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Our Resolution for the Honolulu City Council

RESOLUTION URGING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO ESTABLISH GOALS TO TRANSITION HONOLULU TO 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY AND A CARBON NEUTRAL ECONOMY WITHOUT DELAY AND TO OPPOSE ALL NEW FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE. WHEREAS, a destabilized global climate, changing ocean temperatures, and melting ice masses from Greenland to Antarctica are now manifest in Hawaii as more frequent and (More...)

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Brodie September 4, 2018

Honolulu City Council candidates respond

Dear Voters– On June 27, we sent a message to all 11 non-incumbent Honolulu City Council candidates, asking whether, if elected, they would support a resolution with these RESOLVED clauses: BE IT RESOLVED that the City and County of Honolulu will actively oppose all new infrastructure within its jurisdiction related to fossil fuels; and BE (More...)

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Brodie August 1, 2018

Pope Francis calls for people power ahead of climate summit

6th July 2018 – The Vatican, Rome. As a co-organiser of the global Rise for Climate mobilisation, 350.org welcomes today’s call by Pope Francis for ‘citizens’ pressure groups’ to take action ahead of the Global Climate Action Summit that is taking place in San Francisco, USA on 12-14 September, to ensure it provides ‘suitable responses’ to (More...)

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Brodie July 9, 2018

HB2106 and HB2182 signed!

Today Governor Ige signed two of 350Hawaii’s priority bills, and a third environmental bill, into law. HB1986 – Requires the Office of Planning in partnership with the Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Task Force to establish a framework for a carbon offset program and report to the Legislature. HB2106 – Requires environmental assessments and environmental impact statements (More...)

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Brodie June 4, 2018

Legislative Session Wrapup

The 2018 Hawaii Legislative session is over. Thank you all so very much for your contributions, perseverance and patience through this year’s session and the many emails we sent you. We did far better than the 10% chance the average bill has of passing! You have made a real difference. We started with 25 bills (More...)

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Brodie May 20, 2018

Plans for the rest of 2018

350Hawaii’s strategy for 2018 is to promote A fast and just transition to 100% renewable energy for all. No new fossil fuel projects. Not a penny more for fossil fuels. To this end, we are working to pass resolutions in all four counties reflecting the goals above.  If you can work with us to pass (More...)

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Brodie April 20, 2018

History of 350Hawaii

A little history: 350.org began in 2008. This 2009 youth-led campaign for awareness and action was the first activity of 350Hawaii. In 2010, Rob Kinslow interviewed 350.org founder Bill McKibben, who gave a presentation at the State Art Museum. During the planning for the Waikiki People’s Climate March in 2014, Brodie Lockard, Urie Kline, Sherry (More...)

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Brodie February 12, 2017

Democracy Awakening Phonebanking

Why hasn’t Congress acted on climate change?  Because oil and gas companies are big contributors to their election campaigns.  The biggest obstacle to climate action is political will, and one of the biggest influences on political will is money in politics. But a first-of-its-kind gathering in our nation’s capital is putting We the People back in charge of OUR (More...)

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Brodie March 19, 2016

ERS divestment op-ed

[Originally published in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, February 25, 2016] Should ERS divest from fossil fuels? Yes, bubble will burst for carbon-coal stocks By Anthony Aalto and Michael Kramer February 25, 2016 Why is our state pension system betting against the people of Hawaii? Hawaii has pledged to be free of fossil fuels by 2045. It’s (More...)

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Brodie February 25, 2016

SHARE THE PETITION: PROSECUTE EXXON

California Attorney General Kamala Harris and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman are investigating ExxonMobil for its decades of deliberate climate deception. We’re calling on Attorney General Loretta Lynch and the Department of Justice to follow suit. (More...)

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Brodie January 22, 2016