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PESC Update – May 19

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PESC Meeting Tomorrow, Sunday, May 18 at 12 noon

— with Pizza — at the Yellow House (414 E. 2nd St. Moscow).

Draft Agenda items:  [send additional items to me]

  • Updates: CCL update (Rob, Pat R); YoLD (announce in DNews, 360.com); Megaloads; March for Survival; NW Coalition for Human Rights; Idler’s Rest service project June 14; Budget; Dime in Time (PESC or CCL?) who can fill this out?; Nez Perce meeting report;
  • New Business: Adding PESC to the Truck Safety Coalition letter to congress; Scheduling the Healing Walk Planning meeting: 5:30 Tuesday May 27 in Attic? PESC banner? Other new business?

 

‘Palouse Wind’ Information and Tour, May 22 in Oakesdale carpooling from Pullman and Moscow at noon:

PESC has arranged for a private presentation starting at 1 pm on May 22 in the office of FirstWind / Palouse Wind at 105 South First Street, Oakesdale. This will be followed by an on-site tour led by Palouse Wind Operations Manager Shawn Elston. Return by 5 pm.

Carpooling from Moscow: NE corner of Rosauer’s parking lot at noon. Google maps says this is a 46 minute drive. Carpooling from Pullman: meet in NE corner of Dissmores at noon. Google says 46 minute for this as well.

We have a limit of 20 to 25 attendees in the Oakesdale office. If you are coming, please contact Pat Fuerst or you may use the “Signup Genius”:http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4DA5AD2FA1FE3-palouse. If you are going directly there but not carpooling please let us know. Present count is about 16.

 

“YEARS OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY” (YoLD) Episode 5 this Monday, 7 pm

followed by discussion led by Michael Jennings, Rachel Clark, and Nils Peterson

(And preceded by pizza, details below)

 

From Rachel:

Goal #1. “Fill The Theater!!” In case you missed this past Monday’s showing of Episode #4, we had a great turnout and lots of conversation afterwards. People wrote solutions to the question, “What will you do about climate change” on post-it notes, then grouped the notes together. It got everyone talking together, and a lot off energy in the room as folks socialized. One outcome, was the buzz to “Fill the Theater.”

 

Let’s keep up these conversations BEFORE the show this Monday over dinner at Maialaina!! http://www.maialinapizzeria.com/ Maialaina has a 2 for 1 pizza special if you purchase before 6pm. So come on down, meet up, and let’s talk climate change over pizza and a carafe of wine before we stroll down the street for Episode 5!

I’ll be there, will you? And your assignment? Bring someone along who hasn’t come yet! Let’s “Fill the Theater!!”

 

The 5 remaining episodes of “Years of Living Dangerously” below; all screenings at 7pm

  • ·        Monday 5/19- Episode 5
  • ·        Tuesday 5/27- Episode 6
  • ·        Monday 6/2- Episode 7
  • ·        Monday 6/9- Episode 8
  • ·        Monday 6/16- Episode 9

 

Idler’s Rest Clean Up, Saturday, June 14:

Back by popular demand:  Our second annual Idler’s Rest clean up with the Palouse Land Trust on Saturday morning, June 14, to celebrate National Trail Day.  PESC and our UUCP Environmental Task Force are pleased to co-sponsor  this community-wide event which was so successful last year. Trish Heeken from the state and county conservation programs will join us again to share her expertise on native plants and invasive species found on the site.    Details will follow soon, but please circle your calendar to save the date.

 

Other noteworthy dates:

  • May 27 5:30 pm (tentative), Healing Walk Planning meeting in attic, preceding YoLD
  • June 11 Citizens’ Climate Lobby meeting, 5:30 pm, location TBA
  • June 14 Idler’s Rest Trail Maintenance
  • June 28: Healing Walk in Fort McMurray: contact Pat Fuerst, Pat Rathmann, Helen Yost
  • September 6 “Walk for Survival”: a big Moscow-Pullman event to put on your calendars; details TBA. Date is pending checks on other ongoing events and feedback from all of you.

 

Oppose Special Interest Truck Safety Exemptions in Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriations Bill

PESC will almost certainly sign as supporting. Contact me if you know of other groups that may sign on and I’ll send the whole letter. Below is an excerpt of Draft letter from John Lannen jlannen@trucksafety.org(Truck Safety Lobby) to Congress; response required by this Monday

Dear Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Lowey:

As representatives of safety, law enforcement, labor, environment, consumer, and public health organizations, we are united in opposing Section 125 of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015. This section, which carves out special interest exemptions from federal truck size and weight limits for Idaho, Mississippi and Wisconsin, has no place in an appropriations bill. These riders have not been subject to any public scrutiny, committee hearings, or adequate safety review and cost/benefit analysis.  Every minute and a half of every day, there is a large truck crash. We urge you to remove this section and reject any similar amendments which may be introduced.

 

Next PESC meeting will be June 15. PESC meets the third Sunday of each month.

 

PESC now has an address: PO Box 8471, Moscow 83843