"Indigenous Voices: Resisting Oil Extraction in Colombian Cloud Forests" is an opportunity to spend an evening with Aura Tegría Cristancho, U'wa indigenous woman lawyer, an integral force in the protections of indigenous rights and forests in … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2017
CPUC Hearing on Transportation Electrification Plan, Sept 13
California's corporate utilities, PG&E, SoCal Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric, have asked the state for $1 billion to fund their proposal for transportation electrification -- mostly to provide infrastructure to the medium- and … [Read more...]
Climate Action in San Francisco, Sept 13
Now that the state government has let us down with a new cap and trade program designed by the oil industry, and the federal government is full of chaos, lies, and malicious obstruction, what plans does The City itself have in place? What are local … [Read more...]
BAAQMD Board of Directors, Sept 20
Sure, it feels like Groundhog Day in September, déjà vu all over again. But hey, we're climate justice activists, and we're used to beating our heads against the wall. So when Jack Broadbent, Chief Executive Officer/Air Pollution Control Officer for … [Read more...]
Vallejo Town Hall to Stop Corporate Polluters, Sept 13
Come out, get informed and mobilize to stop Rodeo Phillips 66 Expansion and the Vallejo VMT Orcem Cement Plant. Keep Vallejo safe from corporate polluters! Let's protect our air, climate, and water and organize to save lives! If Rodeo Phillips … [Read more...]
Moving Forward Network International Conference, Oct 13 – 14
Come to the international conference of the Moving Forward Network, an organization that works nationally and internationally to reduce the harm caused by our system of freight transportation -- both to our climate and to vulnerable communities. This … [Read more...]
Public Banks Power Local Renewables, Sept 25
Come hear how they do it in Germany at a panel discussion in City Hall. A public bank in Oakland—just like those in Germany—could help fund local renewable resources for our new Community Choice program, and bring jobs and economic benefits to … [Read more...]
Sunflower Alliance Meeting, Sept 10
Please join us for the regular biweekly meeting of the Sunflower Alliance -- but it's three weeks after the last one because we skipped a week for Labor Day. We'll discuss ongoing campaigns and future plans -- we need your participation and your … [Read more...]
Meet Vermont’s Progressive Lt. Governor, Sept 10
David Zuckerman, recently elected Lt. Governor of Vermont and longtime leader of his state’s successful third party, is visiting the East Bay this coming weekend (Sept. 9-10). Hailed by Bernie Sanders as “the most progressive Lieutenant Governor in … [Read more...]
#Stop ETP, Oil Pipeline Giant, Sept 9
Landowners and indigenous tribes have the right to determine what happens to their land. But Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), a giant oil company based in Texas, has been consistently violating those rights in their drive to build new oil and gas … [Read more...]