Climate change is making California’s wildfires more intense, more dangerous, and more deadly. But not everybody sees the direct connection between the smoke, destruction, displacement, and danger we face, and the fossil fuels that California continues to produce.
Check out and pass on this powerful short video, Fueling the Flames: How Oil Drilling Fuels California Wildfires, from Last Chance Alliance, a coalition of hundreds of California climate and environmental groups.
Too often, our state’s leaders lean on California’s “green” image without confronting that fact that we’re still one of the largest oil producers in the nation.
Governor Newsom has taken some meaningful steps on oil drilling in the past. But far too many neighborhoods continue to suffer the health impacts of oil drilling next door to homes and schools. And every new fossil fuel permit granted will increase emissions and further fuel the flames of our massive wildfires.
Spread the word: It’s on Newsom to STOP new permits for fossil fuel projects.
To watch the video and find ways to take action, go to to https://fuelingtheflames.org.