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From YouTube: Mar 2023 Chapter Meeting
Description
In monthly meeting in March, we had guest speakers Zach Kopkin (from New Orleans) and Bekah Hinojosa (from Brownsville) from Sierra Club this month, talking to us about topics of environment and environmental justice in Texas, and making connections between issues seen in the Gulf Coast with issues we see here in DFW.
A
B
Sure
Richard,
we
also
wanted
to
start
this
meeting
with
our
indigenous
land
acknowledgment,
which
is
now
available
on
our
website.
Specifically
the
DFW
areas.
We
are
standing
and
living
on
the
land
stolen
from
Kickapoo,
which
and
kamachi
people
who
have
been
harmed
yet
continue
to
thrive
in
the
process
of
colonization
and
white
supremacy.
I
encourage
all
of
us
to
all
of
us
to
go
to
Native,
hyphen
land,
dot,
CA
and
educate
ourselves
on
these
native
communities.
C
Absolutely
and
our
meetings,
we
ask
everybody
to
follow
the
following
guide
rules.
Excuse
me
still
early
make
space
or
take
space.
Please
limit
your
comments
to
two
minutes
to
each.
So
everybody
has
time
to
speak
when
you
do
speak,
speak
from
the
eye
perspective,
it's
not
generalizing
practice
active
listening
and
seek
to
understand
the
point
of
view
of
the
person.
In
case
you
can
dialogue
with
assume,
good
intentions,
respect
one
another's
Face,
Time
and
interest
be
willing
to
be
uncomfortable,
be
open
to
productive
discomfort.
C
A
D
E
I
do
today's
actually,
the
Earth
has
a
contemplation
for
us.
Today's
focus
is
the
equinox
which
is
coming
up.
It's
usually
the
21st
but
I
believe
it's
the
20th
this
year
and
all
creatures
are
affected
by
the
seasonal
change
and
the
only
difference
between
most
other
living
beings
and
us
is
that
they
know
how
it
affects
them.
A
A
Of
the
speakers,
both
of
our
speakers
are
from
the
Sierra
Club
today.
Becca
inaosa
is
an
artist,
an
organizer
from
the
Rio
Grande
Valley
of
Texas,
serving
as
the
Sierra
Club
Gulf
Coast
campaign
representative.
She
works
with
communities
along
the
Texas
Coastline
to
stop
oil
and
gas
exports
that
would
harm
communities
of
color.
A
A
He
moved
to
the
Gulf
South
two
years
ago
and
realized
and
resides
in
full
banship
colonized
as
New
Orleans
as
a
guitarist
and
songwriter.
He
believes
that
telling
stories
celebrating
culture
and
building
Community
are
essential
to
achieving
Justice
in
the
present
and
future
I
look
forward
to
talking.
He
looks
forward
to
talking
to
us
about
how
we
can
act
in
solidarity
with
each
other
from
Dallas
to
the
Gulf
Coast,
so
welcome
Becca
and
Zach.
You
have
the
floor
and
it's
all
yours
thank
you
for
being
here.
G
G
G
Maybe
there's
some
other
band
called
Chase,
because
I
hear
people
internally
call
it
JP
Morgan
all
the
time,
but
those
two
banks
have
major
office
Towers
in
Dallas
and
they're,
two
of
the
worst
offenders
together,
they're
putting
almost
11
billion
dollars
into
14
different
liquefied
natural
gas
export
projects
on
the
Gulf
Coast
so
being
able
to
work
together
across
our
geographies
and
make
those
institutions
accountable
to
our
communities
is
really
important
and
financial
strategy
is
solidarity,
organizing
every
time.
So
that's
what
we're
looking
forward
to
talking
to
you
all
about
I'll,
pass.
G
It
oh
hold
on
I'll
cover
the
table
of
contents
that
pass
to
deca,
so
Becca's
gonna
be
doing
most
of
the
speaking
and
she
has
some
some
Life
Connections
to
your
area
as
well.
So
I
think
that's
pretty
cool
thing
to
share
with
y'all
and
to
have
lived
and
know
some
of
the
same
places
in
history
that
you
all
do
I'll
introduce
myself
some
more
talk
about
our
vision
and
values.
