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Brentwood Bans Oil and Gas Drilling
On Tuesday, February 13, Brentwood's city council delivered an early valentine to its residents: a ban on oil and gas drilling. The ordinance was actually two years in coming; the staff report lays out its development and rationale in … Read full article
California Climate Policy Summit in Sacramento, March 19
This event has sold out. Feel free to check the registration page between now and Tuesday, 3/19 in case additional tickets become available. Don't forget the Sunflower Alliance discount at the bottom of this post. You're invited to join … Read full article
California Climate Lobby Day, March 20
Here's an opportunity to join climate activists converging on the state legislature to promote bills to tackle the climate crisis. Following the California Climate Policy Summit March 19, Environment California will lead a day when people can meet … Read full article
Stop the Kern County Carbon Capture Project, Before March 20
Big Oil's massive greenwashing proposal for Kern County oil wells would add the dangers of storing compressed carbon dioxide to communities already polluted and endangered by oil wells in their neighborhood. California Resources Corporation is … Read full article
Chevron Flaring Town Hall Meeting, March 21
Why does the Chevron refinery do all that flaring? What does it mean for your health? How can the community hold Chevron accountable? Join Communities for a Better Environment and the Asian Pacific Environmental Network for a town hall meeting … Read full article
Join the Final Push to End Fracking in California!—March 26 & 27
Three years ago, Governor Newsom ordered an end to fracking by January 2024. That ban isn't in place yet, but it will be very soon after CalGEM, the state oil and gas regulator, hears from us about its new rule that will formally end the toxic and … Read full article
Bioneers Conference, March 28-30
Bioneers, "Revolution from the Heart of Nature," will hold its 35th annual conference in Berkeley this year. Leaders, activists, and healers will give talks and lead discussions and workshops on a wide range of topics including: indigenous rights … Read full article
Comment on New Contra Costa Drilling Policy, by April 5
The Background: Contra Costa County has released review drafts of its new Climate Action Plan (its strategic plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in unincorporated Contra Costa) and its 2045 General Plan (the master document for all land use and … Read full article
New Legal Action to Save Rooftop Solar—and How to Weigh In
A coalition of environmental organizations has taken the fight to save rooftop solar to the California Supreme Court. Last April the California Public Utilities Commission issued a new policy, Net Energy Metering NEM 3.0, which slashed the rates … Read full article
Help Stop Trade Agreements from Blocking Climate Action
We have a chance right now to join a campaign to get a global poison pill out of international trade agreements. The US is part of many trade agreements that include a Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) process, which allows multinational … Read full article
The Montezuma Carbon Capture and Sequestration Project—Coming Our Way!
The proposed Montezuma NorCal Carbon Sequestration Hub is so terrible that it should be named after Cortés instead. This is just one of the two dozen carbon capture and sequestration projects currently proposed for California, and it's all … Read full article
The Campaign to Stop Oil and Gas Drilling in Contra Costa
Update: Two years after this post was first published in May 2020, the City of Antioch banned drilling within its city limits, and passed a resolution urging the County to protect Antioch residents by banning drilling on unincorporated county land. … Read full article