Help stop cuts to funds for reducing air pollution! The California Senate recently passed a version of the new state budget that would drastically reduce “incentive funding” for cutting air pollution in the most impacted communities. Regional air … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2019
Stop Cement Plant and Port in Vallejo, May 30
Come to the Vallejo City Council hearing to support neighbors fighting a proposed cement plant and deep-water port in an already over-polluted community. Fresh Air Vallejo has been fighting for many years to stop this climate and environmental … [Read more...]
Call Your Assembly Rep! Help Stop Tar Sands Spills, AB 936
Robert Rivas's AB 936 would help prevent, contain and mitigate spills of nonfloating oils, putting into place much needed safety measures to protect our offshore waters and our own health and safety. As California oil production declines, more … [Read more...]
Restore the Delta Fundraiser, May 29
Restore the Delta has effectively led the resistance to attempts to divert water from the San Francisco Bay Delta to unsustainable agribusiness. Its efforts finally led to the defeat of the scheme to build twin tunnels to divert water from this … [Read more...]
Toward a Regional Climate Emergency Mobilization, May 23
Now that the cities of Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond, and San Francisco have committed to emergency climate mobilization, regional action is the necessary next step. City council members in Berkeley and Richmond are leading an effort to organize a … [Read more...]
If You Won’t, We Will: Youth Action on Climate, May 21
Come and be inspired by young people who are demanding strong and immediate action against climate catastrophe. Young people all over the world, including the Bay Area, have been walking out of school demanding climate action, echoing messages … [Read more...]
No Sunflower Alliance Meeting, May 26
According to our regular schedule, the next meeting would be during Memorial Day weekend, so we decided to skip it. Next meeting June 9. In the meantime, fight the power. … [Read more...]
Create Protest Art with the Sunrise Movement, May 19
Join the Bay Area Sunrise community to do a fun art build at the LongHaul Bookstore. We’ll be making buttons, posters, banners and more, flexing our creativity and making connections whilst creating valuable Sunrise gear! There will be snacks to … [Read more...]
Tell the City Council: Coal Outta Richmond, May 21
Our allies on the Richmond City Council have told us what we should be doing now: at every meeting, speak in Open Forum about the importance to our community of phasing out coal operations. We need to tell the Richmond City Council to phase out coal … [Read more...]
Anti-Chevron Day: Confronting Corporate Bullies, May 21
Join Amazon Watch, Diablo Rising Tide, Greenpeace USA, Idle No More SF Bay, and Sunflower Alliance in Richmond at Chevron's gates to protest its brutal violations of environmental and human rights at home and all over the world. Speakers … [Read more...]
Gov. Newsom Calls for “Managed Decline” of Fossil Fuel Demand and Supply in CA
Environmental justice, conservation and public interest groups responded positively to a key sentence in “May revision” of the Governor Gavin Newsom’s California state budget regarding transitioning the state from fossil fuels. “The May Revision … [Read more...]