Announcements
The AG Weighs in on Suisun Marsh Gas Drilling
Sunset Exploration, the same company that proposes to restart oil drilling outside of Brentwood, has also applied for a permit to drill for gas within a protected area in the Suisun Bay wetlands, the largest marsh on the West Coast. But on April … Read full article
Support Indigenous Resistance to Line 3
Indigenous organizers in Northern Minnesota need our support to stop the Line 3 pipeline, which Enbridge intends to run right under the Mississippi River. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz recently granted the pipeline its final permit. The Line 3 … Read full article
Film Premiere: Occupy the Farm, April 20, 22
Many of us will remember the heroic struggle to save the Gill Tract Farm in Albany, when 200 urban farmers walked onto a publicly-owned research farm and planted two acres of crops in order to save the land from becoming a real estate development. … Read full article
Climate Justice Earth Day Events, April 21-23
A special program on feminist climate action, a grassroots climate justice summit, and the launch of a UC Center for Climate Justice. WHO CARES? A CONVERSATION ON FEMINIST CLIMATE ACTION, APRIL 21 Women's Earth Alliance and Sierra Club's Gender, … Read full article
Rally for Environmental Justice for Hunters Point and Treasure Island, April 22
Join a People's Earth Day rally at San Francisco City Hall to call for environmental justice for Bayview Hunters Point and Treasure Island residents. Demand that Mayor Breed and the SF Board of Supervisor: Declare a moratorium on Lennar's … Read full article
Wild & Scenic Film Festival, April 22-27
Celebrate Earth Day 2021 at this year's Wild and Scenic Film Festival! While it's not possible to gather at The Goldman Theater at The Brower Center due to the pandemic, this year’s online program will include twenty of the year’s top environmental … Read full article
Clean Mobility with Speed and Equity, April 28
Transportation accounts for over half of all greenhouse gas emissions in California. Join the Climate Center in this webinar on equitable transportation and clean mobility strategies that can wean us off fossil fuels. Speakers: Assemblymember … Read full article
CA Roadmap to Just Transition, May 4,5,6
The Newsom administration is developing a "Roadmap to Just Transition" to a "just, clean economy." Weigh in on what it should look like! The Office of Planning and Research (OPR) and the Labor and Workforce Development Agency are charged with … Read full article
The Refinery Emissions Rule Is On Its Way to a Final Vote June 2
The BAAQMD Stationary Source Committee (SSC) voted 7-4 on March 15 to send the stricter Wet Gas Scrubber proposal for Rule 6.5*—a measure to reduce health-destroying particulate matter from the Chevron and Marathon refineries—to the full Board of … Read full article
Major New Report: Fossil Fuel Racism
Check out this important new report, Fossil Fuel Racism: How Phasing Out Oil, Gas, and Coal Can Protect Communities. The report was issued by Greenpeace, the Movement for Black Lives, and the Gulf Coast Center for Law and Poverty and endorsed by many … Read full article
Tell State Legislators: Support CA Green New Deal
Join the California Green New Deal Coalition in telling your state legislators to support green new deal legislation in our state. The California Green New Deal Coalition has identified five priority bills now before the legislator. Passing these … 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
Is Your Bank Financing Climate Destruction?
Is your bank financing climate destruction? Check it out in this important new report, Banking on Climate Chaos 2021. This year’s report is the most comprehensive analysis on fossil-fuel banking produced to date. It details the fossil-fuel … 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