75 2022-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1647305215916-UC89HKG1ULLYOGVRCCXK/sundial%2B12.jpg Riverfront-Email-Action - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1647305215916-UC89HKG1ULLYOGVRCCXK/sundial%2B12.jpg Riverfront-Email-Action https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/42dd38cd-37e7-46f1-90f7-ecda00a163da/solar+panels.jpg Riverfront-Email-Action https://www.nsclimateaction.org/contact-elected-officials daily 0.75 2022-04-27 https://www.nsclimateaction.org/bike-month daily 0.75 2022-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1651178539934-U14ALTPI95CBFSMF9J3I/unsplash-image-9qsK2QHidmg.jpg Bike Month - Lower Your Footprint, Push on the Pedal For short distances, walking or riding a bike is a great choice for low-to-no carbon emissions. The development of E-Bikes and E-Cargo Bikes and protected bike lanes make using a bike to get to work, do shopping, and have fun easy for people of all ages and abilities to enjoy without burning fossil fuels. Public transportation like buses, subways, and trolleys are almost always better for the planet than driving a car, because the more people traveling together in a vehicle, the smaller the carbon footprint of each person. Every gallon of gasoline you don’t buy avoids 22 pounds of CO2 emissions, and every mile you walk burns an average of 100 calories. Avoiding just 10 miles of driving every week would eliminate about 500 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions a year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/b4383ea9-bd1c-45f1-8b09-785a13dd8208/Dinosaur+on+Bike.jpg Bike Month - May is Bike Month! May is National Bike Month, promoted by the League of American Bicyclists and celebrated in communities from coast to coast, including here in Shasta County. Established in 1956, National Bike Month is a chance to showcase the many benefits of bicycling — and encourage more folks to giving biking a try. In many ways, climate change and modern transportation go hand in hand. The life-changing technological advances and extraction economy from the Industrial Revolution that ushered in new modes of travel are the same technologies and mindset that have contributed to the wide-scale pollution of the planet (CO2, NOX, particulate matter and other pollutants). California’s transportation sector accounts for about 50 percent of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions, nearly 80 percent of nitrogen oxide pollution, and 90 percent of diesel particulate matter pollution. Motor vehicles are the leading cause of air pollution and carbon emissions in the United States, though other modes of travel, such as planes and cruise ships, create greater emissions per trip per person. Transitioning the transportation sector away from the use of carbon-based fuels, incorporating zero and near-zero emission technologies, and promoting clean and healthy mobility is critical to achieving climate change goals, clean air standards and returning to a right relationship with the earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1651178874545-F8Y342GQ50OH6OB299SO/unsplash-image-Nnl2c0NFKwE.jpg Bike Month - Walking and Biking is an easy way to fight climate change! Celebrating National Bike Month this May is a fun way to start your move to using a bike more often AND lowering your carbon emission footprint. Healthy Shasta and many other local partner organizations have put together a list of fun activities to celebrate clean and healthy mobility all month long for people of all ages and abilities. You can also encourage your local elected officials to continue to make our communities more bikeable and walkable! Be sure to check out the work of Shasta Living Streets. They are about to open the new Shasta Bike Depot in downtown Redding and will launch a community-wide equitable E-Bike Share Program in the coming months. Transitioning to clean, active mobility is getting a whole lot easier! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1651179197009-NJ71QQJQONXSC6GQ86CH/unsplash-image-80YtegeiWYM.jpg Bike Month - Resources: https://healthyshasta.org/bike-challenge/ https://bikeleague.org/bikemonth https://hr.umich.edu/sites/default/files/green-facts-%202015.pdf https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/214235/ditching-walking-biking-just-week-cuts/ https://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/transportation-and-climate-change/ https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/climate_law_institute/transportation_and_global_warming/ https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200317-climate-change-cut-carbon-emissions-from-your-commute https://www.c2es.org/content/reducing-your-transportation-footprint/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1651585986586-DJE4FCGQ30R0CU4IU443/1.jpg Bike Month https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1651586093860-62VL639OQGDB4E9MR3NR/2.jpg Bike Month https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1651586140467-SECACH7EPVOLH9PSBB30/3.jpg Bike Month https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1651586257663-S0TCSB9NA1M2FAE5CXBI/4.jpg Bike Month