Port Townsend experienced a higher than usual tide, or King Tide, on November 26. King Tides offer a chance to visualize the effects of a rising sea level, and Local 20/20’s Climate Action Group regularly monitors these tides. You can learn more about the project in this post. The photos from the project are shared on a website set … Read the rest
Here is Local 20/20’s latest Resilience Review column in the Port Townsend Leader (thank you, PT Leader!). It is copied below.
By Cindy Jayne
After a hot, dry summer with wildfire smoke a new normal for Jefferson County, let’s consider climate change projections for our area that might affect the coming winter, and how we can prepare.
Projections from … Read the rest
You have probably seen the news on the new report from the International Panel on Climate Change that summarizes the need to limit global temperatures to 1.5’C (2.7’F), and the urgent need to act to limit temperatures to that level. What does that mean to you? Here are a few good articles. The Guardian has a summary of personal actions… Read the rest
Here is Local 20/20’s latest Resilience Review column in the Port Townsend Leader (thank you, PT Leader!). It is copied below.
By Al Bergstein
Having now come through the second year in a row with dense wood smoke from forest fires, it reminds us that it’s also hard to get away from wood smoke in the winter. I enjoy campfire
A free concert featuring singer/songwriter and guitarist Dana Lyons will be part of the Salish Sea Day of Action in Port Townsend, co-sponsored by Local 20/20. The event will feature song, art and education integrated together to raise awareness of how we all can help Save the Salish Sea. Interspersed with Dana Lyons’s songs, leaders in the community will talk … Read the rest
Here is Local 20/20s’ March Column in the Port Townsend Leader (Thank you, PT Leader!), titled Resilience Review. It is copied below, as submitted.
TAKE A BITE OUT OF YOUR ELECTRICITY BILL
by Phil Lusk
Have your energy bills crept up this past winter? Energy conservation is a cost effective way to reduce energy bills in our Jefferson County homes … Read the rest
Here is Local 20/20s’ February Column in the Port Townsend Leader (Thank you, PT Leader!), titled Resilience Review. It is copied below, as submitted.
Taming BigfootTM is Loose
by Bob Bindschadler
Did you happen to hear the story on KUOW, or read the article in the Seattle Times about how the Taming Bigfoot competition that started in Jefferson County … Read the rest
The American Meteorological Society wrote a letter recently to the President that is a nice succinct statement about the state of climate science. https://www.ametsoc.org/ams/index.cfm/about-ams/ams-position-letters/ams-letter-to-president-trump-on-climate-change/
The text of the letter is below:
Dear President Trump:
In an interview with Piers Morgan on Britain’s ITV News that aired Sunday, 28 January, you stated, among other comments:
“There is a cooling, and there’s … Read the rest
Local 20/20 has a monthly column in the Port Townsend Leader titled “Resilience Review”. (Thank you, PT Leader!) Copied below is the August column, as submitted, about king tides and sea level rise.
King Tide or Crystal Ball?
By Dave Wilkinson
One of the joys of living in a coastal community is to simply watch the water as it … Read the rest
The Peninsula Daily News kindly asked Local 20/20 what our comments were regarding the President’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, and the published a nice article on local responses on Sunday here. Below is our full response.
Local 20/20, a Jefferson County-based organization focused on local sustainability and resiliency is appalled by Donald Trump’s action to … Read the rest