Announcements
Tell Newsom to Stop New Drilling NOW!
A total of 649 neighborhood drilling permits to upgrade, redrill, and retro-fit oil wells have been released by our state oil and gas regulator, CalGEM, since the start of the year—most of them in the in the month of March—and 389 of them (60%) are … Read full article
Free Screening: How to Blow Up A Pipeline, March 27
Our friends at Oil and Gas Action Network are excited to co-host a free screening of the forthcoming film How to Blow Up a Pipeline just for local climate activists! After the film there will be a short facilitated discussion and sharing of … Read full article
Webinar on Air Quality, Monitoring, and Health Risks, March 27
Have you ever wondered whether something in the air you breathe could be harmful to your health? Is it causing your asthma to get worse, or otherwise affecting your lungs? Can air pollution affect your heart or other organs? What can we do to … Read full article
Wood Pellets: New Pollutant at Richmond Port? March 28
Now that Richmond has banned coal shipments from the Levin terminal, plans are in the works to use the port to ship wood pellets -- a new climate-destroying product that would also emit health-harming pollution into Richmond air. Golden State … Read full article
Full Funding for Climate in the California Budget! Speak Up Now
Survival should be the last thing to cut! Facing a California budget deficit of $22.5 billion, Governor Newsom is proposing to cut $6 billion from climate and clean energy programs over the next several years. Tell Newsom and the California … Read full article
Sign Petition to Stop OAK Expansion
The Port of Oakland is proposing 17 new gates at the Oakland Airport, and a Draft Environmental Impact Report will be released in the first quarter of 2023. Please sign this petition to the Port of Oakland Board of Commissioners and relevant elected … Read full article
The Economic Case for Restrictive Supply Side Policy
"An Economist's Case for Restrictive Supply-Side Policy: Ten Policies to Manage the Fossil Fuel Transition," is great new analysis by economists Mark Paul and Lina Moe. The report details why relying on clean energy investments won't get the U.S. … 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
The Campaign to Stop New Oil and Gas Drilling in 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