[Vision2020] Palouse Environmental Sustainability Coalition Update: May 19, 2014

[Ted Moffett]

A May 19 update for a meeting tomorrow May 18?  They must have time
machines... Otherwise, events listed are in the future... Such as the
"Years of Living Dangerously" global warming documentary at the Kenworthy
tonight, 7PM.

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*PESC Meeting Tomorrow, Sunday, May 18 at 12 noon*

– with Pizza – at the Yellow House (414 E. 2nd St. Moscow).

Draft Agenda items:  [send additional items to me]

   - Updates: CCL update (Rob, Pat R); YoLD (announce in DNews, 360.com);
   Megaloads; March for Survival; NW Coalition for Human Rights; Idler’s Rest
   service project June 14; Budget; Dime in Time (PESC or CCL?) who can fill
   this out?; Nez Perce meeting report;
   - New Business: Adding PESC to the Truck Safety Coalition letter to
   congress; Scheduling the Healing Walk Planning meeting: 5:30 Tuesday May
   27 in Attic? PESC banner? Other new business?

*‘Palouse Wind’ Information and Tour, May 22 in Oakesdale carpooling
from Pullman and Moscow at noon:*

PESC has arranged for a private presentation starting at 1 pm on May 22 in
the office of FirstWind / Palouse Wind at 105 South First Street,
Oakesdale. This will be followed by an on-site tour led by Palouse Wind
Operations Manager Shawn Elston. Return by 5 pm.

Carpooling from Moscow: NE corner of Rosauer’s parking lot at noon. Google
maps says this is a 46 minute drive. Carpooling from Pullman: meet in NE
corner of Dissmores at noon. Google says 46 minute for this as well.

We have a limit of 20 to 25 attendees in the Oakesdale office. If you are
coming, please contact Pat Fuerst or you may use the “Signup Genius”:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4DA5AD2FA1FE3-palouse. If you are going
directly there but not carpooling please let us know. Present count is
about 16.

*“YEARS OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY” (YoLD) Episode 5 this Monday, 7 pm*

*followed by discussion led by Michael Jennings, Rachel Clark, and Nils
Peterson*

*(And preceded by pizza, details below)*

>From Rachel:

Goal #1. “Fill The Theater!!” In case you missed this past Monday’s showing
of Episode #4, we had a great turnout and lots of conversation afterwards.
People wrote solutions to the question, “What will you do about climate
change” on post-it notes, then grouped the notes together. It got everyone
talking together, and a lot off energy in the room as folks socialized. One
outcome, was the buzz to “Fill the Theater.”

Let’s keep up these conversations BEFORE the show this Monday over dinner
at Maialaina!! *http://www.maialinapizzeria.com/
<http://www.facebook.com/l/DAQH6IJw0/www.maialinapizzeria.com/>* Maialaina
has a 2 for 1 pizza special if you purchase before 6pm. So come on down,
meet up, and let’s talk climate change over pizza and a carafe of wine
before we stroll down the street for Episode 5!

I’ll be there, will you? And your assignment? Bring someone along who
hasn’t come yet! Let’s “Fill the Theater!!”

*The 5 remaining episodes of “Years of Living Dangerously” below; all
screenings at 7pm*

   - ·        Monday 5/19- Episode 5
   - ·        Tuesday 5/27- Episode 6
   - ·        Monday 6/2- Episode 7
   - ·        Monday 6/9- Episode 8
   - ·        Monday 6/16- Episode 9

*Idler’s Rest Clean Up, Saturday, June 14:*

Back by popular demand:  Our second annual Idler’s Rest clean up with the
Palouse Land Trust on Saturday morning, June 14, to celebrate National
Trail Day.  PESC and our UUCP Environmental Task Force are pleased to
co-sponsor  this community-wide event which was so successful last year.
Trish Heeken from the state and county conservation programs will join us
again to share her expertise on native plants and invasive species found on
the site.    Details will follow soon, but please circle your calendar to
save the date.

*Other noteworthy dates:*

   - May 27 5:30 pm (tentative), Healing Walk Planning meeting in attic,
   preceding YoLD
   - *June 11 Citizens’ Climate Lobby meeting*, 5:30 pm, location TBA
   - June 14 Idler’s Rest Trail Maintenance
   - June 28: Healing Walk in Fort McMurray: contact Pat Fuerst, Pat
   Rathmann, Helen Yost
   - September 6 “Walk for Survival”: a big Moscow-Pullman event to put on
   your calendars; details TBA. Date is pending checks on other ongoing events
   and feedback from all of you.

*Oppose Special Interest Truck Safety Exemptions in Fiscal Year 2015
Appropriations Bill*

PESC will almost certainly sign as supporting. Contact me if you know of
other groups that may sign on and I’ll send the whole letter. Below is an
excerpt of Draft letter from John Lannen jlannen at trucksafety.org(Truck
Safety Lobby) to Congress; response required by this Monday

Dear Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Lowey:

As representatives of safety, law enforcement, labor, environment,
consumer, and public health organizations, we are united in opposing
Section 125 of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD)
Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015. This section, which carves
out special interest exemptions from federal truck size and weight limits
for Idaho, Mississippi and Wisconsin, has no place in an appropriations
bill. These riders have not been subject to any public scrutiny, committee
hearings, or adequate safety review and cost/benefit analysis.  Every
minute and a half of every day, there is a large truck crash. We urge you
to remove this section and reject any similar amendments which may be
introduced.

*Next PESC meeting will be June 15. *PESC meets the third Sunday of each
month.

*PESC now has an address: PO Box 8471, Moscow 83843*

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