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imageDelta group requests legislative audit of DWR funding of Delta Tunnel project
The Sacramento River at its junction with the American River at Discovery Park
by Dan Bacher
According to the Restore the Delta's letter, DWR will have spent nearly $1 billion on various iterations of tunnel project planning, with projected construction costs exceeding $20 billion before inflation or unforeseen expenses....
Posted: Fri, Jun 13, 2025 11:41am PDT
imageCalifornia Senate rejects Gov. Newsom's proposal to fast-track salmon-killing Delta Tunnel
“This was yet another reckless attempt to push through a deeply flawed and environmentally harmful project without proper oversight or co...
by Dan Bacher
“This was yet another reckless attempt to push through a deeply flawed and environmentally harmful project without proper oversight or community input, and once again, the Legislature wisely said no,” said Assemblymember Lori D. Wilson, D-Suisun City, co-chair of the Delta Caucus....
Posted: Fri, Jun 13, 2025 11:18am PDT
imageMoss Landing Toxic Lithium Battery Fire Cover-up
The massive fires of battery storage facilities in Moss Landing have exposed the fact that there was no protection and also the governmen...
by Labor Video Project
The massive fires of battery storage facilities in Moss Landing have exposed the fact that there was no protection and also the government has failed to do any studies of the dangers of this toxic accident with lithium. Long time industrial and environmental toxicologist Dr. James Dahlgren and toxic tester Scott Smith spoke to residents about their studies and the likely dangers to their health....
Posted: Mon, Jun 2, 2025 4:48pm PDT
imageFrontline Advocates Rally for Make Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act at State Capitol
Make Polluters Pay rally signs
by Dan Bacher
Lawmakers heard directly from frontline advocates and climate disaster survivors who are already living with the painful costs and health harms caused by fossil fuel industry operations....
Posted: Sun, Jun 1, 2025 9:20am PDT
imageCoordinated Actions Expose Chevron's Destruction, Human Rights Violations and Genocide
Boycott Chevron Banner
by Dan Bacher
The Bay Area banner drops took place as Chevron and the Western States Petroleum Association spend unprecedented millions of dollars lobbying to fight the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act and other climate legislation in California....
Posted: Fri, May 23, 2025 3:48pm PDT
imageAnti-Chevron Day Banner Drop in Berkeley
Large turnout at the University St. Pedestrian Overpass
by Leon Kunstenaar
Large turnout at the University Street pedestrian overpass...
Posted: Thu, May 22, 2025 12:57pm PDT
calendarCelebrate Revolutionary Ecology--Judi Bari day
Woman playing fiddle and shouting into a megaphone
by Karen
Park Blvd. and East 34st St., Oakland...
Event Date: Sat, May 24, 2025 11:30am PDT
Posted: Sat, May 17, 2025 3:44pm PDT
imageMusicians Against Climate Chaos protests CalPERS' investments in fossil fuel corporations
CalPERSSTRS Stop Funding Climate Chaos
by Dan Bacher
"We need to wake up the CalPERS board, staff and employees that we are in a climate emergency and that they should not be funding any more fossil fuel extraction," said Goli Sahba, Third Act Sacramento Facilitator....
Posted: Wed, May 7, 2025 9:54am PDT
image“Free Market” Organized by DxE at Berkeley Animal Rights Center
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by Hank Pellissier
Direct Action Everywhere plans community-building events...
Posted: Sun, Apr 27, 2025 5:08am PDT
imageEarth Day 2025 SF Bay View Hunters Point Residents Want Justice, Healthcare & Human Rights
Residents and Supporters Rally On Earth Day At Hunters Point Shipyard
by Labor Video Project
On Earth Day 2025 Bay View Hunters Point residents marched and spoke out about the continuing deadly contamination and cover-up by the City, Navy, State and Federal government....
Posted: Tue, Apr 22, 2025 10:07pm PDT
imageFridays for Future Rallies at Capitol in Support of Make Polluters Pay Superfund Bill
Fridays for Future Sacramento
by Dan Bacher
Over 100 high school students and their allies rallied at the State Capitol in Sacramento on April 11 to demand that their legislators vote for the Make Polluters Pay Superfund Bill....