https://www.nsclimateaction.org/education-focus-group daily 0.75 2023-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1652650430971-Y95WVOPTPXXU5AHLMC2S/IMG_0493.JPG Education Focus Group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1652650922856-RWY7OHJOE5KUHW9IB4VB/Copy+of+WSFF-2022-Virtual_Event_FB_1f-CCLCR.jpg Education Focus Group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1659282097238-M8JI66ZYW40PUMZT8LVP/electrification%2Bis%2Bour%2Bfuture.jpg Education Focus Group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/32c5a7db-e485-410b-9a92-0177cee7052a/earth+shot.jpeg Education Focus Group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/f48322de-db0a-4d44-a9f7-276c4e851c29/if+cllimate+was+a+bank.jpg Education Focus Group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/4ff821ad-ff51-4585-8112-99e7992aa8f6/poster+2040.jpg Education Focus Group https://www.nsclimateaction.org/action-focus-group daily 0.75 2024-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1652653496712-2BOIE07S79BGBEAQ2YZQ/wind+farm+at+night.png Action Focus Group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1657031786758-FROFHHFEXRP9RPNHQG1J/wind-turbine-3.jpg Action Focus Group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1659644598920-9XB6XV79A2QY9QEYHVT3/Sac+River+and+Sundial+Bridge%281%29.jpg Action Focus Group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/42dd38cd-37e7-46f1-90f7-ecda00a163da/solar+panels.jpg Action Focus Group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1661728832395-2QESSLAI4MWH2KVHJKXG/photo-1528183429752-a97d0bf99b5a.jpg Action Focus Group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/172bdf88-b821-4723-84dd-79f8e81ae385/earth+in+hand.jpg Action Focus Group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/f8d24654-92db-47de-8b34-d1f1b69f29ee/oak+tree.jpg Action Focus Group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/a799b881-3a3c-456c-84b9-b7048d2d9b28/reddingcityhall.jpg Action Focus Group https://www.nsclimateaction.org/electrification daily 0.75 2022-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1653514358831-72X03OQLP9C8Q0H2HJV1/unsplash-image-a1Lm99Kkqtg.jpg Electrification - Electricity Can Be Produced from Carbon Free Energy Sources Although the majority of today’s power plants are supplied by fossil fuels, solar and wind energy are becoming increasingly attractive power sources. In an economy powered by solar and wind, the energy used to locate, mine, refine, and transport fossil fuels is unnecessary, and the corresponding 10% of today’s energy costs goes away. In addition, the pollution produced during these processes is eliminated. Studies show that wind and solar can easily supply our energy requirements and are less expensive than operating current fossil fuel power plants. Whenever feasible, solar and wind power plants can be installed locally to minimize the cost of transmission. Technological innovations in battery storage, high-capacity power lines, and zero-carbon hydro, geothermal, and nuclear generation provide demand-side flexibility alongside variable solar and wind energy sources. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/82c1cb51-bb04-4185-bedf-3ee8d7d6d73b/electric+appliances.jpg Electrification - Adopt the Mindset of Electrification As we transition to clean energy and electrify our economy, it is important to remember that the sooner we adopt the mindset of electrification, the better. In other words, the sooner we all replace that internal combustion powered vehicle with an electric vehicle and replace those gas powered appliances with electric appliances, the sooner we reach our goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and sustaining a livable world. https://www.nsclimateaction.org/health-effects-of-gas-appliances daily 0.75 2022-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1653517259906-CVJ9L0UX92NTV31E8FT1/unsplash-image-1bQSP0_iLMc.jpg Health Effects of Gas Appliances - A Gas Stove Presents a Health Risk, Even When Turned Off These stoves are emitting gasses that can pose serious health effects when inhaled. Scientists found that over three quarters of the methane emissions from gas stoves are emitted while the stove is off. These emissions can trigger asthma, coughing and increase susceptibility to respiratory infections. When the stove is lit, nitrogen dioxide is released. It only takes a few minutes of unventilated stove use to generate emission levels above national health standards. In addition to respiratory problems, nitrogen dioxide exposure has been linked to cardiovascular issues, diabetes, poorer birth outcomes, premature mortality and cancer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1653517512836-ZPT64QVUR95KFCMV47CS/unsplash-image-V6bsHM4BrRo.jpg Health Effects of Gas Appliances - Health Effects on Children Children are more susceptible to negative health effects from these emissions than adults due to their smaller size in relation to their lung surface and their higher level of activity. According to an analysis done in 2013 by the Oxford Academic International Journal of Epidemiology, children living in homes with gas stoves were 42% more likely to experience