At tonight's Sustainability WG meeting we agreed to prepare a presentation on the new 'green' industrial complex for the plenary, however, because we know there will be limited time, we would prefer to present on one aspect and the least understood component of the full corporate greenwash spectrum mentioned below, specifically, the industrial Biofuels boom. Our reasoning behind this preference is that we feel the Green membership is already pretty well versed in the illusory nature of clean coal, carbon credits, nuclear power, hybrid vehicles, and PG&E greenwashing; and that a full presentation should focus on Biofuels, so that Greens can get an equally critical perspective on the subject, which many, perhaps even most, currently lack. On the subject of PG&E greenwashing, by all means we should -also- craft a press release to be presented at the plenary and to the media, and we would be willing to write the draft of that press release. We are now in the process of lining up a speaker and/or panel for the presentation. Please let us know what date, time and length of presentation we should prepare for, and we will be ready to go. cheers Eric Brooks brookse32@aim.com wrote:
Yep.
We'll try to come up with a plan for a presentation this Thursday.
Eric B
funking@mindspring.com wrote:
Do you think that this (your main topic below) would be a good workshop topic for the GA?
There will (hopefully) be press at the state meeting, and it would be great to hand them a fact sheet or other info about the Green Party's objections to PG & E's greenwashing campaign.
Let me know what you all come up with, so we can highlight this important work to the state and media.
Thanks for your great work,
peace, susan
On Apr 19, 2007, at 2:23 PM, Eric Brooks wrote:
Hey again,
The -Sustainability- Working Group meeting is next Thursday Apr 26, 7:30pm at the Green Party office.
The main agenda item will be to strategise a plan for a Green counter-attack to the concerted promotion of nukes, 'clean coal', biofuels, carbon credit shell games, hybrid vehicles, and PG&E greenwashing media blitz, that are all currently taking the world and San Francisco by storm; dangerously masquerading as solutions to the global climate crisis.
There will also be an exciting update on the now imminent Community Choice Energy legislation/project, for a 50% renewable electricity powered San Francisco by 2020.
Other topics of discussion will be:
1) The looming Williams natural gas turbine and Transbay Cable installations, both of which would promote a huge increase in cheap fossil fuel availability - and threaten the Southeast side with yet more toxic pollution.
2) A quick update on the happy death of pro-nuke and pro liquid natural gas moves in California.
and
3) How the Global Climate Crisis gives us a key organizing window to push hard for a massive increase in transit.
peace,
Eric B
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