Posted: Sun, Apr 13, 2025 10:07am PDT
imageSF West Side Residents Fed Up with D4 Supervisor Joe Engardio as His New Park Opens Up
A protest was held by residents of the San Francisco West Side during the opening of the Westside Dunes park pushed by their supervisor J...
by Labor Video Project
A protest was held by residents of the San Francisco West Side during the opening of the Westside Dunes park pushed by their supervisor Joe Engardio. According to residents he prevented them from knowing his plan for the park because there is no plan for the dangerous and crowded residential streets as a result of the Great Highway...
Posted: Sat, Apr 12, 2025 5:56pm PDT
imageClimate justice advocates urge CalPERS to divest from fossil fuels at Sacramento protest
Protest at CalPERs to urge board to divest from fossil fuel investments.
by Dan Bacher
Despite the LA fires brought on by extreme climate conditions predicted by fossil fuel company scientists 50 years ago due to oil and gas burning, CalPERS continues to fund new extraction and pipelines even in their $100 billion sustainability fund....
Posted: Tue, Mar 18, 2025 6:15pm PDT
imageUpdate: Western States Petroleum Association sponsors dinners & awards for journalists
Palisades Fire photo courtesy of the AP.
by Dan Bacher
When so called journalism organizations are tainted by the toxic stench of Big Oil money — and very few “environmental” and “climate” organizations have any problem with this — we are in a really dark time in human history....
Posted: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 10:25am PDT
imagePrologis' 3600 Alameda Ave Development Poisons Community & Environment
Toxic mess left open to elements, shockingly close to homes and Estuary.
by Voices for the Voiceless.
Monster Real Estate Investment Trust, Prologis, hires reckless demo company to get redevelopment done fast. They, City of Oakland, and Noel Gallo turn a blind eye to these crimes...
Posted: Sun, Mar 9, 2025 12:58pm PDT
imageStand Up for Science Protest in Palo Alto
On a national day of action for science, Palo Alto was not to be left out. What started as a speaker event turned into a street protest o...
by Stop the Trump Attack!
On a national day of action for science, Palo Alto was not to be left out. What started as a speaker event turned into a street protest of about 200 people....
Posted: Sun, Mar 9, 2025 3:30am PDT
imageSacramento activists protest Chevron's violation of human rights from Gaza to CA
Boycott Chevron Protest in Sacramento. Photos by Dan Bacher.
by Dan Bacher
Chevron, a human rights violator across the globe from Gaza to California, spent $14.2 million on lobbying California officials in 2024....
Posted: Tue, Mar 4, 2025 8:32am PST
imageFed Court Allows Major Retaliation Claims Against Apple to Proceed; NLRB Charges Apple
Ashley Gjovik, a whistleblower over environmental dangers and violation of labor rights at Apple has won the right to proceed with her ca...
by Ashley Gjovik
Ashley Gjovik, a whistleblower over environmental dangers and violation of labor rights at Apple has won the right to proceed with her case against Apple....
Posted: Mon, Mar 3, 2025 9:43am PST
imageResistance to Musk-Trump Converges at Tesla Headquarters
Working people push back to defend communities, healthcare and schools
by Leon Kunstenaar
Working people push back to defend communities, healthcare and schools...
Posted: Sat, Mar 1, 2025 11:31am PST
imageBarricades Be Damned: The Ongoing Fight to Save People’s Park (2025)
Sidewalk with "People's Park" chalked in blue, next to a garden bed bordered by rocks and stacked shipping containers with barbed wire
by Aidan Hill
For 56 years, People’s Park has been a space for urban agriculture, mutual aid, and community care. Now, UC Berkeley’s militarized takeover threatens to erase it. In January 2024, riot police razed gardens, replacing trees with razor wire. Yet, activists persist—exposing UC’s hypocrisy on sustainability and profit-driven motives. This fight isn’t just about Berkeley; it’s about environmental justice, land sovereignty, and the right to public space. As UC tightens control, resistance grows, pr...
Posted: Thu, Feb 27, 2025 3:14pm PST
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