Our friends at the Benicia Community Air Monitoring Program (BCAMP) are asking our assistance in lobbying the Air District to enforce refinery emissions monitoring standards. Fenceline monitors at refineries are required by our air quality … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2022
Martinez Town Hall on Recent Refinery Events, December 19
Several recent events at the Martinez Refining Company have left Martinez residents seriously on edge. First, there was a run of heavy flaring from the refinery stacks, followed by a major hazardous release on Thanksgiving night of heavy metal-laden … [Read more...]
CARB Scoping Plan Hearing, December 15-16
2022 Scoping Plan for Achieving Carbon Neutrality Read about how to register, testify at the meeting, and submit written comments here. California Environmental Protection Agency 1001 I Street, Sacramento Byron Sher Auditorium, 2nd … [Read more...]
Wood Pellets for Export: New Climate/EJ Threat
After our great victory in helping end coal shipments from the Levin Terminal in Richmond, there's a new plan to export a fuel with even worse climate and environmental impacts: wood pellets to burn as "biomass." This fake climate "solution" is based … [Read more...]
CA Climate Justice Action: Last Year, Next Year, December 14
Tune in while leaders of the Last Chance Alliance, a statewide coalition fighting to stop fossil fuel production in California, look back at what grassroots action has accomplished this year, debrief the recent Polluters Pay Up day of action, and … [Read more...]
Webinar: Realizing the Potential of Green Hydrogen, December 13
There's a lot of hype and confusion about hydrogen as a climate solution. We know that hydrogen produced from fossil fuel is a false "solution" that causes more harm. But the process for producing "green hydrogen," electrolysis of water to separate … [Read more...]
Support the Federal Environmental Justice for All Act
The Environmental Justice for All Act, a bill developed by frontline communities working with members of Congress, would enable impacted communities to hold polluters accountable in court for projects that use federal funds and engage in … [Read more...]
Testify on CARB Scoping Plan, December 15-16
The final vote on the state's new draft Climate Scoping Plan is coming up fast on December 15. It's not too late to send written comments to the California Air Resources Board, and you can also comment in person or remotely by Zoom at the Sacramento … [Read more...]
Carbon Offsets: Unpacking Net Zero Greenwashing
This slide show by SFSU Professor and Sunflower Alliance activist Kathleen McAfee explains what carbon offsets, the carbon market, and "net zero" really mean. Companies and countries emitting greenhouse gases claim they are making up for that by … [Read more...]