G
So
that
means
you
know
having
relationships
and
meetings
with
with
the
leaders
of
those
institutions
internally,
but
also
putting
outside
pressure
on
them
affecting
their
reputation
and
then
taking
solidarity
actions
where
those
financial
institutions
operate,
and
we
have
a
few
different
things
that
you
all
can
do
today
and
things
that
we
can
preview
coming
up
forward
with
Earth
Day
and
future
solidarity.
Actions
that
we
might
take
together.
H
Hey
good
morning,
thank
you
for
having
me
my
pronouns.
Are
she
her
I
live
in
Brownsville
Texas
I
actually
went
to
college
at
the
University
of
North
Texas,
so
go
UNT
I
lived
in
Denton
for
four
years.
I
graduated
in
2014
and
I
was
a
part
of
the
anti-fracking
Denton
fracking
ban
movement
when
I
was
in
school
and
was
very
familiar
with
all
the
fracking
and
the
Barnett
shale
I
went
to
like
a
city
meeting
in
Arlington
where
they
were
discussing.
H
H
So
it's
really
great
to
be
able
to
chat
with
you,
but
I
moved
back
home
in
2020
2016
and
for
the
last
I
guess,
eight
years
you
know
even
before
2016
I've
been
a
part
of
an
anti-lng
movement
and,
as
you
all
know,
LNG
is
part
of
the
part
of
the
cycle
of
fracking.
So
first
there's
extraction
in
places
like
the
brunette
Shale
West
Texas
is
Permian,
Basin,
Eagle,
Forest,
Shale,
so
there's
fracking
and
then
companies
plan
to
build
new
pipelines
like,
for
example,
in
Brownsville.
H
There
are
plans
to
build
what
is
called
the
Rio
Bravo
pipeline
to
take
fracked
gas
all
the
way
to
the
coastline
in
in
Brownsville,
near
South,
Padre
Island,
and
that's
what
you
know.
A
big
part
of
what
we're
fighting
down
here
in
Brownsville
is
those
pipelines
and
these
gas
plants
that
would
process
liquefy
the
gas
and
Export
it
overseas.
H
You
know
petrochemical
industry
and
so
our
little
piece
in
the
South.
You
know
doesn't
have
that,
and
this
is
these.
Two
LNG
projects
are
the
first
big
wave
of
that
industry
trying
to
come
in
trying
to
come
into
our
area.
That
I
said
is
like
pristine
habitat
that
is
home
to
low
income,
latinx
communities,
indigenous
communities
where
there
are
actually
sacred
sites
and
sacred
lands
that
belong
to
the
karisokomokudo
tribe
of
Texas
and
where
people
are,
are
very
passionate
in
protecting
these
lands.
H
So
here's
a
photo
of
some
community
members
in
Brownsville
holding
up
signs
during
our
big
Shadow
Days
parade-
and
you
know
here-
are
community
members
that
regularly
go
out
and
travel
and
visit
our
Wetland
ecosystems.
There's
a
family
there,
and
you
know
what
our
local
economy
does
depend
on-
is
access
to
these
pristine
waterways,
these
Wetlands,
so
that
their
Industries
can
Thrive
like
shrimping
and
fishing
and
here's
a
photo
of
a
shrimper.
G
Everyone
has
self-determination
and
we
can't
even
imagine
throwing
people
in
places
away
for
a
wealthy
Feud
to
make
unbelievable
amounts
of
profit,
and
so
to
do
that,
we
understand
it's
only
possible
to
to
create
that
kind
of
world
with
black
indigenous
communities
are
at
the
Forefront
and
we
have
some
I
think
really
special
art
that
captures
some
of
these
ideas
visually
so
like
we
said
when
we
started
Becca
and
I
are
both
artists.
I
do
not
make
visual
things
like
this.
Becca
is
a
really
talented,
visual
artist,
but
this
work
here
is
from.
G
That's
right:
yeah
she's
got
a
really
great
Instagram
page.
You
can
get
t-shirts
and
different
things
with
this
logo
on
it,
but
this
just
represents.
You
know
what
we
love
about:
the
places
that
that
we
are
from
and
call
home
I
feel
like
it.
