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Fuels<span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="color:black">On Thursday, June 8</span></b><span style="color:black">, <b>at the
Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, from Noon to 2 <span style="font-variant:small-caps">p.m</span>., </b>Missoula joins dozens of communities
across the U.S. to step up the pressure on our political leaders to reduce
rising temperatures by cutting greenhouse gas pollution. <b><span></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black">“We’re making it harder to live on Earth by burning
fossil fuels,” said 350 Montana co-chair, Craig Menteer. “At the same time, we have
the money, the technology, and the skilled workers in Montana to move quickly
to cheaper and cleaner energy. </span>The time has come to summon the political
will to make it happen.” <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">May was Missoula’s hottest on
record. Our snowpack – which was normal or above normal in most drainages and
usually provides our summer lifeline – is already depleted. We are experiencing
the consequences of profligate carbon pollution. Steadily rising temperatures
damage our forests, our rivers and streams, and our farms and ranches. Nature
is trying to tell us that now is the time to act. <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black;background:white">Tomorrow, Missoula will join communities from Maine to
California to tell President Biden and other politicians to stop green-lighting
fossil fuel projects like the Willow oil drilling project in Alaska and the BLM’s
oil/gas leasing in Montana. The time has come to put utilities like
NorthWestern Energy on notice that they will be penalized if they use coal and
methane to make electricity. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black;background:white">For our children and grandchildren’s sake, </span><b><i><span style="color:black">here’s what we’re
calling for: </span></i></b><span><span></span></span></p>
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<ol style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in" type="1" start="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in 64.5pt 0in 0in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="color:white;background:black">NO MORE FOSSIL FUELS.</span></b><b><span style="color:white">.</span></b><span style="color:white"> </span><span>Federal agencies must deny permits for any new fossil
fuel project (pipelines, refineries, and export terminals). Biden must revoke
the Willow oil drilling project in Alaska. <b><span></span></b></span></li></ol>
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<ol style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in" type="1" start="2"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in 64.5pt 0in 0in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="color:white;background:black">FOSSIL FUEL PHASE OUT NOW.</span></b><b><span> </span></b><span>Biden
has the legal authority to manage a decline in the production of oil and
gas on <i>federal</i> lands and waters. One-fourth of U.S. climate
pollution comes from drilling on public lands and waters. Phase it out. <b><span></span></b></span></li></ol>
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<ol style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in" type="1" start="3"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in 64.5pt 0in 0in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="color:white;background:black">DECLARE A CLIMATE EMERGENCY.</span></b><span> Biden must declare a national climate emergency,
unlock additional powers to limit oil and gas exports and investments in
fossil fuels, and make sure they move to more resilient clean
energy. <b><span></span></b></span></li></ol>
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<ol style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in" type="1" start="4"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 64.5pt 0in 0in;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black">Increase the
availability of clean energy technologies for homes and transit. Bring it
on. End the era of fossil fuels.</span><span></span></li></ol>
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