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Drawdown Eugene

We’ve started a new coalition around the NW Natural franchise agreement, called Fossil Free Eugene! Click the button to learn more.

Fossil Free Eugene

Lane County Climate Action Plan Updates

Lane County’s “Climate Action Plan Citizen Advisory Committee” has met twice. While meetings thus far are very rules/process focused, we have observed some hopeful signs. The diverse committee includes many perspectives. The initial session showed volunteers with diverse backgrounds and perspectives including indigenous, science, youth, environmental/climate, forest protection, timber industry and social justice organizations.

At this moment the county appears to appreciate the committee’s depth of experience. The question is, will the county ignore their recommendations, like the City of Eugene did with their “advisory” bodies? That’s up to us! To keep the pressure on, don’t miss the December meeting on zoom. Tune in for yourself. You can listen or make comments. 

For more info on the Climate Action Plan Advisory Committee, check out BEST’s blog!

350 Eugene Ads Published in the Eugene Register Guard

Thank you to our supporters who have showed up to city council online to speak up about the Northwest Natural Franchise Agreement and action on the Climate Action Plan. We are excited to share two recent educational ads in response to Northwest Natural’s recent pro-fracking propaganda in the Register Guard. Read it for yourself, and contact local decision-makers to share your thoughts.

To learn about the facts that backup our educational ads:

Read the Facts
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350 Eugene’s Plan

Drawdown Eugene

350 Eugene’s Drawdown campaign works for local climate solutions.  Over the past two years, we have focused on following and influencing the city’s process to revise our Climate Action Plan (CAP).  The process has been slow, tortuous and to date has not produced the strong, comprehensive plan that we need.  The first draft was released in the fall of 2019, and 350 Eugene immediately called it out as a Plan to Fail.

Mayor Lucy Vinis reconvened the Mayor’s Climate Ad Hoc Committee in March 2020, “to provide guidance on how to modify the Draft CAP2.0 and to provide input on additional actions to add to the plan to fully meet the CRO goals”.

350 Eugene has a representative on this committee (Linda Heyl), and we have been active in giving input, pushing to strengthen the CAP’s content and design.  There are recent signs of improvement, but we’re not there yet!

Add you name to the Drawdown mailing list to receive status updates about what has improved and what still needs to be done.  Let’s continue raising our voices for a CAP that will achieve Eugene’s goals!

Join Drawdown Eugene!

Where would you like to plug in?

You don’t need to have any prior knowledge or experience with policy work. Bring whatever skills you have and learn with us!

For more information, click on the links below:

  • 350 Eugene Climate Emergency Declaration
  • Draft Climate Action Plan 2.0, November 2019 and Public Input Survey
  • Eugene Climate Recovery Ordinance, 2016
  • Eugene’s Community Sector-Based Greenhouse Gas Inventory, 2017 and the Consumption-based GHG Inventory, 2013
  • 350 Eugene’s Action Priorities for the Climate Action Plan
  • September 20, 2020

  • August 30, 2020

  • August 8, 2020

  • July 26, 2020

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Today’s Insight:

“Go faster, because this is all about pace, and root your efforts in justice, because that’s both right and effective. The battle is not just to swap out coal for sun; it’s to swap out a poisoned and unfair world for one that works for everyone, now and in the future. On we go.” – Bill McKibben

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