It
says
a
lot
of
sort
of
the
the
contemplation
earlier
today
too,
just
this
balance
between
people
in
the
world
around
us.
G
And
a
couple
other
works
of
art
recently
that
I
think
do
a
really
great
job
capturing
that
that
set
of
vision
and
values
over
here.
This
is
artwork
made
in
Louisiana
to
to
help
promote
the
week
of
action
that
we
have
coming
up
this
week,
which
is
been
organized
by
Gulf
South
for
a
green
New
Deal
so
see
our
clubs
involved
in
that
formation
and
I
just
love
the
way
that
it
it
both
shows.
It
doesn't
ignore
the
problems,
but
it
shows
that
we
actually
already
have
the
solutions.
G
G
You
know
what
we're
all
about
and
what
we
the
world
that
we
envision
together.
I
would
definitely
love
to
hear
when
we
get
to
the
end
of
the
presentation,
just
kind
of
What
feelings.
These
images
bring
up
for
you
the
things,
the
stories
that
Becca's
telling
that
that
that
I'll
be
telling
you
know
what
it
makes
you
want
to
do
and
and
and
what
it
makes
you
feel
is
possible.
I
think
that's
really
important
to
be
able
to
kind
of
be
able
to
reflect
back
on.
G
H
Thank
you,
Zack.
Those
art
pieces
that
says
break
the
break.
The
cycle
is
from
an
artist
that
lives
in
the
Border
who's
very
active
in
the
LNG
fight.
Her
name
is
Nancy
guevata
she's,
putting
together
a
really
a
really
cool,
exhibit
exciting,
exhibit
about
colonization
that
really
touches
on
SpaceX
and
her
exhibit
opens
April
1st.
So
last
night
I
was
helping
her
paint.
Walls
and
I
saw
the
image
right
now
and
I
got
really
excited.
G
H
But
you
know
the
top
photo
is
what
the
Rio
Grande
Valley
looks
like
now,
I
mentioned
that
you
know
we're
a
small
piece
of
a
coastline
that
doesn't
have
fossil
fuel
industry,
that
you
know
we're
a
community
where
people
have
actually
fled
the
fossil
fuel
industry.
I've
heard
a
number
of
stories
from
from
local
people,
there's
a
family
who
survived
the
BP
explosion
in
Texas
City,
and
they
actually
moved
down
to
the
Port
Isabel
area
because
they
didn't
want
to
live
near
explosive
industry
anymore.
H
You
know
so
we're
kind
of
already
experiencing
that
in
a
way
you
know
folks
fleeing
the
industry.
You
know
having
to
flee
climate
change,
people
becoming
climate
change,
refugees
and
going
into
areas
where
you
know.
These
are
remaining
pieces
that
don't
have
fossil
fuel
industry
and
the
fossil
fuel
industry
unfortunately
has
discovered
these
areas
and
is
now
trying
to
move
in
as
part
of
their
their
next
big
build
out.
H
So
at
the
top
is
a
photo
of
you
know:
pristine
habitat
near
the
Laguna
Atascosa
Wildlife
Refuge,
that's
part
of
an
international
Wildlife
Corridor,
that's
important
for
species
like
the
ocelot
that
you
know
these
clean
waterways
are
important
for
low-income
community
members
to
go
and
fish
to
feed
their
families.
Every
time
I
go
out
to
the
one
of
the
proposed
LNG
sites.
I
see
people
fishing,
regular,
latinx,
Brown,
folks
that
are
out
there.
H
You
know
just
throwing
nuts
and
fishing
to
go,
sell
that
fish
or
to
go
home
and
cook
it,
and
they
have
no
idea
that
this
is
one
of
the
proposed
sites
of
an
LNG
terminal
of
Rio,
Grande
LNG
and,
as
we
know,
when
the
industry
moves
in,
you
know
they
contaminate
waterways
or
they
use
their.
You
know
security
zones
to
push
people
out.
H
You
know
so
I
I,
don't
think
that
people
will
be
able
to
fish
there
anymore.
