Resisting fossil fuels. Working for climate justice.
The Inflation Reduction Act has passed the Senate, and we are simultaneously relieved and more than a little heartsick. The bill's $369 billion in clean energy funding, although belated and inadequate, is a victory still. But it's also a devil’s … Read full article
California's crisis of wildfires and drought is getting more extreme all the time. Join Food and Water Watch for an in-depth look at two of the biggest root causes of this crisis: fossil fuels and factory farms. Both produce massive amounts of … Read full article
Join the Bay Area chapter of the Climate Reality Project and three African climate activists to discuss what people living in the U.S. need to know about supporting and backing the leadership of climate activists in Africa and other places outside … Read full article
RSVP now for an exciting Sunflower Alliance webinar on yet another upcoming Supreme Court case that could seriously impact the course of our individual and collective lives. This time it's the California State Supreme Court, and what's at stake is … Read full article
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 … Read full article
HipHop Caucus just released a new three-part docuseries, Big Oil's Last Lifeline. The movie takes viewers to the frontlines of the US epicenters for petrochemical production: West Virginia, Houston, and along the Mississippi River in … Read full article
It's time to be very clear: Carbon markets selling offsets are a destructive distraction from the necessity to stop fossil fuels. Check out Fossil Futures Built on a House of Cards, a new report from Friends of the Earth International and 32 … Read full article
Our state oil and gas regulators have expanded a Contra Costa oil drilling operation within the very 3,200' setback distance they’re proposing for new oil drilling. CalGEM, the California Geologic Energy Management agency, has approved a Class II … Read full article
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
Nineteen labor organizations—including unions representing refinery workers in Northern and Southern California and the Alameda Labor Council— have endorsed a detailed plan for an equitable transition to a clean-energy economy in California. This … Read full article
Don't believe the Net Zero myth. Tackling the climate crisis with offsetting schemes and net zero pledges is like chasing carbon unicorns—pure fantasy. Instead, we need drastic emissions cuts to #RealZero and justice for communities … Read full article
