This is no time to de-fund climate justice!

Lorelei -- We've read the most recent version of the City's budget ― and we're horrified. The budget seeks to cut $150,000 from the City's Climate Action program, and $64,000 from Got Green's Green Pathways program, which supports young people of color in finding good jobs in the environmental sector. It also reroutes money from the Safe Routes to School program to the general fund, when that money could be used to fund safer, cleaner transportation options that would reduce our climate pollution. And it fails to fund a Racial Equity toolkit so the City can examine what an equitable growth strategy would look like in advance of the next set of major Comprehensive Plan updates. Can you take 20 seconds to send a message to Seattle City Council that we need a budget that prioritizes the urgency of the climate crisis? One month ago, the IPCC released a terrifying report stating that we have twelve years to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees ― beyond which hundreds of millions more people will be impacted by heat waves, wildfires, hurricanes, droughts, and other extreme weather events, and all of the world's coral reefs will be annihilated. Cutting funding to the City's Climate Action plan at this time is simply unforgivable, especially given that Seattle isn't even on track to meet its pollution reduction goals. Meanwhile, our friends at Got Green have been fighting for years to ensure that the City of Seattle walks their talk when it comes to equity ― funding for the Green Pathways program is an essential part of that. Can you please ALSO call Budget Chair Sally Bagshaw to ask that the City Council passes an equitable and climate just budget?  It's unconscionable that the City is eviscerating funding for climate action in the same week that Big Oil bought the election and robbed Washington of a Green New Deal. More than ever, we need the City of Seattle to pass a budget that has climate justice at its heart. Please do take 20 seconds to send a message to Seattle City Council that we need a budget that supports climate justice. In solidarity, Alec & the City action team -=-=- 350Seattle.org · 1919 E Prospect St, Seattle, WA 98112, United States This email was sent to loriwantsrss@gmail.com. To stop receiving emails or to update your email preferences, click here. You can also keep up with 350 Seattle on Twitter or Facebook. Donations always appreciated and put to good use.