Join the 350 Bay Area Action Legislative Committee for a briefing on The California Plastic Pollution and Recycling Act, which will be on the November ballot. Isabella Gonzalez Potter, of The Nature Conservancy, will be presenting background, … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2022
Sunflower Alliance Webinar: For a Stronger State Climate Plan, June 12
Join a discussion with California climate justice leaders about the growing movement to oppose the weak and inadequate draft climate plan proposed by the California Air Resources Board. Learn how we can join the push for a plan that would rapidly … [Read more...]
Legislative Hearing on Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage, May 31
The California legislature is considering two bills related to Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage, a major strategy being promoted by the fossil fuel industry to justify continued use of fossil fuels. The idea is to capture carbon dioxide when … [Read more...]
End the Gas Car Era! Sacramento Rally, June 9
Join a statewide coalition of climate and environmental organizations to tell the California Air Resources Board to speed up the transition to all-electric vehicles. CARB's draft plan for statewide environmental action allows huge numbers of new … [Read more...]
Multiplying Labor’s Power for Climate, Peace, and Justice, June 1
Leaders of the California union climate movement will be among the speakers at a panel on, "Multiplying Labor's Power: Building Connections with the Environmental, Peace, and other Social Justice Movements." This online panel is part of the … [Read more...]
Webinar: Sea Level Risks and Resilience, June 7
Get the latest information on a new study that maps the future pattern of sea level rise in the coastal US, flood risks to coastal wetlands, and where conservation efforts could help. Climate Central will present scientific, policy, and other … [Read more...]
Virtual Climate Activist Gallery: Artists’ Applications Due June 19
Artists: Submit your work to The Climate Gallery, a new virtual reality gallery that: Supports Artists: Commissions climate-engaged artists for their work Enables Action: Disperses micro-grants to climate organizations Engages Communities: … [Read more...]
Big Oil Reality Check Report
Check out this deeply researched rap sheet on how the big oil companies are continuing to expand their murderous industry at a pace that will blow through their own climate pledges and the 1.5 C limit goal set by the Paris Agreement. This updated … [Read more...]
Memorial for Steve Nadel, June 4
Please join us as we gather to remember our dear brother Steve Nadel, a treasured and tireless fighter for peace and environmental and social justice for decades. We lost Steve last fall but wanted to wait until we could gather in person to support … [Read more...]
Comment on Contra Costa EJ and Sustainability Policy, May 23
Contra Costa's Sustainability Committee, a two-supervisor advisory committee to the larger Board of Supervisors, will meet to review Draft General Plan policy guidance during its Monday, 1 PM May 23rd meeting. Supervisors Gioia and Glover will … [Read more...]
Another Push Needed NOW to Save Solar—Don’t Tax the Sun Rally, June 2
When the California Public Utilities Commission came out with a plan in December to make installing rooftop solar unaffordable, our huge outcry forced them to back down. But their new proposal is pretty much the same, so we need to do it again … [Read more...]