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A pivotal climate battle can be won by solarizing California for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics...upending the global equation ecologically, economically and politically.
Letter printed below
The principle political target is Gavin Newsom, not Donald Trump.
As Lieutenant-Governor, Newsom signed a landmark 2018 blueprint for shutting the two dying atomic reactors at Diablo Canyon, replacing their output with a green phase-in.
The deal was signed by then-Gov. Jerry Brown, the state legislature & regulators, local governments, unions, green groups...& plant owner PG&E
Solar, wind, geothermal and battery storage now dwarf Diablo's output & regularly exceed California's entire electric demand; installed statewide battery backup exceeds Diablo's capacity by a factor of 4 (and growing) avoiding potential blackouts at least twice.
Covering LA County's rooftops, parking lots & aqueducts with solar panels can power all 60 Olympics sites & more. CA's 2,000,000 solar rooftops once sustained 70,000 jobs and put us on a trajectory to totally green-power Earth's #5 economy.
Saturday, December 14, 1:30-4:30pm
First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.
Let’s get together in person for a Second Saturday Salon — at a new time — in the afternoon — Saturday, December 14, 1:30-4:30pm.
We will honor Abe Bonowitz of Death Penalty Action with the 2024 Free Press Libby Award for Community Activism and hear updates about the abolition of capital punishment and celebrate the 90th birthday of Tekla Taylor-Lagway!
This event will include fun, socializing, and networking with progressive friends.
Some refreshments will be provided; potluck dishes are welcome.
Read more about Abe here.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact the Columbus Free Press at colsfreepress@gmail.com
Saturday, December 14, 7:30pm; Sunday, December 15, 2pm; Riffe Center Theatre Complex, 77 S. High St.
What better way to celebrate the holiday season than by watching the Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus in our concert, “Light, Bright, and Gay.” We will be performing your favorite sacred and secular holiday tunes mixed with camp, like only the Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus can do! Let us light up your holiday season.
Ticket prices: $10.00 to $121.32.
RSVP for this event by using this link.
Jesus Lizard are a legendary group who I don’t own any albums except their newest record
Rack. Jesus Lizard are a band skaters bumped after quitting skating while using drugs or drinking and starting bands. Jesus Lizard became a noise rock favorite while people were coming of age. Finishing school introduced responsibilities requiring employment and maturity.
Jesu Lizard are a literate man’s band.
Jesus Lizard released blue collar punk. I have close friends in Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Louisiana that all regard Jesus Lizard concerts as life-affirming events. Jesus Lizard shows were an act of insubordinate living in rejection of societies’ pre-programmed acquiescence. I hadn’t watched Jesus Lizard live, I was too young or I wasn’t in town.
A diverse coalition of Ohioans from across the state, including a caravan from Cleveland, is headed to Columbus today to testify against Senate Bill 297 (SB 297), a controversial piece of legislation being rushed through during the lame-duck session. The bill, endorsed by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, seeks to encode the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism into state law, attaching this definition to heightened criminal penalties.
Tuesday, December 10, 4pm, Old First Presbyterian Church, 1101 Bryden Rd.
Join us for a public reading of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1944, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states basic rights and fundamental freedoms to which all human beings are entitled.
Hosted by Old First Presbyterian Church.
American cities are in crisis. From an ever-widening income gap to the absence of affordable housing to crumbling schools, many metropolitan areas are on an unsustainable trajectory. However, these problems are not caused by immigration and “woke policies” as the right would have you believe. Instead, the root of the problem is the insatiable greed of the capitalist class and the corruption that inevitably follows in its wake.
Columbus, Ohio is a classic example of the mutually beneficial relationship between city officials and developers that all too often leaves working people behind. In an ongoing effort to lure wealthy developers to the area, the city provides tax abatements. In return for building in certain areas and for including “affordable” housing in their developments, these developers are given significant tax breaks. From the point of view of finance capital and elected officials in the city it is a classic win-win situation. Corporations get their money, and the city gets new and more profitable housing units for its expanding population.
Monday, December 9, 2024, 1:00 PM
Shipley Public Safety Building at 1970 W. Broad St.
We'll host a rally beginning at 12:15 p.m. to protest fracking under Ohio's state parks and public lands. Some of our supporters will wear Christmas-themed costumes and sing anti-fracking Christmas carols. We hope to see you there to help shine a light on Ohio's state law that REQUIRES fracking under Ohio's state parks and public lands.
Please contact Melinda Zemper at mzemper@fuse.net or (513) 706-3737 with questions.
Note: For the latest articles, notes, observations and opinions on fracking under Ohio's state parks and public lands, we are now on Blue Sky in addition to X.com, Facebook and Instagram.
Sunday, December 8, 4pm
Indianola Presbyterian Church, 1970 Waldeck Ave.
This year’s theme: “Expressing Gratitude: With Our Heads, Hearts, and Hands.” Doors will open at 3:30pm; the service will be at 4pm; a potluck will follow.
To attend or to co-sponsor, please RSVP at bit.ly/3XV0g6n. RSVP for this event by using this link.
Hosted by Interfaith Association of Central Ohio.