Join the Bay Area's Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force, a coalition of officials, nongovernmental organizations, youth, and environmental justice activists, to discuss how the Bay Area can move forward with united climate action. The Task … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2021
Help Shape Alameda County Action Plan, November 18
Alameda County is inviting residents to participate in a virtual community workshop to help update the county Climate Action Plan for Government Services & Operations. The plan will focus on ways to reduce heat-trapping emissions and increase … [Read more...]
Community Meeting on “Rodeo Renewed,” November 15
Phillips 66 Chairman and CEO Greg Garland announced last year that the Rodeo Renewed project "is a great example of how Phillips 66 is making investments in the energy transition that will create long term value of our shareholders." But what will … [Read more...]
Sunflower Alliance Meeting: Kill the Drill! Banning Neighborhood Drilling, November 14
Oil and gas drilling poisons people: People who live, work, or go to school near oil and gas wells have higher rates of respiratory disease, cancer, birth defects and other serious health problems. But the campaign to stop neighborhood oil and gas … [Read more...]
Untold Stories of the Conservation Movement: Race, Power, and Privilege, November 9
Come hear Dorceta Taylor, Professor of Environmental Justice at the Yale School for the Environment, speak about racial and power dynamics throughout the history of modern conservation efforts. She'll be in conversation with Emily Polk, Advanced … [Read more...]
Comment on CalGEM Oil and Gas Regulations by December 21
Environment justice advocates were overjoyed when Governor Newsom announced on October 21st that the state would move to block oil and gas drilling within about a half-mile of homes, hospitals and schools, a critical first step towards protecting … [Read more...]
Stop the Monster Attacking Rooftop Solar, November 1
What are we scared of this Halloween? California’s big electricity utilities, including PG&E, are lobbying to make it too expensive for people to get solar panels on their homes. Join the Nightmare on PG&E Street Rally in front of PG&E … [Read more...]
Poor People’s Campaign Climate Crisis Event, November 14
Hear from Black and Indigenous leaders about the ways the ecological crisis of climate change is creating a “perfect storm” of interlocking injustices, including poverty, racism, militarism, and religious nationalism. Join the California Poor … [Read more...]
COP 26: We Need Real Solutions! November 11
We have to tell the world leaders meeting at the United Nations Climate Summit in Glasgow that we will not accept the pattern of failure from previous COP meetings. Time's up! The International Panel on Climate Change has issued a "code red for … [Read more...]
Divest From Fossil Fuel! Victories and Next Steps, October 26
Join the Youth Climate Finance Movement and a global coalition of organizations to hear about a historic slate of new groundbreaking divest/invest commitments and a new report on the state of the divest/invest movement, including an update of assets … [Read more...]
Climate Change and Militarism, October 26
Want to understand the relationship between climate change and militarism? Join a webinar led by Gary Butterfield of Veterans for Peace, who will speak about their Climate Crisis and Militarism Project. He'll focus on: The carbon bootprint of … [Read more...]