Join 350 Bay Area and Extinction Rebellion to keep up the pressure during the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow. Organizers say: "Our future is on the line, and we are mobilizing to demand action that centers people not fossil fuel billionaires. This … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2021
New Report: Chevron’s Global Destruction
We already knew it wasn't just Richmond. Amazon Watch has announced the release of a major new report, Chevron’s Global Destruction: Ecocide, Genocide, and Corruption. The report's author, Nan M. Greer, Ph.D., documents how Chevron, the world’s … [Read more...]
Is Your Money Funding the Climate Crisis? October 24
Move your Money and help save the planet! Join 350 Contra Costa and Sustainable Contra Costa to hear a panel of experts explaining how your investments, credit cards, or bank may be financing the climate crisis. State pension funds and … [Read more...]
Break Free From Plastic: Act Against Extraction, October 26
Join the Break Free From Plastic (BFFP) movement in a national event to demonstrate the urgent need to address the crisis of environmental racism, the destruction of natural resources, and the climate crisis. Frontline groups and allied … [Read more...]
Indigenous-Led Rights of Nature Movement, October 19
Join a discussion with indigenous environmental leaders and legal experts describing how indigenous people using the concept of the "rights of nature" have been won "incredible advancements -- even just in the last year," and how they plan to use the … [Read more...]
Just Say No to Seeno (and Tagami), October 26
Action is needed now to Stop Seeno! Help Concord progressives reverse their city council's decision to select companies owned by the notorious Seeno family as Master Developer for the Concord Naval Weapons Station Reuse Project. Discovery … [Read more...]
Learning About a Just Transition, October 28
Learn about the growing labor movement for a just transition away from fossil fuels, in a webinar cosponsored by the Climate Center and the Labor Network for Sustainability. Hear from: The co-authors of Workers and Communities in Transition, a … [Read more...]
March for Stolen Lives/Stolen Futures, October 22
Friday -- a national day of action against police brutality AND international climate strike day -- join Youth vs Apocalypse, Fossil Free California, Last Chance Alliance, and others to call for real climate justice in the lead-up to COP26 climate … [Read more...]
BlackRock, Banks, and Biden: Defund Fossil Fuels, October 29
As we approach the global climate talks in Glasgow, join a global day of action against the biggest funders of climate chaos to demand that banks and finance companies like BlackRock stop funding fossil fuels. The Youth Climate Finance Alliance … [Read more...]
SF Federal Court Hearing on Oak Flat, October 22
The fate of Oak Flat, a sacred site in Arizona, is once again in the hands of the courts. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, located in San Francisco, is scheduled to hear the case on October 22. Activists in the Apache Stronghold will be … [Read more...]
Contra Costa: Sign Our No Oil and Gas Drilling Petition by May 8; Testify on May 10 & 11
Contra Costa County's new oil and gas policy—in its new draft General Plan's Conservation Element—will be publicly discussed for the first time on Wednesday, May 11 at a 6:30 PM meeting of the county Planning Commission. During public comment we … [Read more...]