symptoms associated with asthma and 24% more likely to be diagnosed with lifetime asthma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1653518024593-LSTQ8P0FH76KIHP9C39I/unsplash-image-aPoF91L-n6k.jpg Health Effects of Gas Appliances - Safeguards If you have a gas stove, it is important to always use the vent when cooking. It also helps to use the back burners since they send more gas into the ventilation system than the front burners. Going electric in our homes is a win for climate as well as a significant action to protect our health. https://www.nsclimateaction.org/new-ca-building-codes daily 0.75 2022-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1653519764084-SEAPQOME4GZWFIWVP7R9/unsplash-image-2ASQyjafflo.jpg New CA Building Codes - Rewire California Since electricity has the potential to be carbon free and since buildings emit some 40% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, going all-electric in buildings is a valuable piece of the battle against climate change. This effort is powered by millions of individual choices–Do I buy a gas stove or an electric stove? –and by our collective choices through government. California is at the forefront of choosing electricity in new construction. California’s Building Code, effective 2023, will require clean energy and efficiency features in new construction and some remodels: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/48471dcc-b381-41d0-8ce2-c314872a7ab8/electrification+in+buildings.jpg New CA Building Codes - Incentives for Building Electric Many cities and counties in California have leap-frogged ahead of the state with a variety of incentives and regulations to support the rapid switch from fossil fuels to electricity. Nationally and globally, there are calls for ramping up the manufacture of heat pumps and the installation jobs that go with them. Locally, the Redding Electric Utility, true to its name and focus, expects to start a new rebate program in July for efficient electric appliances and technologies, residential and commercial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1655913476034-SKQWLSIGKCCTV8967UIO/heat+pumps.jpg New CA Building Codes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1655913915317-US1ZTATWO33LBPWAE3AQ/home+wiring.jpg New CA Building Codes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1655914517996-T3GBTAS3EP2S9OIA1NNY/solar+panel+wiring.jpg New CA Building Codes https://www.nsclimateaction.org/wind-farm-ban daily 0.75 2022-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/b104a915-ad62-4b14-b84f-07438c55556a/jan-kopriva-emOTmBXaxis-unsplash.jpg wind farm ban Wind power benefits Consideration of any proposed wind power project should take into account that wind power provides many benefits: Substantially reduced carbon dioxide (CO2) discharge. Reduced air pollution. Reduced water use and water pollution. An improved economy. Energy independence Increase energy and national security. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1654045043418-EBCB10S0LIC7DF5OUL0Z/unsplash-image-OVbctIirb5Q.jpg wind farm ban Potential Wind Power Impacts Wind power projects have environmental consequences, like all infrastructure. But those consequences must be addressed in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act. A CEQA Environmental Impact Report (EIR) requires project proponents to investigate 15 different categories of potential environmental impacts for any development. The project must then be reviewed by planning staff with public input, and then approved or disapproved by both the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors, again with public input. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1654044482038-HYTR2K01PA0YHXNFPMKO/wind-turbine-3.jpg wind farm ban https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg wind farm ban https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694583486-2PQT0LQ193RL7MCB6DX4/20140228_Trade+151_0046.jpg wind farm ban https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694644871-IC85FNH781UNZSZEGHDR/Aro+Ha_0428.jpg wind farm ban https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847767761-J2M1HI20BXRQ9XCR0HUD/Large+JPG-Aro+Ha_0387.jpg wind farm ban https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1652653496712-2BOIE07S79BGBEAQ2YZQ/wind+farm+at+night.png wind farm ban https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1654107621301-SBQDSGA3WPK5L9V5E3OL/wind+farm+at+dusk.jpg wind farm ban https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1654107658304-XE3Q9RD3RXG6WVP2R3DA/wind-turbine-3.jpg wind farm ban https://www.nsclimateaction.org/natural-gas-combustion daily 0.75 2022-06-13 https://www.nsclimateaction.org/learning-to-thrive daily 0.75 2022-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1656695582812-R9R5O2FNXSV92NEN146U/unsplash-image-sFydXGrt5OA.jpg Learning To Thrive - This is because warmer temperatures enhance evaporation, which reduces surface water and dries out soils and vegetation. This makes periods with low precipitation drier than they would be in cooler conditions. Higher air temperatures not only encourage drought conditions to build but also intensify