If,
if
one
of
these
LNG
projects
Rio
Grande
LNG
is
successful
and
in
building
their
facility,
and
if
you
aren't
familiar
with
what
an
LNG
facility
looks
like
here's
that
photo
on
the
bottom
of
what
our
region
would
look
like
if
these
two
projects-
Rio
Grande,
LNG
and
Texas
LNG,
were
to
to
try
to
build
it's
storage
tanks,
sometimes
15
stories
tall,
it's
LNG
tankerships
that
are
three
football
fields
tall.
H
It
is
long
I'm,
sorry,
it's
flare,
Stacks
ground,
flare
systems,
it's
a
series
of
networks
of
new
pipelines
that
have
explosion,
risks
and
explosion
safety
hazards.
You
know
these
facilities.
All
together
would
spend
almost
2
000
Acres,
which
is
you
know,
larger
than
the
city
of
South
Padre
Island,
these
storage
tanks,
I
mentioned
15,
sometimes
up
to
20
stories
tall,
that's
three
times
the
height
of
the
Port
Isabel
lighthouse,
so
just
to
kind
of
explain
the
size
and
scale
of
what
our
community
is
facing.
H
So
there's
a
lot
at
stake
and
because
of
this
there's
tremendous
local
community
opposition,
so
South
Padre,
Island,
Port,
Isabel,
Laguna,
Vista,
Laguna
Heights.
All
of
these
communities
are
anti-lng
they've,
passed
resolutions
against
these
projects,
David
speaking
up
and
taking
action
and
every
part
of
the
regulatory
process.
But,
as
we
know,
the
federal
Regulatory
Agencies,
the
state
agencies
have
act
like
rubber
stamps.
H
H
We,
through
campaigning
through
petitioning
through
meeting
with
this
bank.
We
successfully
got
this
bank
to
withdraw
from
one
of
the
LNG
projects
in
the
valley.
So
sometimes
you
know
long
sustained,
Bank
divestment
work
campaigning
yelling
at
Banks,
working
together
with
communities
to
oppose
these
Banks.
You
know
we
have.
We
have
victories
and
it's
partially
because
of
BNP
parabas
withdrawing
that
the
Texas
LNG
project
has
been
has
been
stalled
for
a
while
they
haven't
canceled,
but
you
know
they.
They
have
been
facing
significant
setbacks.
H
The
other
project
we've
been
pressuring
is
called
Rio,
Grande
LNG
and
it's
another
French
Bank
involved
called
Society
General.
So
you
see
their
logo,
the
other
Australian
biggest
Macquarie,
there's
a
photo
that
says:
Macquarie
stop
banking
on
Rio,
Grande
LNG
and
the
Rio
Bravo
pipeline.
So
we've
been
actively
pressuring
those
banks
for
years.
H
The
trouble
is,
is
that
Brownsville?
You
know
we
don't
have
Corporate
Offices.
We
don't
have
Regulatory
Agencies,
so
we
find
ourselves
having
to
travel
a
lot
just
to
pressure
these
corporations
or
these
regulatory
officials,
and
so
we're
always
looking
for,
for
you
know,
ways
to
connect
with
other
communities
that
are
impacted
by
these
same
projects
or
that
are
impacted
by
these
same
Banks
and
kind
of
build
solidarity
and
work
together
on
our
issues
to
pressure
these
Banks.
So
we
partnered
with
Aboriginal
indigenous
people
in
Australia
to
pressure
Macquarie.
H
H
So
you
can
see
the
woodlands
The
Woodlands
is
on
there.
There
were
some
folks
that
did
a
banner
drop
outside
one
of
the
LNG
company
offices
in
The
Woodlands.
You
see
San
Antonio
on
there.
There
were
folks
that
called
attention
to
fracking,
and
you
know
how
fracking
these
LNG
projects
would
increase
fracking
where
they
live
in
the
Eagle
Ford
Shale
there's
some
folks
in
New
York
City
that
did
a
banner
job
outside
of
the
office
of
society.
General.
The
French
bank
I
mentioned
folks
in
Paris.
H
I
did
interaction,
people
in
bond
that
held
banners
outside
of
a
un
climate
change
conference,
and
then
here
we
have
Ireland.
