From plumb.george at gmail.com  Thu Feb  2 09:17:28 2017
From: plumb.george at gmail.com (George Plumb)
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 10:17:28 -0500
Subject: [SRCAction] How to Stay Outraged Without Losing Your Mind
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All good ideas Ansel. I think it is also important to acknowledge and share
our grief with others.

On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 2:56 PM, Margaret Blanchard via SRCAction <
srcaction at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:

> Thanks, Ansel.  Might help us avoid some of the snags and fractures of
> previous movements.
>
> On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 1:20 PM, Maryann via SRCAction <srcaction@
> unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
>
>> Thanks so much for this; I feel better!
>>
>> Maryann
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On Jan 28, 2017, at 7:45 PM, Brenda Bean <BrendaJBean at comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Wonderful article, Ansel!  Thanks very much!  BB
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Ansel Ploog [mailto:ansel.ploog at gmail.com]
>> > Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2017 1:13 PM
>> > To: John Turner; Brenda Bean; mara.iverson at gmail.com;
>> webber.rebecca at gmail.com; barnesbettievt at gmail.com; ludl512 at hotmail.com;
>> ucm.revjoan at gmail.com; Kristin Glaser; srcaction at unitarianchurchofmon
>> tpelier.org
>> > Subject: How to Stay Outraged Without Losing Your Mind
>> >
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > In the last four days I have fallen from the incredible high that I
>> felt marching in Montpelier down further each day with the current national
>> political reality.  I'm sharing this article on how to stay motivated and
>> sane as we face attack after attack on our values because it came at just
>> the right time for me.
>> >
>> > https://medium.com/the-coffeelicious/how-to-stayoutraged-
>> without-losing-your-mind-fc0c41aa68f3#.yui0mkylj
>> >
>> > Peace,
>> > Ansel
>> >
>> > --
>> > Flywheel Farm, LLC
>> > P.O. Box 256
>> > East Montpelier, Vermont
>> > 05651
>> > 802-454-1022
>> > flywheelfarmvt at gmail.com
>> >
>>
>> Unitarian Church of Montpelier
>> SRC Action email list
>> unsubscribe at www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org
>>
>
>
> Unitarian Church of Montpelier
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> unsubscribe at www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org
>



-- 
George
Namaste
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From ansel.ploog at gmail.com  Sat Feb  4 08:31:48 2017
From: ansel.ploog at gmail.com (Ansel Ploog)
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2017 09:31:48 -0500
Subject: [SRCAction] Fair and Impartial Policing in Vermont
Message-ID: <1c33bcb8-6fbd-44f3-dacc-d42581d6981d@gmail.com>

  Hi Folks,

Faced with threats from the Trump administration, Vermont officials are 
wondering whether they can defend the state's "Fair and Impartial 
Policing" policy, which was advocated for by Justice for All, Migrant 
Justice and other groups.

*Migrant Justice will be at the State House (Room 11) this Wednesday 
2/8, from 9am-11:30am, *giving testimony in support of the policy. 
  Please come and show your support.  For those who can't make it, send 
a quick message to the House Judiciary Committee saying you support 
Migrant Justice and full implementation of the Fair and Impartial 
Policing policy.  Email smorse at leg.state.vt.us 
<http://migrantjustice.net/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=6003&qid=443056> or 
call (802) 828-2257.

Read VT's Fair and Impartial Policing Policy:

http://vcjtc.vermont.gov/content/model-fair-and-impartial-policing-policy

For those in the *Burlington* area, Migrant Justice will be hosting a 
forum of the Burlington Police Commission, as the city seeks public 
input on its adoption of the Fair and Impartial Policing policy. * Come 
to our Burlington office at 294 N. Winooski Ave., Suite 112B on Friday, 
February 17th at 6pm *to send a clear message: Burlington police must 
not be a party to Trump's deportation agenda.

Peace,
Ansel

-- 
Flywheel Farm, LLC
P.O. Box 256
East Montpelier, Vermont
05651
802-454-1022
flywheelfarmvt at gmail.com

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From margaretmooreblanchard at gmail.com  Sat Feb 11 07:04:36 2017
From: margaretmooreblanchard at gmail.com (Margaret Blanchard)
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2017 08:04:36 -0500
Subject: [SRCAction] change of email address
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Just to let you all know I'm dropping my margaret at sover.net email address,
and just using my margaretmooreblanchard at gmail.com account.
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From ansel.ploog at gmail.com  Wed Feb 15 14:34:27 2017
From: ansel.ploog at gmail.com (Ansel Ploog)
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 15:34:27 -0500
Subject: [SRCAction] Src meeting this Sunday
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Hi all,
Our next SRC meeting will take place this coming Sunday (the 19th), at
11:30am in the fireplace room.  Please email me in the next couple of days
if you have something to add to the agenda.
Peace,
Ansel
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From ansel.ploog at gmail.com  Wed Feb 15 14:52:49 2017
From: ansel.ploog at gmail.com (Ansel Ploog)
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 15:52:49 -0500
Subject: [SRCAction] Reflections of an Elder Activist
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UCM member Margaret Blanchard wrote this beautiful piece.  Lots to think
about.
Ansel
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From plumb.george at gmail.com  Thu Feb 16 09:30:51 2017
From: plumb.george at gmail.com (George Plumb)
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 10:30:51 -0500
Subject: [SRCAction] Reflections of an Elder Activist
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Thanks for sharing Ansel. That is a beautifully written piece by Margaret.
The analogy with the fingers is interesting and creative. very deep
thinking.

Talking with each other is so important.

