August 2021
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Hurricane Ida: This can’t be our new normal
Read more: Hurricane Ida: This can’t be our new normalThis weekend, on the 16th anniversary of Katrina, Hurricane Ida hit the Gulf Coast as a Category 4 storm, causing catastrophic damage to some of our most vulnerable communities. And what is our government doing? Nothing to match the scale and urgency of the climate crisis. As elected officials and people in power sit in…
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Sunrise General Movement Update: August 2021
Read more: Sunrise General Movement Update: August 2021On Thursday, August 5, 2021, Sunrise held its first ever Movement x All Hands call, a new monthly rhythm designed to bring together Movement Leaders and Sunrise staff to ground in our current organizing moment, share major updates from Sunrise hubs & the national organization, celebrate movement wins, build relationships and take collective action. This…
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Climate Scientists Say We Need to Act Now
Read more: Climate Scientists Say We Need to Act NowToday the most respected climate scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) told us we are out of time. In their sixth and latest report, they laid out the stark realities of our global climate future. We are locked into rising sea levels for the next new hundred years and rising temperatures until…