At
one
point,
Ireland
was
planning
to
import
gas
from
the
LNG
facilities
in
Brownsville
and
through
International
collaboration
with
folks
in
Ireland.
We
actually
were
able
to
stop
that
contract,
so
they
we
successfully
stopped
Quark
LNG
that
would
have
taken
in
gas
in
Ireland,
so
I'm
other
major
major
victory,
an
example
of
when
we
work
internationally,
when
we
have
a
solidarity
with
each
other.
G
We
have
information
for
you
to
learn
more
Becca
can
tell
you
more
about
the
RGV
report
that
lays
out
the
financial
case
against
these
fat
gas
export
terminals,
the
green
washing
that's
going
on
around
LNG
indigenous
rights
violations,
ecological
damage
and
other
things.
So
I
won't
say
more
about
that
because
Becca's
the
expert
there
and
helped
produce
that
report
and
it's
been
updated
multiple
times,
but
over
here
we've
got
what
we're
calling
the
LNG
export
tracker.
G
So
this
link
will
I'll
put
it
in
the
chat
for
y'all,
but
you
can
see
where
different
LNG
export
facilities
are
across
the
Gulf
Coast.
Actually
the
majority
are
in
Louisiana,
but
nearly
as
many
in
Texas
as
well,
and
that
ranges
from
from
Port
Arthur
to
to
Freeport
Corpus
and
then
on
down
to
the
Rio
Grande
Valley
in
Brownsville,
and
so
in
here
you
can
take
a
look
at
who
are
the
different
funders
of
each
specific
LNG
facility.
G
G
You
can
also
see
what
phase
each
of
these
is
at
in
terms
of
Permitting
and
funding
who
they're
selling
the
gas
to,
because
there
also
has
to
be
buyers
like,
like
Becca
mentioned,
you
know,
and
sometimes
they
have
to
build
new
facilities
like
they
would
in
Ireland.
So
that's
another
way
that
we
can
stop
these
projects
from
going
through
on
our
own
coastline,
because
there
are
a
couple
ways
that
you
can
can
learn
more
there's
also
environmental
justice
data,
and
things
like
that
in
this.
H
You
know
please
share
this
report
with
bank
officials
if
you
come
across
Bank
officials
or
political
officials
or
you
know,
share
it
amongst
yourselves.
It's
information
about
why
LNG
exports
are
absolutely
terrible
and
must
be
stopped
and,
in
particular,
the
fight
against
LNG
in
the
Rio
Grande
Valley,
and
you
know,
what's
at
stake
and
I
mentioned
these
two
projects-
Rio
Grande,
LNG
and
Texas
LNG
are
very
close
to
moving
forward.
G
H
H
H
We've
been
actively
meeting
with
these
Banks
we've
been
delivering
these
petitions
when
we
meet
with
them.
So
sometimes
we
sign
petition,
then
we're
like.
Where
did
my
signature
go
well?
I
can
tell
you
for
a
fact
that
I
will
print
these
out.
I
have
been
printing
these
out,
we've
been
delivering
them
to
these
Bank
officials
or
delivering
them
to
their
corporate
offices.
H
H
C
H
Yeah,
so
this
is
urging
banks
that
are
involved
with
these
projects
to
immediately
pull
out
and
those
are
Macquarie
an
Australian
banks,
so
sorry
to
General
the
French
bank
and
Credit
Suisse,
a
Swiss
bank,
so
we've
been
actively
meeting
with
Credit
Suisse
we've
delivered
the
petitions
to
Credit
Suisse
every
time
we
sign
this
petition.
It
goes
to
one
of
these
corporate
officials,
email
inboxes.
H
G
G
Yeah,
it's
not
hyperlinked,
though
I
guess
I
need
to
add
the
www
part
or
something,
but
we
use
Reddit,
which
is
a
social
media
platform.
It's
a
network
of
discussion
forums
and
we've
been
having
a
lot
of
success
spreading
the
word
about
the
work
that
we're
doing
and
helping
engage
people
in
conversations
about
the
world
they
want
to
live
in
and
how
we
can
create
that
together.
G
G
A
couple
other
things
that
we
have
coming
up,
that
you
can.
We
can
talk
about
and
I'll
give
you
my
contact
information
too.
