Join the Sierra Club in virtual actions at bank shareholders' meetings to tell them: Don't finance oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge! In 2019, hundreds of people joined Gwich'in Nation leaders, from Scotland to Texas to San … Read full article
Announcements
Sign Up To Join Three Days of Global Climate Action, April 22-24
Starting on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, millions of people around the world are going online for a three-day mobilization to stop the climate emergency. Join three days of action — teach-ins, musical performances, divestment, and more. All … Read full article
Petition: Stop KXL Pipeline Construction During the Covid-19 Crisis
Join the Dakota Sioux and other indigenous and rural communities along the route of the Keystone XL pipeline in calling on TC Energy to halt pipeline construction during the Covid-19 crisis. Faith Spotted Eagle, a Dakota elder, calls this a new … Read full article
Petition: Liberty Mutual: Stop Insuring Climate Destruction!
Tell insurance giant Liberty Mutual to stop insuring tar sands. As a top fossil fuel insurer with at least $8.9 billion invested in fossil fuel companies, Liberty Mutual is complicit in the destruction of waterways and sacred land. Tar sands oil … Read full article
Petition: Support the Wet’suwet’en, Defund the CoastalGas Pipeline
Support the Wet’suwet’en people fighting the construction of the TC Energy CoastalGas pipeline through their territories. Demand that Chase Bank stop funding it! And tell KKR, the investment firm planning to buy 65% of the pipeline, to change its … Read full article
Petition: Tell EPA To Take Back Its Free Pass for Polluters
The Trump administration just gave polluters a free pass to pollute our air and water. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as cover, Trump's Environmental Protection Agency announced it will no longer enforce legally mandated public health and … Read full article
Add Your Support for the People’s Bailout
Join Sunflower Alliance, the Climate Justice Alliance, 350.org, and more than 500 other environmental and social justice organizations to demand that the federal government pass a People's Bailout. The program outlines five principles for just … Read full article
Zoom Sunflower Alliance Meeting, April 19
We're all trying to keep up the struggle with computers and phones. You probably are too. No meetings for a while, but we hope to see you soon on Zoom. We'll share updates on key campaigns -- yes, they are still going forward -- and open the space … Read full article
In the News: A Victory Against DAPL, Nationalize Fossil Fuel Industry Next ?
Two positive items in the news last week: 1. A major legal victory for the Standing Rock Sioux and allies fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline 2. Some serious discussion about nationalizing -- and phasing out -- the fossil fuel industry. From … Read full article
Stop the Money Pipeline!
Join a growing coalition of climate groups to demand that JP Morgan Chase Bank—the biggest funder of the fossil fuel industry—stop the money pipeline and immediately divest from fossil fuels. JPMorgan Chase is by far the biggest funder of the … Read full article
Update! Army Corps of Engineers’ Oily SF to Stockton Dredging Plan: Comment by April 6
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning to dredge a deeper channel through San Francisco Bay to enable oil tankers to move greater amounts of crude to and from Bay Area refineries. Before the plan can proceed, both the federal government and … Read full article
Sign the Protect the Bay Tar Sands Petition
Protect the Bay—#Tar Sands Free SF Bay is a coalition working to protect our air, our waters, and our communities from tar sands crude oil. Sunflower Alliance is proud to take part in this epic fight. Oil giant Phillips 66 wants to expand … Read full article
No Worker Left Behind: Protecting Workers and Communities in the Green New Deal
No Worker Left Behind: Protecting Workers and Communities in the Green New Deal—A Briefing Paper for Trade Unionists is a crucial compendium of answers to the question: What will happen to workers in fossil fuel related industries if the shift to a … 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
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