Resisting fossil fuels. Working for climate justice.
Join rooftop solar defenders to tell the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to reject the plans of corporate utilities like PG&E to impose high costs on households with rooftop solar panels: large monthly fees to connect to the grid … Read full article
The seven-year campaign to prevent coal from being stored, handled and shipped at a proposed Oakland waterfront marine terminal is, by sad necessity, back in action. The developers have broken off ongoing settlement negotiations around the … Read full article
Logging in the Jackson State Demonstration Forest is destroying the mature redwoods so crucial to our climate future, and desecrating sacred sites and cultural resources of the Pomo and Coast Yuki people. Support the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo … Read full article
Join leaders of the statewide environmental and climate justice movement to hear about the campaign to strengthen California’s (appallingly weak) draft climate plan—and how we can help. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has issued a draft … Read full article
A new report from leaders of the global climate justice movement argues that “a broad vision of Just Transition with social justice at its core is critical, especially as fossil fuel companies and defenders of ‘business as usual’ are adopting the … Read full article
Help provide relief to survivors of the latest climate disaster, Hurricane Fiona, in Puerto Rico by donating to community organizations working to meet humanitarian needs and build grassroots power. The storm caused catastrophic flooding, resulting … Read full article
Are you committed to fighting climate change and air pollution and willing to get into the weeds to follow the work of the Bay Area Air Quality Management Network -- and push them for stronger policies to protect the climate and frontline … 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
Recycling paper and aluminum is a crucial and important way to protect the climate. But plastic recycling is a fraud. That's the message of this new video from the Alliance of Mission-Based Recyclers, including the Bay Area's own Ecology … 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
