Bay Area System Change not Climate Change invites you to a showing of A Really Inconvenient Truth, a video by Cambiz A. Khosravi, featuring Joel Kovel. Kovel's 2002 book, Enemy of Nature: The End of Capitalism or the End of the World (2002), argues … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2016
Gather in SF to Ban Fracking in Monterey County, Oct. 9
Dirty oil in “America’s salad bowl”? We'll hear speakers on the Monterey County campaign that needs your help for the election in November, and the successful campaign in Alameda County last July. Support Measure Z in Monterey County Measure Z, … [Read more...]
Beyond Occupy: A Fifth Anniversary Celebration and Discussion, Oct 8
Come celebrate five years of amazing activism in the Bay Area on the fifth anniversary of Occupy, with local bands, food, and art – including photos and videos of movement actions. Activist speakers will discuss our powerful campaigns and the work … [Read more...]
SLO Planning Commission Blocks P66 Oil Trains
Yet another win! The Phillips 66 crude-by-rail proposal for its Nipomo refinery in Santa Maria has been rejected in a 3-2 vote by the San Luis Obispo County Planning Commission. SLO Stop Oil Trains Campaign spokeswoman Heidi Harmon said, "The San … [Read more...]
How Environmental Racism Impacts Communities of Color, Sept 30
Everyone is invited to a town hall meeting in South Vallejo to hear veterans of the struggle for environmental justice talk about how environmental racism impacts communities of color. South Vallejo already suffers from a high rate of asthma. … [Read more...]
Idle No More Call: Stand Up to Phillips 66, Sept 26
The Conoco Phillips 66 Refinery in Rodeo has once again poisoned Bay Area water and air. A tanker spill this week in San Pablo Bay sent over a hundred people to the hospital, and untold numbers of relatives in the area have been affected. We are … [Read more...]
Tell TSCB to Make Zeneca Clean Up Richmond Toxic Stew: Comment by Oct 10
Tell the state Toxic Substances Control Board (TSCB) to make Zeneca clean up the toxic stew it left in its “chemical evaporation ponds” on Richmond’s South Shore. Zeneca (formerly Stauffer Chemical Company) has presented a “remediation” plan that … [Read more...]
Ecuadorian Indigenous Leaders in Richmond, Sept 27
Come hear stories from Ecuadorian leaders representing more than 30,000 indigenous and campesino people who have been fighting Texaco (now Chevron) since the 1970s, when Texaco began contaminating their rainforest home with crude oil and chemicals. … [Read more...]
Divestment Bay Area — Fossil Free California Meeting, Sept 28
Come to the next meeting of Divestment Bay Area – Fossil Free California. Learn how people in California and all over the world are moving large institutional investors away from the fossil fuel industry -- and how you can help. Newcomers to the … [Read more...]
Tell San Luis Obispo: Say No to Oil Trains, Sept. 22
Tell San Luis Obispo County Planning Commission to reject the Phillips 66 delaying tactic and deny their oil-by-rail project once and for all! The proposed rail spur to the Phillips 66 Nipomo refinery would mean trains filled with the dirtiest kind … [Read more...]
Push for Community Goals in Alameda County CCE, Oct 4
Alameda County Supervisors will vote on setting up a community choice energy system (CCE) at their next meeting. Come to tell them to include a priority on local clean energy development, with good family-sustaining jobs, community benefits, and … [Read more...]