Inside This Issue ff'ffum* Lummi Nation TriumPhs Equity and Environment Agenda 1 Message from ChaPter Chair 2 1 Meet Cecile Gernez 3 Managing Editor Intergenerational lustice, Part II Threats of Factory Farms 4 Ashly Moore Sheldon Educational Outings 6 Design/Productaon Chapter LeadershiP Directory 7 Kaylea Trowbridge National Park Service Centennial Outing The Crest is Published quarterly' Contributions of news, oPinion, art, and PhotograPhY maY be sent electronicallY to: 5 I Message from ChaPter Chair By Margie Van Cleve ashbetty@gmail'com or by post c/o the Washington State Chapter, 180 Nickerson Street, Suite 202, Seattle, WA 98109' AschairoftheWashingtonStatechapterofSierraClub,I'mproudthattheexecutive ..does washing- Submissions must be received bY the flrst of the month Prior to date of publication. our supPort. Articles, graPhics, and Photos are copyrightLd bY the authors and arilits ana maY be rePrinted onlY with permission' not support" on carbon committee wo*"a togettrei io take a position of and many meetings' But conversation of months tooi decision This ton,s Initiative-732. unanimous' in the end, the executive committee vote was nearly has too many problems to eam r-732,6ttit defeat to work actively not will ctui ii"r.u Sierra Club Position on Initiative-732 ..does not support,, onl.732 even though on its face it Sierra Club has taken a position of addressesakeyenvironmentalgoal.Reducingemissionsofdangerous,climate-altering objectives inwashington gre"nhous" gases is one of the iierra club,s most important Stateandnationally.Placingacaporpriceoncarbonemissionscouldandshouldbepart Sierra Club members transition to-a clean, renewable energy economy' We appreciate their ballot. the on getl-73i to gathering signature push for climate action' work to trigirtight the value of Jarbon pricing and to initiative because of the sierra club does not support the carbin washington's "irp"dtg,ft" initially helped with The Crest (ISSN 2379-9366), formerlY The Cascade Crest, is published quarterlY bY the Washington State ChaPter of the Sierra Club, 180 Nickerson Street, Suite 202, Seattle WA 98109. $1'00 of the annual Sierra Club dues goes toward a one-Year subscriPtion to The Crest. Periodicals postage paid at Seattle, WA' Office Phoner 206-378-Olt4 Send address changes to: The Crest, Sierra Club PO Box 52968 CO 80321-2968 #iliso The Crest transitionprocess.I-T32missestheoppornrnitytoenactastatewidepriceoncarbon eoonomy' . sustainable clean energy and use that to transition to a more equitable, State Departrnent of Revenue While the stated intent was to be revenue neuffal, the revenue, putting already unpredicts I-732 will iesult in $900 million dollars of lost environment at greater risk' the and der-funded budgets for education, social services, Insum,SienaClubhascho,ennottosupportl.T32becauseitdoesnotmeetkeytests hard at POSTMASTER Boulder; following issues: . Revenues from its carbon tax would not be invested in ramping up jobs in clean efficiency' Nor would they be invested in aiding fuels infrastructur" o, """'gy workers who will be caught in the communities i.pu"t"auv iottutirg facllities or the Sierra Clubwill be for an effective and equitable climate poiiry. Instead, can succeed at building public work as part of the tcinJoiUroaa, inciusive coalition that ,.,ppo.ttoaddressclimatechangeinwaysthatwillbenefitallcommunitiesinourstate. justice, labor' and environmental This includes communities of cilor, low income, efforts, climate and energy clean Sierra club will continue workrng on many important Sound for support carbon' such as Govemor Inslee's p,opotid cap on greenhouse gas fuels'and iransit's next phase funding, stoppingixports of a-"itri"ity with clean renewable energy throughout reptacirg dirty coal-gei"r#a the Northwest. FormoreinlormatioqconradMatgieVanCleveatmvancleves@gmail.com wrr",'rv,si*rr&cllrb"orglwashingt*n Prlnted ein RecYeied fap*r - Fl*a*e fl'*tycl* A**i'1!