Taking Care of Rivers so they Take Care of Us

Opportunities to Make a Difference

Donate to The Nature Conservancy!

They do great work focused on rivers that includes

Restoring and protecting river habitat
Helping tackle water shortages on the Colorado river and elsewhere

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Tell President Biden to support carbon pricing!

Yes, the call for action is the same as last week. This is a huge, perhaps our only, change to put a price on carbon in time for it to have a real impact.

Potential Talking Points

I'm deeply concerned about climate change
We need solutions that get us to net zero carbon emissions by 2050
I know Senate Democrats have proposed a carbon price as part of the $3.5 trillion infrastructure package
I strongly urge you to support this proposal
I also encourage you to advocate for a carbon dividend to shield consumers as well as a border adjustment to put pressure on China and other major carbon emitters
Thank you for all you're doing to address climate change

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Show Notes

This Week’s Reason for Hope

Research shows sea otters are key piece in restarting natural carbon sink

Otters eat lots of the sea urchins that eat kelp
With less urchins, more kelp can grow
Modeled area near Vancouver Island (area size of Costa Rica)
With otters, ecosystem captures 4.4 to 8.7M more tons of carbon (roughly 100K automobiles)

Sources

How sea otters can fight climate change - BBC Future

Caring for sea otters offers climate bonus | NOAA Climate.gov