The Refinery Corridor Healing Walks, started in 2014 by Idle No More SF Bay, were inspired by the Alberta Tar Sands Healing Walks and many other similar Native American journeys. The walks connect the dots between the Tesoro, Shell, Valero, Phillips … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2016
Drilling Down into Health Impacts, April 18
From the fracking fields in Kern County to urban oil drilling in Los Angeles, too many communities are suffering from the effects of the oil industry on their health. The California Council on Science and Technology (CCST), an independent body of … [Read more...]
“Dear President Obama,” April 17 & 18
"Dear President Obama," narrated by actor and activist Mark Ruffalo, is a new film that reveals the true costs of Obama's energy policy. Since 2008 under Obama's watch, the drilling and fracking industries have boomed. As a result, today more than … [Read more...]
Changemakers for Climate: Art, Advocacy, and Refineries, April 6
Join the Sierra Club SF Bay Chapter, Ecology Center, and local cartoonist/activist Abner Hauge for a discussion about the local Air District and its process for developing rules to regulate the five Bay Area oil refineries. Abner will offer ideas for … [Read more...]
Lies, Damned Lies, and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Our fight against extreme fossil fuels and the threat of Canadian tar sands flooding into Bay Area refineries has been a long uphill battle, with much of it centered in the airless hearing rooms of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District … [Read more...]
Community Power over Electric Power, Apr 14
Come to the monthly meeting of the East Bay Clean Power Alliance to hear updates on Alameda County's Community Choice Energy program and on the campaign to make sure Alameda's Community Choice program promotes community control, and local renewable … [Read more...]
Sunflower Alliance General Assembly, April 10
Join us to learn about fossil fuel resistance and climate justice action in our region. We welcome your participation and your voice! Unfortunately our speaker for the April 10 meeting had to cancel. We hope to reschedule Azibuike "Azi" Akaba of … [Read more...]
Spare Our Air 2! Community Forum, May 18
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is in the process of revising the rules for the five Bay Area refineries, whose hazardous emissions are responsible for the higher risk of dying from heart disease and strokes in surrounding communities. … [Read more...]
Don’t Let the CPUC Put More Dirty Power Plants in Oxnard, April 7
Come and tell the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) not to cave in to industry pressure. The CPUC must adopt its own proposed decision to delay approval of yet another power plant in Oxnard until the state finishes its review, … [Read more...]
Put Your Feets on the Streets! April 9
Sometimes you've just got to take it to the streets, and this is one of them. Sunflower Alliance is sponsoring a canvassing day to put rent control and just cause for eviction on the Richmond ballot in November. Bring a friend, or partner up with … [Read more...]