Announcements
Stop Fueling the Flames, Gov Newsom: Two Ways to School Him NOW
SEND A LETTER Last week, from the frontlines of our state’s wildfires (which are still burning), Governor Newsom declared, “This is a climate damn emergency.” He called our climate goals inadequate, and vowed to accelerate efforts to decarbonize … Read full article
House Passes Just Transition for Fossil Fuel Workers!
Thank our Contra Costa Representative Mark DeSaulnier for authoring this amendment to the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act (H.R. 4447), which passed the House of Representatives September 24. The amendment provides grant funding to communities … Read full article
EBCE: Home Solar + Storage Incentives, September 24, 29, 30
Learn about East Bay Community Energy's new program to help homeowners install a solar + battery system. Their new Resilient Home program pools the power of individual participants to get more competitive pricing, with an additional incentive that … Read full article
Help Elect Sunflower Alliance Candidates to the Richmond City Council
Sunflower Alliance is feeling the love for City Council member Melvin Willis, former Mayor Gayle McLaughlin, and community leader Claudia Jimenez, all Richmond Progressive Alliance candidates for the Council. They're asking for our support to make … Read full article
Support Democracy in Richmond Planning for Cleaner Air, September 29
Please join Richmond-San Pablo environmental justice leaders to help bring democracy and transparency to the Community Emissions Reduction Program (CERP). The CERP is part of a process created in 2017 by AB 617, legislation written in part to … Read full article
Frontline Community Leaders: Climate and Just Recovery, September 30
Hear leaders on the frontlines of historic and ongoing climate disasters who are building a Just Recovery on the ground. At Stronger than Storms: Climate & Just Recovery Forum, hosted by 350.org, you will hear: Jasilyn Charger, 24-year old … Read full article
Stop Funding Tar Sands, Stand with Indigenous Communities, Now – October 2
Join Stop the Money Pipeline and Indigenous frontline leaders for a day of solidarity with frontline and Indigenous communities fighting back against Tar Sands pipelines including Line 3, Trans Mountain, and Keystone XL Demand that Wall Street … Read full article
Public Transit Green New Deal for the East Bay, October 3
Join AC Transit Board candidate Jovanka Beckles, Berkeley City Councilmembers Kate Harrison and Cheryl Davila, Building Trades union member Rob Rooke, and bus operator and labor organizer Nathaniel Arnold for a discussion on putting public transit at … Read full article
Just Transition–Transformative Frontline Strategies, October 7
The Labor Network for Sustainability hosts leaders of frontline struggles for just transition talking about how their communities are navigating climate chaos, growing right-wing and racist violence and a global pandemic by tackling their root … Read full article
Stop New Oil and Gas Drilling in East Contra Costa
When we think of the fossil fuel industry in Contra Costa County, what probably comes to mind is coal export (Richmond) or oil refining (Richmond and the rest of the county). Contra Costa County hosts four of the five Bay Area refineries that make … Read full article
Go Green! Vote Blue! Now through Oct 31
350 Bay Area Action has launched a Federal Elections campaign to flip the Senate and the White House. Join the Go Green! Vote Blue! campaign by signing up for an inaugural phone bank party and spreading the word to family, friends and colleagues. … Read full article
The USW and Just Transition in the California Oil Fields
Oil companies should pay for plugging their abandoned wells. Not only is this well remediation badly needed, but it will also "provide tremendous health and environmental benefits to frontline communities, and advance a just transition away from … Read full article
Legal Grounds for Facilitating a Phase-Out of Fossil Fuel Production in California
A groundbreaking April 2020 report from UC Berkeley's Center for Law, Energy and the Environment comes at a unique moment in the history of in-state oil and gas production. Legal Grounds: Law and Policy Options to Facilitate a Phase-Out of Fossil … Read full article
For Our Health, For Our Future: Fighting Pollution and Climate Disruption in Bay Area Refineries
This illustrated 16-page primer summarizes the environmental and climate impacts of the Bay Area's five oil refineries, four in Contra Costa and one in Solano County. It tells the story of the struggle to stop the Bay Area from becoming a major … Read full article
Paris Climate Goals Demand a Managed Decline of CA Oil Extraction
An important report by Oil Change International examines the implications of the Paris Agreement goals for oil production and climate leadership in California. We think it's a must read. California’s leaders have been vocal supporters of the … Read full article