Join rooftop solar defenders to tell the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to reject the plans of corporate utilities like PG&E to impose high costs on households with rooftop solar panels: large monthly fees to connect to the grid … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2022
Sunflower Webinar on CA Climate Justice Plan: Postponed to November 13
Join leaders of the statewide environmental and climate justice movement to hear about the campaign to strengthen California’s (appallingly weak) draft climate plan—and how we can help. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has issued a draft … [Read more...]
Help Hurricane Fiona Survivors
Help provide relief to survivors of the latest climate disaster, Hurricane Fiona, in Puerto Rico by donating to community organizations working to meet humanitarian needs and build grassroots power. The storm caused catastrophic flooding, resulting … [Read more...]
Support Threatened California Coastal Forests and Tribal Sovereignty
Logging in the Jackson State Demonstration Forest is destroying the mature redwoods so crucial to our climate future, and desecrating sacred sites and cultural resources of the Pomo and Coast Yuki people. Support the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo … [Read more...]
Carbon Capture and Storage: Daylong Symposium, September 29
California has a new law that sets up a program for licensing carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects. Will CCS be a tool to save us from climate disaster -- or a false solution that imperils the climate and increases environmental injustice and … [Read more...]
New Video: The Truth About Plastic Recycling
Recycling paper and aluminum is a crucial and important way to protect the climate. But plastic recycling is a fraud. That's the message of this new video from the Alliance of Mission-Based Recyclers, including the Bay Area's own Ecology … [Read more...]
Stop the Dirty Deal: National Call-In Day, September 22
We get that you've probably already signed at least half-a-dozen petitions and we hope you have also made phone calls telling your congressional representatives to stop Manchin's dirty side-deal greenlighting fossil fuel projects. But let's rally … [Read more...]
No Coal in Oakland Rises Again! How to Help
The seven-year campaign to prevent coal from being stored, handled and shipped at a proposed Oakland waterfront marine terminal is, by sad necessity, back in action. The developers have broken off ongoing settlement negotiations around the … [Read more...]
Sunflower Alliance Seeks Geek Dedicated to Clean Air
Are you committed to fighting climate change and air pollution and willing to get into the weeds to follow the work of the Bay Area Air Quality Management Network -- and push them for stronger policies to protect the climate and frontline … [Read more...]
Support Refinery Phaseout Plan in CARB Scoping Plan! Call Newsom
Nizgui Gomez has fond memories of growing up in Wilmington: going to the waterside park with her cousins, getting ice cream from an ice cream truck. The problem: right next to the park was the Phillips 66 oil refinery, polluting the air and making … [Read more...]
Climate Solutions from Global Women and Gender Diverse Leaders, September 20-22
In the buildup to COP27 in November, WECAN (Women's Earth and Climate Action Network) is demanding that governments and financial institutions take urgent climate action while supporting women's leadership. Join WECAN for a three-day forum where … [Read more...]