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Join Communities for a Better Environment, Asian Pacific Environmental Network, and neighbors of the Richmond Chevron refinery in demanding that public agencies protect us from the continual toxic flaring from the refinery. Constant flaring is a warning that the refinery is being pushed to the limit – and our health is at stake.

CBE and … Read more

In “sacrifice zones” around the country, communities — especially low-income communities and people of color — have been struggling against the effects of nearby oil, gas, and plastic production facilities.

Five speakers from these frontline communities will gather to share their stories and describe ways they are organizing to defend themselves.

Meg, an organizer … Read more

The federal government is providing big bucks to projects that produce hydrogen as a “climate solution.” Most hydrogen produced today is fueled by fossil gas (methane) — so not really a solution at all.

Climate advocates have been advocating for “guardrails” on the program to make sure the hydrogen projects that receive federal money are … Read more

Does burning up old-growth and other mature forests sound like a climate solution to you? Well, a company called Drax is getting “green energy” subsidies from the UK to pay big logging companies to log these forests in Canada, cut the wood into pellets (in facilities that pollute surrounding communities), and ship them to the … Read more

Join Mexico-based Colectiva Malditos Plásticos, the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, and Break Free From Plastic for a virtual conversation about U.S. plastic waste colonialism in Mexico.  Since the 2018 China ban, Mexico has been receiving massive amounts of plastic waste, with 94% of it exported from the United States.

In this bilingual virtual conversation,

Argos Scientific’s staff is hosting a very special public zoom meeting with Jay Gunkelman, world-renowned neuroscientist and resident activist formerly of Crockett, and Howard Adams, a long-time Rodeo resident, chemist and Chevron employee—both of whom were strategically responsible for initiating policy development of BAAQMD’s Reg 12-Rule 15, the Emissions Tracking Rule.

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The movement to divest California state pension funds from fossil fuels is growing and will show up in full force at the state Capitol on March 13. Send a comment or  join  in person with Fossil Free California, when CalPERS (California Public Employees Retirement System) and CalSTRS (California Teachers Retirement System) report on the climate … Read more

Here’s an opportunity to join climate activists converging on the state legislature to promote bills to tackle the climate crisis.

Following the California Climate Policy Summit March 19, Environment California will lead a day when people can meet directly with legislators and their staff to show them that climate is a top priority for voters … Read more

Why does the Chevron refinery do all that flaring?  What does it mean for your health?  How can the community hold Chevron accountable?

Join Communities for a Better Environment and the Asian Pacific Environmental Network for a town hall meeting to discuss these questions and strategize next steps.

Food and Spanish translation will be available.… Read more

The Bay Area Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force will present a discussion of Climate and the Prison Industrial Complex. This is the next session of its fourth Virtual Summit Series, which focuses on Climate, Social Justice, and the Rights of Nature.

Save the date — details coming.

Friday, March 15, 9 AM – noon… Read more

When they’re not actively producing the fossil fuel that’s causing the climate crisis, California’s idle oil wells are still major sources of climate-destroying and toxic emissions, disproportionately affecting already polluted and disadvantaged communities.

A Sierra Club research report, $23 Billion Question: What Created California’s Orphan and Idle Wells Crisis?, shows that three companies are … Read more

Three years ago, Governor Newsom ordered an end to fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, by January 2024.  That ban isn’t in place yet, but it will be very soon after CalGEM, the state oil and gas regulator, hears from us about its new rule that will formally end the toxic and dangerous extractive process once and … Read more

A coalition of environmental organizations has taken the fight to save rooftop solar to the California Supreme Court.

Last April the California Public Utilities Commission issued a new policy, Net Energy Metering NEM 3.0, which slashed the rates by up to 80% that utility companies pay for the electricity they buy from owners of rooftop … Read more

We have a chance right now to join a campaign to get a global poison pill out of international trade agreements. The US is part of many trade agreements that include a Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) process, which allows multinational corporations to punish nations for  taking positive actions for climate, environmental and social justice.… Read more

The global Insure Our Future campaign focuses on pressuring insurance companies to stop insuring fossil fuel projects. Join a global week of action to bring this demand to the streets.

Insure Our Future writes:

“In order to build a new fossil fuel project, companies need three things: permits, money and insurance. Without insurance, most new … Read more

“Many Hands, One World, Quilts from the Refinery Corridor Healing Walks” commemorates the sixteen walks that took place from 2014-2017 along the entire length of the Bay Area refinery corridor.  Idle no More organized these amazing events to bring attention to the five oil refineries along the Bay, educate the public on harms, and defend … Read more

On Tuesday, February 13, Brentwood’s city council delivered an early valentine to its residents:  a ban on oil and gas drilling.  The ordinance was actually two years in coming; the staff report lays out its development and rationale in detail.

City legal staff made it clear that the August State Supreme Court ruling on Chevron … Read more

You probably already know that most of the claims about recycling plastic are bogus.  But what you may not know is that Big Oil and the plastics industry deliberately promoted this fraud for decades. Check out this new report from the Center for Climate Integrity, The Fraud of Plastic Recycling: How Big Oil and the … Read more

A major shift from cars to public transportation is essential for the climate and for economic and environmental justice. But a coalition of public transportation advocates warns that some new Bay Area transportation funds could be diverted from transit to widening highways.

The transit advocacy organization TransForm is asking people to send a message to … Read more

Bioneers, “Revolution from the Heart of Nature,” will hold its 35th annual conference in Berkeley this year. Leaders, activists, and healers will give talks and lead discussions and workshops on a wide range of topics including: indigenous rights and wisdom, climate issues, digital rights and democracy, many approaches to personal healing, effective persuasion, reproductive … Read more