So
you
you
can.
Let
me
know
about
your
interest
in
these
opportunities,
but
there's
a
big
Southwest,
Louisiana
Earth
Day
mobilization
happening
on
actual
Earth
Day
April
22nd
we'll
be
bringing
people
together
from
across
Texas
and
Louisiana.
G
So
if
any
of
y'all
want
to
be
there,
I
know
that
you'll
have
your
own
Earth
Day
things
that
you're
going
to
be
talking
about
later,
but
some
of
y'all
would
like
to
to
show
up
and
meet
Gulf
Coast
leaders,
and
that's
a
great
way
to
do
that
and
also
I've
taught
Richard
and
other
folks
how
to
use
our
peer-to-peer
texting
tool.
So
that's
a
way
that
you
can
remotely
be
a
big
support
to.
Let
people
know
about
this
opportunity
and
help
them
get
there
and
then.
G
Finally,
we
would
just
love
to
know.
Personally,
let's
see
where
I
wrote
this
down,
yeah
we'll
be
thinking
about
solidarity.
Actions
like
Becca
just
talked
about:
we've
worked
with
folks
in
San,
Antonio
and
other
places.
You
all
could
be
a
group
just
like
that,
and
so
we
don't
have
like
an
ask
for
you
specifically
or
an
event
planned
right.
F
Okay,
thank
you
y'all
for
that
excellent
presentation.
We
really
appreciated,
and
that
was
a
high
quality.
One
I
wanted
to
ask
about
the
Dilemma.
That's
come
to
us
in
the
in
the
climate
movement
generally
in
the
environmental
movement
and
the
human
rights
and
solidarity
movements,
that's
posed
by
the
unique
you
know,
geopolitical
and
technological
fissures
that
have
Arisen
in
the
last
become
especially
visible
since
the
Russia
invasion
of
Ukraine.
How
do
you
handle
questions
about
that?
F
In
other
words,
if
we
look
at
the
system,
how
do
you
handle
the
Dilemma
posed
by
the
need
to
stop
fossil
fuel
production
in
order
to
meet
the
Paris
goals
or
or
quicker
goals,
while
at
the
same
time
you
know
looking
at
the
system
and
saving
lives?
Stopping
the
sort
of
you
know
aggressive
genocidal,
in
my
opinion,
actions
that
are
taken
by
autocratic,
States.
H
You
know
so
when
they
talk
about
the
industry
talks
about
like
build
all
these
LNG
facilities
now
as
a
solution.
Well,
that's
going
to
take
years
and
years
and
years
it's
not
a
solution.
It's
a
waste
of
our
time.
You
know
resources,
you
know
it
sacrifices
communities
when
we
could
be
using
those
time
and
resources
instead
in
investing
in
an
alternative
and
building
up
alternative
renewable
energy.
H
H
B
F
Think
that's
right,
I
think
the
lock-in,
that's
a
real
risk
of
you
know
and
it's
unfortunately,
it's
part
of
the
information.
The
inflation
reduction
act
as
well
and
I
think
we're
going
to
touch
briefly,
at
least
on
the
willow
project,
but
I
think
that's
one
dilemma
and
you
know
it's
it's
to
be
avoided,
while
at
the
same
time
alleviating
present
need
with
present
resources
if
it's
stopping,
certainly
new
destruction,
new
facilities,
new
emissions
that
are
going
to
make
the
climate
crisis
and
it's
Associated
human
rights
violations.
Worse.
G
G
But
you
ask
folks,
you
know:
do
we
need
more
and
usually
they'll
agree?
We
don't
need
more.
So
it's
an
easier
point
to
to
start
at
to
say:
okay,
well,
we're
not
trying
to
take
anything
away
from
you
right
now,
but
if
we're
going
to
be
able
to
transition
knowing
that
we
have
to
transition,
we
cannot
be
building
more
things
and
then
along
the
financial
lines.
G
You
know,
there's
there's
major
risks
in
terms
of
climate
building,
all
these
things
that
have
to
be
on
the
coast,
because
they're
for
export
and
making
that
case
to
the
banks
that
they're
actually
taking
an
enormous
Financial,
Risk
too,
and
ending
up
with
with
facilities
that
are,
are
stranded
or
underwater
or
just
don't
serve
a
purpose
anymore
and
they
sunk
a
lot
of
money
into
it.
