The Build Back Better Act and Infrastructure Act provide new opportunities for a just transition from fossil fuel. Join a panel of labor and environmental experts discussing "Building on Build Back Better to Invest in a Just Transition." Panelists … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2021
Coal and Petcoke Out of Richmond! December 14
Big news for Richmond! In a huge victory for the dedicated local movement that came together to defend our community’s health, the city and Levin-Richmond Terminal have reached a settlement: the terminal will stop handling coal and petcoke by the end … [Read more...]
Public EV Charging Stations Grant Program, December 14
The new Charge! Program is about to make driving an electric vehicle in the Bay Area a lot easier and less nerve-wracking. Get an advance look at this new initiative by the The Bay Area Air Quality Management District, which will provide grant … [Read more...]
The The New Coal: Plastics & Climate Change, November 22
Join Beyond Plastics for a climate and environmental justice briefing and the launch of their new report, The New Coal: Plastics and Climate Change The briefing will have a strong focus on public action and is specifically for environmental … [Read more...]
CEQA Comment Writing Workshop for Biofuel Proposals, December 7
Need help with writing comments for the environmental review of the Phillip 66 and Marathon renewable diesel proposals? Ann Alexander, Senior Attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), will lead a workshop on how to write effective … [Read more...]
Hold Newsom and CPUC accountable! STOP SoCalGas! November 18
Join our friends at Food & Water Watch for a rally and march to demand that Governor Newsom hold the CPUC for its gross negligence and failure to stop SoCalGas and shut down Aliso Canyon, require an EIR for the Ventura Compressor Station, … [Read more...]
Sea Level Rise & Shoreline Contamination, December 8–9
Join environmental organizations (including Sunflower Alliance and our partner Richmond Shoreline Alliance) and public agencies for a two-day workshop on the threat of sea level rise to contaminated sites around the SF Bay shoreline. Workshop will … [Read more...]
Manufacturing Electric Vehicles: Will Workers and Communities Benefit? November 9
Electric vehicles are coming -- but will manufacturing them provide good, family-supporting jobs that revitalize regional economies, reverse economic inequality, and close racial and gender wage gaps? Or will we allow anti-union employers to use … [Read more...]
CalPERS: Divest From Coal! November 15
Join Fossil Free California and allies in person in Sacramento (or on the phone) to call out the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) for its continuing investments in climate- and health-destroying coal. In response to a 2015 … [Read more...]
Save Rooftop Solar in California, December 8
Join the Save California Solar coalition at the State Capitol calling on Gov. Newsom to stand up to the utility companies' scheme to kill rooftop solar. PG&E and its partners in crime are lobbying the Public Utilities Commission for a change in … [Read more...]