them. Warming temperatures also diminish snowfall, an essential water resource for the Northern Hemisphere. Climate change is also altering the timing of water availability. We have seen major changes to the amount and timing of rainfall and snow in the north state over the past decade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1656695641050-AUMDCJ751UWFHDTI8YG6/unsplash-image-HxxmKwvUbgI.jpg Learning To Thrive - According to an August 2021 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, scientists have high confidence that for every half degree Celsius (0.9 degree Fahrenheit) the atmosphere warms, noticeable increases will occur in some regions in the intensity and frequency of droughts that harm agriculture and ecosystems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/b5268e15-d4f4-4b7a-8592-f5b3b68721f4/water+drop.jpg Learning To Thrive - Our Future Doesn’t Have to Dry Up! Currently, 97.5% of California is experiencing “severe drought” conditions with 60% of California, including the north state region, experiencing “extreme drought”. The drought that has parched California and the American West for much of the past two decades ranks as the driest 22-year period in at least 1,200 years, according to a new study published recently. The future for those of us living in California is predicted to be a hotter, thirstier West, causing more farmland to become fallowed, more desalination projects and other changes in water use and supply. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/ad255ee0-3f47-48c3-ba59-4c4107fd6ec7/SEA+LOGO.jpg Learning To Thrive - Updating Redding’s Tree Ordinance Will Help Our Community! David Ledger, President of the Shasta Environmental Alliance has been working for the past few years to get the City of Redding to update its outdated Tree Ordinance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/2837e55b-e8eb-4a5d-8cea-460098d50238/UrbanHeatIslandIllustration-FINAL-1024x826-1.jpg Learning To Thrive - Cooling Off Heat Island Effects Makes Redding More Livable for Everyone Warmer global temperatures means more heat for us living in the north state. Over the past 5 years, we have seen extreme heat last for longer periods in our summer months. Heat related deaths (including in Shasta County) represent a public health emergency that will certainly worsen as climate change increases global temperatures. https://www.nsclimateaction.org/persistent-drought daily 0.75 2022-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1656855113849-JHZQXKZXDKPYW7AJ1PFE/unsplash-image-WjULnaVRwxU.jpg Persistent Drought - Repair leaky indoor and outdoor faucets. A seemingly small leak that drips once per second can waste 2,700 gallons of water a year, according to the American Red Cross. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/ef8508cc-34f9-404b-90f4-0dcd3b92a49b/water+drop.jpg Persistent Drought - What can we do to help our communities thrive ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/85f04abe-ac16-4177-8204-b19fef12c374/hillside-path-j-s-landscape_3264.jpg Persistent Drought - Xeriscape lawns and city green spaces. Replacing traditional lawn vegetation with native, drought-tolerant plants reduces outdoor water demand by 50-70%. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/bf0794db-dbb4-4edc-94bc-1b10b90f2175/updwell-homes-energy-efficiency-1.jpg Persistent Drought - Improve your home’s energy efficiency. Since water is needed to generate hydroelectric power and for cooling in other types of energy production, power grids can easily become strained during droughts. Limiting power consumption during peak times (4 p.m. to 9 p.m. local time) can help your community avoid preemptive power shutoffs, or worse, blackouts. Energy Efficiency Rebates provide incentives and support to make individual changes: PGE REBATE LINK REU REBATE LINK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/443ad119-adb5-4abe-ad50-837daa4eafc9/green+infrastructure+%233.jpg Persistent Drought - Push elected officials to install green infrastructure in our community. When nature is harnessed by people and used as an infrastructural system, it is called “green infrastructure”. Green streets, green roofs, and porous pavements allow whatever rain that does fall to slowly soak into the ground and replenish local groundwater reserves rather than be lost to storm drains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1656481791726-FRJVJ2DSD4VY4BM1TT23/unsplash-image-dtYLI0JLkUk.jpg Persistent Drought - Develop a conservation mindset. Adopting this perspective means you understand that Climate change is not some vague “new normal.” It is clearly identifiable, and solutions are attainable. Sustainability is a way of life. Efficiency is cool. A conservation mindset is one of the best defenses against drought and its associated risks of wildfire, crop failure, energy crises, and more. https://www.nsclimateaction.org/heat-island daily 0.75 2022-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1656482499059-044F75U9DUZ58O25I03C/unsplash-image-ac0LMgPsFJ4.jpg Heat Island - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1656855467632-HP2XQU7TTX3HGOV5EEIP/unsplash-image-S297j2CsdlM.jpg