And
then
the
communities
are
the
ones
left
with
all
this.
G
F
A
D
D
H
B
H
I
A
H
Yeah
this
seems
to
be
the
what
the
Texas
ledge
does
every
every
ledge
cycle.
Is
they,
like
figure
out
where
you
know,
activists
are
pushing
and
they
try
to
pass
a
law
right.
We
saw
with
like
the
fracking
ban,
where
communities
in
Texas
we're
trying
to
like
regulate
oil
and
gas
or
ban
fracking,
and
then
Texas
ledge
comes
out
with
a
band
of
band
to
ban
fracking
bands.
So
now
we
see
that
I'm
doing
the
same
thing
where
Texas
is
trying
to
stop.
H
So
we
do
have
Bank
divestment,
organizers
that
are
tracking,
what's
going
on
not
just
in
Texas,
but
other
states
are
trying
to
fight
divestment.
So
that's
a
that's
an
excellent
question
of
like
you
know.
What
can
we
be
doing
in
Texas
to
push
back
on
that
I?
Think
that's
something
we're!
Definitely
thinking
about
and
strategizing
around
I
don't
know
if
you
have
any
other
thoughts
about
that.
Zach.
G
That
actually
kind
of
speaks
in
in
Market
sort
of
terms
is
that
climate
climate
risk
is
is
a
real
Financial,
Risk,
and
so
people
investing
in
a
bank
or
putting
their
money
in
a
bank
should
know
what
the
climate
risks
are
and
the
bank
should
have
the
freedom
to
to
make
choices
based
on
climate
risk.
So
it's
just
bad
business.
Besides
the
fact
that
it
seems
it
seems
anti-free
speech
and
and
all
of
that
too,
but
it's
really
anti-consumer.
F
If
I
can
quickly
add
it's
just
part
of
a
growing
irrationality
that
you
know
right
now:
everything
like
environmental,
social
governments,
corporate
responsibility,
Dei
education,
including
ethnic
studies,
that
correct
the
imbalance
of
the
lack
of
Ethics
studies
they're
all
part
of
this
cultural
war.
That
is
an
alternative
to
real
governance
and
good
governments.
So
it's
part
of
that
and
it
must
be
resisted
very
strongly
because,
as
Zach
says,
it's
insane
I
mean
they're
blaming
the
svb
crash.
You
know
on
its
diversity
policies,
which
is
the
it's
utter
nonsense.
I
A
Can
respond
to
that
so
another
group,
the
citizens,
climate
Lobby,
which
has
been
around
for
many
years,
they've
organized
a
Texas
legislative
day
days.
That's
next
Monday
and
Tuesday.
The
applications
are
closed,
but
I
am
going
down
there
to
lobby
with
other
environmental
activists
at
the
state
capitol
for
two
days.
So
a
big
thing
will
be
about
the
about
the
electrical
infrastructure
but
I'm
sure
we'll
be
talking
about
some
other
points
as
well.
A
A
It's
largely
maybe
online
at
this
point
we'll
need
more
moderators
for
the
Reddit
at
some
point,
perhaps
and
and
contribute
to
these
petitions,
but
we
may
also
be
able
to
contribute
our
physical
presence
to
some
of
these
activities.
So
we
will
continue
to
support
you
and
you're.
More
than
welcome
to
stay
on,
we've
got
some
announcements
and
such
to
go
over
you
more
than
welcome
to
stay.
A
G
E
A
We
still
have
a
little
bit
of
time
left.
Thank
you
for
hanging
in
there,
Alex
had
a
drop
off
due
to
a
an
Emergency
where
she's
working,
so
Simon
and
I
will
will
cover
a
couple
of
her
topics.
The
first
topic
is
the
power
up.
You've
probably
received
many
emails
over
the
last
few
weeks
about
the
next
climate.
Reality
training
power
up
from
acts
to
action.
A
C
Thank
you,
Richard.
One
comment
on
that
training
I
wanted
to
add
in
real
quick
if
you
are
trained
or
not
trained
either.
