To a Safe, Healthy and Just Fossil Fuel-Free Contra Costa!
Sign our petition below. For background and updating information, see "Stop New Oil and Gas Drilling in East Contra Costa." Graphic by David Solnit.
Announcements
Help Support Our Lawsuit Against CalGEM!
Our state oil and gas regulators have just 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 … Read full article
Contra Costa Residents: Sign Our No New Oil and Gas Drilling Petition
Oil drilling in Contra Costa? Afraid so. The pictured rigsite just entered the scene two years ago, and if a certain wildcatter gets his way, there will be rampant drilling for oil—long after its last heyday in the sixties and seventies—all over … 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
Save California Solar! Now, January 27, and Beyond
Add your voice to the movement to save rooftop solar in California! Bowing to pressure from "investor owned utilities" (PG&E and its southern California partners in crime), the California Public Utilities Commission has proposed to drastically … Read full article
Oakland Airport Expansion/Campaign to Reduce Aviation, January 26
Join the Stop OAK Expansion coalition to hear about Stay Grounded, a worldwide campaign to reduce aviation and its negative impacts -- and to fight problematic "solutions" like offsets and biofuel. Stop OAK Expansion was formed in response to … Read full article
Bay Area Transit Equity Day Online Rally, February 4
On Rosa Parks' birthday, join an online rally and call-in action to support transit riders and workers, as well as the national movement to expand public transit -- to make it more accessible and cheaper, to replace our unsustainable dependence on … Read full article
Biofuel, A False Solution — Resources
Bay Area refineries Phillips 66 and Marathon, and the oil industry as a whole, have come up with a new strategy for refining biofuel as a way to spike COVID-weakened profits and assure their longevity. But promoting biofuel as an enlightened, … Read full article
Cap and Trade and Offsets: California’s Climate Policy at a Crossroads
Should oil refineries in California be allowed to emit extra greenhouse gases if they “offset” their effects by paying hog farmers in Iowa to reduce methane from animal waste? Or by paying landowners to promise to take better care of their trees? In … Read full article
Chasing Carbon Unicorns: The Deception of Carbon Markets and “Net Zero”
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
Labor-Backed Report on Path to Equitable Green California
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
A Just Transition for Labor: What Will It Take?
Tens of thousands of workers have jobs in fossil fuel and related industries. How do we secure a just transition that guarantees good jobs with benefits for these workers in a new clean energy economy? In this essential webinar presented by The … Read full article