Announcements
#COP26 Webinar: Hoodwinked in the Hothouse, September 21
We are fast moving into the UN Climate Conference COP 26, where the implementation of the Paris Agreement will be negotiated. At Glasgow, participating climate justice advocacy groups and social movements will have to overcome a complex array of … Read full article
Speak Up at DeSaulnier’s “New Energy Economy” Town Hall, September 22
Join an important town hall on the "New Energy Economy and Contra Costa" sponsored by Congressman Mark DeSaulnier, author of H.R. 1817, Protecting Workers for a Clean Future Act. You don't have to be a resident of District 11 to attend. The … Read full article
Youth vs Apocalypse: Intersectional Climate Justice, September 24
Join youth around the world for an international Climate Strike, called by Fridays for the Future and hosted in the Bay Area by Youth vs Apocalypse. The theme is the intersection between climate and justice—the need to #UprootTheSystem. Youth vs … Read full article
Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice, September 25 – 30
Get ready for the Glasgow climate summit by joining a conversation with women frontline community leaders, advocates, and policymakers from around the globe discussing "Solutions from the Frontlines and the Protection and Defense of Human Rights and … Read full article
Carbon Capture and Storage Exposed: Key Reports
"Carbon Capture and Sequestration" sounds like it could save us—but the current massive campaign for CCS is led by fossil fuel companies. They are advocating and implementing CCS measures that would prop up and even expand carbon dioxide emissions … Read full article
Aid to Hurricane Survivors through People’s Organizations
Here are some ways you can donate to survivors of one of the worst recent climate catastrophes—Hurricane Ida—while making sure your donation gets to the people hardest hit and strengthens organizations working to empower them. Hurricane Relief for … Read full article
The NAACP on Carbon Pricing: An Equity-Based Primer on Paying to Pollute
The NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program has partnered with the Indigenous Environmental Network on an important new climate justice primer: Nuts, Bolts and Pitfalls of Carbon Pricing: An Equity-Based Primer on Paying to Pollute. Read … 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
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
Decommissioning California Refineries: Climate and Health Paths in an Oil State
Decommissioning California Refineries: Climate and Health Paths in an Oil State is required reading for anyone who's working for a just transition to a renewable, equitable future beyond fossil fuels. California is the center of oil refining in … 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
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
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