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 more...]
Archives for June 2018
Alameda Residents—Tell Supervisors to End Oil Drilling, July 24
Come tell the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to stop oil drilling in our county! At their next meeting they will finally decide whether a polluting oil company, E&B Natural Resources, has the right to keep producing oil from its Livermore … [Read more...]
Press Conference on Coal Peril in Vallejo, June 26
Vallejo's proposed 40-acre marine terminal (VMT), which includes the controversial Orcem cement plant as its tenant, could be used to ship pet coke and coal. The Draft Environmental Impact Report for the project acknowledges the possibility that … [Read more...]
Air Watch for Health, Safety and Justice, June 23
Air Watch Bay Area and the AirWatch app are new digital tools that show and let you report industrial air pollution in the San Francisco Bay Area. How can these tools better support the goals of environmental health and justice in the Bay … [Read more...]
Support Benicia Industrial Safety Ordinance, June 19
Please join community activists in Benicia as they persuade their city council to protect their health and safety and move forward with this draft of an Industrial Safety Ordinance modeled after Contra Costa County's own ISO. Benicia is, incredibly, … [Read more...]
“The Reluctant Radical” film, Q&A with valve turner Ken Ward, July 12 & 13
Join a live Q&A via Skype with Ken Ward, one of the valve turners who shut off oil pipelines in October 2016. This discussion of the valve turners' multi-state civil disobedience action will follow a screening of the documentary film "The … [Read more...]
Rise for Climate, Jobs & Justice! Join the September 8 March, San Francisco
The September 12-14 Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco will be the largest gathering of its kind. Let's have the first word on September 8th to demand real climate leadership. We need communities, cities, regions, governments, … [Read more...]
March for Climate, Jobs, and Justice, Meeting June 25
Join Asian Pacific Environmental Network, California Environmental Justice Alliance, Idle No More SF Bay, Jobs With Justice, North Bay Organizing Project, PODER, SEIU 1021, and 350.org in the next mass meeting to plan the largest march for climate, … [Read more...]
Western Electricity Grid Regionalization Webinar, June 27
Regionalization of the western electricity grid is a sizzling hot topic in California with pending legislation (AB 813) and a broad diversity of analysis and opinion. Loretta Lynch and John Wellinghoff will present two opposing perspectives in this … [Read more...]
Film: Sandra Steingraber and the Fight vs Fracking, June 9 & 11
This film shows the last year of the massive and historic New York State grassroots movement against fracking, featuring biologist Sandra Steingraber. Branded a ‘toxic avenger’ by Rolling Stone, Steingraber has spent the past 35 years trying to … [Read more...]
Will Alameda County Pass an Offshore Drilling Resolution? June 5
Let's support the board of supervisors as they hear—and hopefully pass—a resolution banning offshore drilling and fracking in the coastal waters off California. This resolution (#74 on the Consent Calendar) would protect our coast by calls … [Read more...]