Announcements
Everyone Exhale! Historic Air District Victory for Environmental Justice
In a huge victory for pollution-burdened frontline communities, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s Board of Directors voted on July 21 by a surprising 19-3 majority to adopt the strictest particulate matter emission standard for Chevron … 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 … 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
Ecology Center Plastic Free July, July 1 – 31
Join the Ecology Center for Plastic Free July, a month of education and activism against the fossil fuel industry's current strategy of flooding the world with toxic plastic production. Plastic Free July will include a series of events for … Read full article
Toward a Fossil Fuel Free Bay Area, July 30
Join the Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force to discuss what we need to do to phase out shipping and refining oil in a just transition to a Fossil Fuel Free Bay Area This is the next installment of the CEMTF summit series, United Actions for … 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
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
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
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
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
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
Legal Grounds for Facilitating a Phase-Out of Fossil Fuel Production in California
A groundbreaking April 2020 report from UC Berkeley's Center for Law, Energy and the Environment comes at a unique moment in the history of in-state oil and gas production. Legal Grounds: Law and Policy Options to Facilitate a Phase-Out of Fossil … 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