This article from the New York Times business section describes projects in Wyoming and West Virginia that are providing jobs for the growing number of people laid off from the coal industry. A Chinese company is building a wind turbine factory in … [Read more...]
Resources
Background and research-driven articles on fossil fuel infrastructure, climate change and environmental justice topics.
The Cap and Trade Scam: Video and Slides from the Forum
Learn how California's new cap and trade policy fails us -- allowing industries to continue emitting heat-trapping gases while they damage the health of their neighbors, mostly low-income communities of color. Watch the video and check out the … [Read more...]
Air Watch Bay Area
Digital Platform for Reporting and Investigating Oil Refinery Pollution Staying informed about what’s in the air is a priority for Bay Area residents living near the region’s five oil refineries. As we mark the five-year anniversary of the … [Read more...]
Updated: Monitor Pollution in Refinery Communities in Real Time
Air Watch Bay Area is an online, interactive tool that allows you to see current data on air pollution in Richmond, Crockett, Rodeo, and Benicia. You can also sign up for daily air quality alerts or use the website (or a downloadable app) to report … [Read more...]
Yale Study: Fracking Releases Cancer-Causing Chemicals into Air and Water
As the fight for a ballot measure to ban fracking comes down to the wire in Monterey County, the Yale School of Public Health has released a report of a new study showing that fracking releases 55 different cancer-causing chemicals into both the air … [Read more...]
A Fossil Fuel Resistance Victory Story
There Will Be No Coal In Oakland! No Coal in Oakland (NCIO) was one of the most dynamic and successful local campaigns focused on keeping extreme fossil fuels in the ground and out of the Bay Area. The campaign united labor and faith communities … [Read more...]
News: Sonoma Clean Power Promotes Electric Vehicles
Sonoma Clean Power, besides providing cheaper electricity with lower greenhouse gas emissions than PG&E, is launching a program to promote the use of electric vehicles. At its May 5 meeting, the board of directors of Sonoma County’s community … [Read more...]
New Report: How Refineries Make Us Sick
A new study provides detailed analysis of the specific ways Bay Area refineries are damaging our health. Air Pollution in the Bay Area’s Refinery Corridor, by the national research organization Fracktracker Alliance, reports that the petrochemical … [Read more...]
Report: Resilient Midwestern Cities: Improving Equity
The Midwest has something important to teach the Bay Area. A new report from the Center for American Progress highlights projects in five Midwestern cities that promote equity and resilience as the key to thriving in a changing climate. The report … [Read more...]
For Discussion: System Change and Just Transition
The term “Just Transition” is becoming increasingly prevalent in discussions involving workers, climate change, and post carbon energy economics. The recent response by the United Steel Workers to 350.0rg's "Break Free" call to keep fossil … [Read more...]
Lies, Damned Lies, and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Our fight against extreme fossil fuels and the threat of Canadian tar sands flooding into Bay Area refineries has been a long uphill battle, with much of it centered in the airless hearing rooms of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District … [Read more...]