Lets Talk About Climate, Baby! « It’s Getting Hot In Here

Young people aren’t waiting around for climate policy – we’re taking action around the world and we’re in the rooms where the debate is happening. For months now, law-makers in Washington have been under the watchful eyes of youth climate activists, sometimes referred to as the ‘green-shirts’.

We’ve been writing about the hearings, tweeting about the hearings, and mobilizing the grassroots all over the country to make more noise so we can deliver that message to our politicians here.

Today (Tuesday June 15th), we’re trying something new. A new twitter feed will be keeping watch on the climate hearings with a special focus – Lets Talk About Climate, Baby! >>> Follow Lets Talk About Climate on twitter.

Lets Talk About Climate’s mission is very simple. Bring the debate back to the seriousness of the issue at hand and the solutions required to address it. Lets talk about climate change, lets talk about what will actually fix it. Lets talk about carbon levels in the atmosphere – both where they are now and where they need to be. Lets talk about how survival is non-negotiable.

You can help us today by re-tweeting our updates, giving us feedback on how we’re doing and giving feedback on whether our elected politicians are upholding their responsibility to protect our country and the world.

Some background: Today’s senate hearing is not directly related to the ACES bill (American Clean Energy and Security act, a.k.a. Waxman-Markey). Instead, it represents the Senate process of debating an energy bill which will likely become integrated into the house ACES bill when it is passed. The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources is holding the hearing today from 10:15-11am. There will be no webcast or audio, so stay tuned to the twitter feed for updates.

Topics to be discussed (according to Committee chair Jeff Bingaman’s office (D-NM):

- Federal oil and gas development

- Public land

- Renewable energy deployment

- Carbon capture

- Policy studies and reports

About Morgan

Morgan is a wandering climate activist, a job well suited to the editorial board of this site. He organized at Williams College until his aprubt and unfortunate graduation in 2008. There, he was a Chinese major, student body co-president and one of the leaders of Thursday Night Group, the campus climate action group. Since graduating, in no particular order, Morgan has worked on a community energy efficiency campaign in western Mass, co-directed NH SPROG for the SSC and worked on Power Vote in Cleveland. He spent traveled in China, networking with youth climate activists and learning about the solar hot water business. He worked on Long Island for a solar and wind company doing home evaluations and sales. And he spent the better part of a year in DC at the Avaaz Action Factory causing trouble for a good cause.