On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 3:52 PM, Ansel Ploog via SRCAction <
srcaction at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:

> UCM member Margaret Blanchard wrote this beautiful piece.  Lots to think
> about.
> Ansel
>
> Unitarian Church of Montpelier
> SRC Action email list
> unsubscribe at www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org
>



-- 
George
Namaste
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From sriggen at comcast.net  Sat Feb 18 06:14:29 2017
From: sriggen at comcast.net (Susan Riggen)
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 12:14:29 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [SRCAction] Stop the Pipeline: Public Forum w/ DPS Commisioner in
	Montpelier
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Folks, many of us have been supporting the DAPL resistance/water protectors. Here in Vermont, many are not aware of our own on-going resistance to new fossil fuel infrastructure. Here are 2 easy, high impact opportunities to join the effort: a petition and a forum. Please sign petition and show up at the forum if able, and please forward widely. 
Thanks --Sue (Central Vermont Climate Action, a 350VT Node) 

----- Original Message -----

PETITION here : http://350vt.nationbuilder.com/pipelinepetition 

One simple--but incredibly effective and purposeful--way to mitigate the climate crisis: pass a resolution that bans any new fossil fuel infrastructure. This is a petition to Governor Phil Scott articulating why we need to do this and asking that it happen now: no more pipelines that transport fracked gas, instead a total shift toward renewable energy to meet our goal of 90% renewable by 2050. 

Will you read through and sign the petition? Central Vermont Climate Action thanks you for taking action on global warming right here in Vermont. As the petition says, Vermont is a leader, and we will innovate to find the solutions that will work! 

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

Public Forum on the Vermont Fracked Gas Pipeline 

Montpelier High School Auditorium 

5:30 - 8:30 pm Wednesday, February 22 


On February 6th eight people occupied the Department of Public Service and won a Public Forum with the DPS Commissioner! 


They, along with the Coalition to Stop the VT Fracked Gas Pipeline, are inviting you to join us and make it clear that we know the facts: 


Gas is Expensive 

Gas is Dirty 

Vermont Gas Lied 


This occupation of the DPS was an attempt to stop the 11th hour of Phase 1 of the VT Fracked Gas Pipeline. If VGS is allowed to complete Phase 1 to Middlebury the next phase will bring this fracked fossil fuel to Rutland, dangerously close to the US grid and the International Market. 


Why we have to stop this pipeline 

    * 

Gas is expensive 


        * 

Gas is temporarily cheap because of the explosion of the fracked gas industry, but without the infrastructure to distribute it. Once the pipelines and international shipping terminals are built the surplus of gas will shrink as supply meets demand on the international market. As demand finally catches up with supply the price will have to spike, regardless of what multinational fracking companies want us to believe. That?s just how the market works. 
        * 

What about ?Mostly renewables by 2050?? Not only is 2050 probably about 20 years too late by all credible scientific estimates, the VT Fracked Gas Pipeline will keep Canadian methane flowing to international markets, and keep changing the global climate, no matter what our VT market is doing with gas or renewables. 
    * 


Methane (?Natural Gas?) is a very dirty greenhouse gas. 


        * 

Methane has a global warming potential of approximately 80 times that of CO2 over the 20- year time frame, or 8,000%. That?s too much. (Source: the 2013 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg1/ ). 
        * This gas is fracked on Native Land, is financed by TD Bank just like DAPL, built by one of the same construction firms as DAPL, and will help bring on runaway climate change which will impact the worlds most vulnerable the hardest. 


    * 

VGS Lies. DPS is working hand-in-hand with ?Vermont Gas Systems?, part of a multi-national fracked gas conglomerate, while VGS bullies and deceives the VT public again and again. 


        * 

The original bid for the pipeline was just over $60M, then over $80M, now over $160M but, using a page from the tobacco industry playbook, they lie that their ? clean-burning natural gas ? pipeline is ? On time and on budget? in almost every press release. 
        * 

They say this gas is going to continue to be affordable, but are knowingly saddling VT with the cost of this $160M+ pipeline plus the inevitable increase in the cost of gas. It?s ironic that this is partially because this pipeline will help global gas supply catch up with demand. 
        * 

Landowners and small towns along the pipeline route report constant deception and deliberate misinformation from VGS representatives from the start. 



Please come show the DPS and your fellow Vermonters that you aren?t going let this irresponsible pipeline be built without a fight. We are looking forward to seeing you in Montpelier next Wednesday, but if you are unable to attend the forum but would like to make comments or provide input, you may contact the Department by writing to the Department of Public Service at 112 State St., Montpelier VT 05602 or by calling the Consumer Affairs and Public Information Division at 1-800-622-4496 or by e-mailing psd.consumer at vermont.gov . Please cc Laura Simon from the Stop the Pipeline Coalition simonlaura06 at gmail.com 


Please join us! https://www.facebook.com/events/1793284147555425/ 



In defense of our communities and our future, 

The Coalition to Stop the Vermont Fracked Gas Pipeline. 




(350VT, Just Power, Protect Geprags, the Make, The Upper Valley Affinity Group, Rising Tide VT, The Rutland Area Climate Coalition, and countless dedicated individuals) 


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From sriggen at comcast.net  Mon Feb 27 19:13:54 2017
From: sriggen at comcast.net (Susan Riggen)
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 01:13:54 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [SRCAction] Please share widely: Merchants of Doubt film --free
 screening 2/28
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Hi all, 











Please share this widely, and come out for this great film! 




Have you ever wondered how the big fossil-fuel companies managed to confuse the public and policymakers about the science of climate change ? 








Free Screening of the Documentary 

?Merchants of Doubt? 

(Based on the book by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway) 

Tuesday, February 28 

6:30 PM 

Trinity United Methodist Church 

137 Main St., Montpelier, VT (next to the library) 

A discussion will follow the film showing. 



Sponsored by: Trinity United Methodist Church; Vermont Interfaith Power & Light 





For more information, contact Betsy at info at vtipl.org 802.434.3397 


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