Heat Island - Preserve and plant trees: Trees are “air conditioning for cities,” as air temperature under trees can be more than 10 degrees cooler than a nearby unshaded area. Trees block solar radiation, filter particulates, absorb pollutant gases, and provide critical “evapotranspiration” benefits, converting the sun’s energy into water vapor which cools the air and utilizes solar energy that would have otherwise created more heat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/8e28383d-4bfa-4125-a008-f08c6377d399/Tree-lead.jpg Heat Island Prioritize and enforce robust tree ordinances: Localities that prioritize increasing tree canopy have implemented laws or ordinances that force developers to preserve trees, ensure tree density, plant minimum trees per lot, install trees shading sidewalks, and protect tree roots during construction in addition to levying fines for non-compliance. Learn more about Redding’s Tree Ordinance HERE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1656855422275-ZUQJBPDW5B58K5DYRC4U/unsplash-image-vngzm4P2BTs.jpg Heat Island - Can Nature Help Us ? Nature can be used to provide important services for communities by protecting them against flooding or excessive heat, or helping to improve air, soil and water quality. When nature is harnessed by people and used as an infrastructural system it is called “green infrastructure”. Green infrastructure occurs at all scales – in homes, neighborhoods, and entire communities. Green infrastructure is essential to creating resilient communities in the face of climate change! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/aadc618d-55ec-47bb-9ffe-3f4e12de10a1/los_angeles_museum_of_the_holocaust_2or_edited-1200x900.jpg Heat Island - Require developers to use green roofs and cool roofing materials. Green Roofs are 30° to 40°F cooler than conventional roofs, redirect solar energy through evapotranspiration, help with air pollution, and keep buildings cooler, reducing reliance on air conditioning which increases energy demand and pollution. Mandate pervious or cooler materials for non-roof hardscapes. Increase shade percentages in parking lots by creating minimum tree amounts and incentivize covered solar parking structures to mitigate heat island effects in parking lots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/82ab1159-0727-49e9-b598-f6c8025075b5/UrbanHeatIslandIllustration-FINAL-1024x826-1.jpg Heat Island Heat islands can make extreme heat even worse. These heat islands disproportionately affect lower income areas and residents living in downtown areas that lack vegetation. Heat islands contain mostly human-made impervious surfaces (asphalt and concrete) like buildings, streets and roads, sidewalks, rooftops, and parking lots, and they have little vegetation (trees, shrubs, and grass). These impervious surfaces absorb and trap heat during the day and slowly release it at night which results in higher nighttime temperatures. https://www.nsclimateaction.org/tree-ordinance daily 0.75 2022-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/1656856001730-MJGXBF8AT00ZBT7RN287/unsplash-image-w2E8qkApbQA.jpg Tree Ordinance - Redding’s Tree Ordinance needs our help! David Ledger, President of the Shasta Environmental Alliance has been working for the past few years to get the City of Redding to update its outdated Tree Ordinance (proposed changes in red). Updating this document would make it more robust and enforceable so that our community is better prepared to mitigate the hotter and drier conditions in the coming years. We encourage everyone to contact our City Council members about the need for a robust Tree Ordinance! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/37d5c2d5-0896-4cbc-949e-07a5eef0caf1/TREE+CANOPY+IMAGE.jpg Tree Ordinance - “A 40% tree canopy is needed to significantly offset heat island effects. Downtown Redding has about a 12% tree canopy, while the Garden Tract has about a 30% tree canopy based on satellite images. To increase our community’s tree canopy and take advantage of the cooling effects of tree shade, we must prioritize saving existing mature trees, plant drought resistant trees with large canopies to provide shade and provide them with adequate water and reduce the amount of open space covered with black asphalt. We need an enforceable policy that ensures an effective tree canopy approaching 40% across the city.” David Ledger, President, Shasta Environmental Alliance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/d8e9593d-6b28-4f1a-90f7-735e625a3694/SEA+LOGO.png Tree Ordinance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nsclimateaction.org/tree-ordinance-changes daily 0.75 2022-07-08 https://www.nsclimateaction.org/collaboration-focus-group daily 0.75 2024-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/ffd9bae4-94be-410d-84e8-977b3be245cc/COP28_S_engl_landscape-01-2-1200x940.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/017a80a9-dc57-4d00-9f6a-0067f34498a3/SEA+LOGO.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6179b57ab4d90c43499d2e54/abbfabb5-91bd-49b1-a986-5134b22b7188/CAL+citizens+climate+network.png 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