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Calendar: Saturday, Sept. 13 ... 10 things to know for Monday ... Calendar: Monday, Sept. 15 ... Calendar: Saturday, Sept. 13 ... GUEST OPINION Time to stand and be counted By Alan Journet and Kathy Conway DailyTidings.com By Alan Journet and Kathy Conway Posted Sep. 13, 2014 @ 12:01 am By Alan Journet and Kathy Conway Posted Sep. 13, 2014 @ 12:01 am » Social News Many Americans concerned about congressional inaction on global warming and its climate disruption consequences will gather in New York City on Sept. 21 for the People's Climate March. To be held in conjunction with the U.N. Climate Summit, this should be the largest climate action ever. Simultaneously, across the nation, many local solidarity events will also occur — several in Oregon. We can ensure, through our votes, that we elect representatives at all levels of government who understand climate science and are committed to taking what action they can. However, we also recognize that sometimes, achieving an adequate political response requires standing up and being counted. As we learned with civil rights legislation and ending the Vietnam war, one of the most effective ways to stimulate political action is through public demonstration. It is for this reason that many climate activists will gather in New York on Sept. 21 and others will stand and march in solidarity across the nation. Southern Oregon Climate Action Now (SOCAN) encourages concerned local citizens to make Sept. 21 the day we are counted; we urge participation in a People’s Climate March somewhere. See below for details. In addition to those going to New York, many Rogue Valley residents will attend the nearest solidarity event slated for Eugene. But why is this necessary? Several decades ago, pesticide corporations claimed their products targeted pest organisms but were safe for environment and humans. When it was becoming evident that tobacco products were a health hazard, tobacco corporations produced scientists who declared their product was safe. As we now know, the pesticide and tobacco corporation claims were not true. More recently, biotechnology corporations and their in-house scientists have argued that genetically engineered organisms pose no health hazard and are ecologically safe. We now learn that this also may not be true. Time and again, corporations have promoted questionable science that serves their profits. Similarly, in the public and political arenas, corporations have undermined science that might compromise their profit line. Regardless of the credibility of the science and how well-accepted it is, if science challenges their bottom line, corporations seek to discredit it. Studies consistently confirm that 90 percent to 97 percent of climate scientists agree the planet is warming and human pollution is the main contributor. If climate projections the climate scientists suggest actually occur, our natural world will be devastated. In addition, our agricultural and forestry systems will be equally compromised and our oceans will become ever more inhospitable to critical fisheries and marine communities. The science tells us that our current business-as-usual trajectory of pollution will create a planet unable to support anything remotely resembling the lifestyle we currently enjoy. As our region, nation and planet are confronted with this threat, fossil-fuel corporations (the ultimate source of this pollution) have mounted a campaign resembling those of the pesticide, tobacco and GMO corporations. It is a campaign of deceptions, half-truths and lies, designed to undermine science in the minds of public and politicians alike. Regrettably, fossil fuel corporations have been so successful that, at least in this country, we now suffer a Congress comprising a large number of representatives proudly rejecting science. They have turned science, the nonpartisan pursuit of knowledge, into a partisan conflict. As a result, Congress is committed to head-in-the-sand responses to proposals that might help solve the climate crisis we face. Too many representatives at all levels of government deny the science and prevent action that might allow us either to prepare for the unavoidable forthcoming climate chaos or to reduce the severity of more severe climate chaos. The time is now for those of us who understand the threat to stand up and be counted. If we genuinely care about the condition of the precious planet we pass along to future generations, we need to make a statement to our elected representatives that we demand action on global warming and we demand it now. SOCAN is coordinating a Eugene excursion for Sunday, Sept. 21. Please join us. More information and links to the New York and Oregon events are available at the SOCAN website: http://socan.info. Anyone interested in joining us should contact Kathy Conway at [email protected] . Alan Journet and Kathy Conway of Jacksonville are co-facilitators of Southern Oregon Climate Action Now. 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