One
is
a
great
opportunity
very
relevant
for
those
of
us
that
are
already
trained
and
it's
an
opportunity
to
get
the
green
ring
if
you've
not
been
trained.
Yet
all
right,
so
we've
been
working
on
the
Strategic
plan
for
the
last
several
months,
we
being
the
executive
committee.
We
we
have
the
draft
finished.
C
It
is
I'll
drop
the
link
here
in
the
chat
and
it
is
ready
for
for
feedback
from
the
membership.
If
anybody
has
any
comments,
please
get
them
back
to
us.
Let's
see
what
was
the
date
that
we
put
on
there
if
we
didn't
have
one
this
week,
because
we
need
to
get
it
into
to
National.
So
if
anybody
has
anything
else
to
add
to
it
any
comments,
anything
just
please
reach
out
to
us
after
reviewing
the
document,
if
you're
on
the
executive
committee.
This
is
this
is
what
we've
already
been
working
on.
C
A
F
No
I
think
that
you've
handled
it
quite
well.
It
is
a
tragedy.
The
litigation
is
a
hope.
I
think
it
was.
You
know
it
came
about
because
of
the
politics
probably
going
back
to
you
know,
discussions
with
mansion
and
you
know,
as
we
all
know,
there
was
a
compromise
in
the
inflation
rejection
reduction
act
that
allowed,
for
you
know
some
continued
exploration,
but
it's
absolutely
the
wrong
path
and
it's
it's
heartbreaking.
F
Disappointing.
A
betrayal
Kamala
Harris
was
asked
about
it
on
Colbert
the
other
night
and
her
response
was
so
horrifically
inadequate
that
it
just
you
know,
I
think
it
destroys
confidence
on
a
lot
of
fronts
and
it
changes
the
political
calculation
I
think
a
lot
of
us
need
to
make
in
terms
of
what
you
know
what
what
we
do
to
support
good
environmental
governance
and
continued
leadership,
but
yes,
definitely
take
action
that
Sierra
Club
button
is
a
very
user-friendly
way
to
do
so.
Thank
you.
Richard
thank.
A
We
do,
of
course,
have
a
booth
at
Oak,
Cliff,
Earth
Day
on
April,
16th
and
I
do
think
we
have
had
adequate
people
sign
up
for
it.
I
had
a
sign
up,
form,
I,
think
I
have
enough
people
signed
up
if
everybody
comes,
who
said
they
would,
but
even
if
you're
not
signed
up
I
would
encourage
you
to
attend
Oak
Cliff,
Earth
Day,
it's
by
lovely
park
in
Oak
Cliff
and
there's
lots
of
interesting
vendors
there
to
interact
with,
and
you
can
help
us
spread.
A
A
A
Let's
see
if
I
can
get
that
in
the
chat,
that's
the
form
to
volunteer
for
some
Booth
ships.
Let's
say
get
ahead
this
out,
but
I
think
there's
a
couple
of
days.
I
think
Friday
and
Saturday
morning
in
particular
that
we
actually
at
this
point
Friday
afternoon
and
Sunday
morning,
are
the
least
covered.
A
H
A
Wanted
to
mention
we
did
have
a
best
day
and
time
to
meet
survey
and
oh
12
to
15
people
maybe
did
fill
it
out
and
Saturday
morning
at
10.
A.M
did
still
come
in
as
the
I
vote.
Getter,
nothing
really
was
convincing.
Otherwise,
so
this
still
does
seem
to
be
the
best
time.
Despite
challenges,
some
people
have
with
the
time
so
I
wanted
to
relay
the
results
of
that
survey,
and
the
last
thing
I
had
was
there
will
be
no
meeting
in
April.
A
We've
got
a
lot
going
on
in
April
at
least
Oak
Cliff
Earth
Day
in
Earth
X.
So
please
participate,
even
if
you
can't
come
to
the
booth
and
help
staff
it
please
participate.
Earthx
is
a
huge,
a
huge
activity
at
Fair,
Park
and
there'll,
be
movies
and
music
and
all
sorts
of
things.
So
if
you
can't
staff
the
booth,
please
do
try
and
attend
those
two
activities.