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textOffshore wind will grow jobs, clean our air, mitigate climate change and meet state goals by Igor Tregub Berkeley City Council Member
Reports show deploying 25 GW of OSW can create thousands of jobs, supply 15-20 percent of the state’s new clean energy, offer ratepayers affordable, reliable clean power, drive economies of scale, and generate enough competitively priced electricity for up to 25 million homes. OSW is a never-ending clean energy resource that blows even more at night, when solar energy can’t be collected. With battery storage, California can be powered day and night to meet our energy needs as OSW will easily ...
Posted: Mon, Jun 30, 2025 11:41am PDT
imageNavajo Michelle Cook: Divestment During a Time of Monsters
Dr. Michelle Cook, Dine', founder of Divest Invest Protect, spoke on divestment and transitioning away from fossil fuels, during the Glob...
by Brenda Norrell
Dr. Michelle Cook, Dine', founder of Divest Invest Protect, spoke on divestment and transitioning away from fossil fuels, during the Global Women's Assembly for Climate Justice, featuring 125 women during six days. "Now is a time of Monsters -- but it is also a time of Monster Slayers."...
Posted: Thu, Jun 26, 2025 10:54pm PDT
textMake Polluters Pay: Pass the Climate Superfund Act, Op-ed by Councilmember Zahra Make Poll by Fullerton Councilmember Zahra
Residents throughout California are tired of having to pay for rebuilding their communities after a devastating fire or tumultuous storm wreaks havoc. State and local budgets are stretched to the brink as climate risks escalate, jeopardizing public services and forcing communities to bear the burden of addressing these climate-related emergencies. And there seems to be no end in sight as costs continue to mount from climate-related damages, increased insurance premiums, property taxes, and ut...
Posted: Wed, Jun 11, 2025 12:51pm PDT
imageTó Nizhóní Ání: Coal Mining Devastated the Water and Brought Black Lung Disease to Navajos
Coal mining on Black Mesa devastated the aquifer, and brought black lung disease, Navajos told the Navajo Nation Council during a hearing...
by Tó Nizhóní Ání:
Coal mining on Black Mesa devastated the aquifer, and brought black lung disease, Navajos told the Navajo Nation Council during a hearing at Forest Lake Chapter on the Navajo Nation. Navajo President Buu Nygren should have talked to the Dine' people before supporting Trump's push for new coal mining in Washington, Dine' told the Navajo Council....
Posted: Sun, Jun 8, 2025 8:14am PDT
documentCourt Bars Restart of Santa Barbara Pipeline While Lawsuit Proceeds
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 3, 2025 — A Santa Barbara Superior Court granted a request for immediate relief today, preventing the restart...
by Center for Biological Diversity
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 3, 2025 — A Santa Barbara Superior Court granted a request for immediate relief today, preventing the restart of a pipeline that caused one of California’s worst oil spills while a lawsuit related to the restart is being resolved....
Posted: Fri, Jun 6, 2025 10:51am PDT
imageNuestramérica al sur: Cuidadores ambientales se articulan por la defensa de agua y vida
 IV Encuentro Internacional y I Congreso Nacional de Vigilantes y Monitores Ambientales Comunitarios
by reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras
Nuestramérica desde los territorios: Cuidadores ambientales se articulan en Lima por la defensa del agua y la vida...
Posted: Tue, Jun 3, 2025 11:58am PDT
imageNavajos Say 'NO!' to Revitalizing the Coal Industry During Forest Lake Hearing
Dine' tell Navajo Council 'NO COAL' -- Dine' remember forced relocation, the loss of water and medicine plants, and the loss of  loved on...
by Brenda Norrell
Dine' tell Navajo Council 'NO COAL' -- Dine' remember forced relocation, the loss of water and medicine plants, and the loss of loved ones from Peabody Coal's mining here on Black Mesa. Navajos say 'No' to Trump and Navajo President Buu Nygren's push for revitalizing the coal industry....
Posted: Sun, Jun 1, 2025 3:45pm PDT
textAt OSW Summit, participants say California will stay the course on offshore wind by Ramona Duhoux
Elected Officials to Protect America held a Round Table at the 2025 Pacific Offshore Wind Summittitled: Local Power: Local Leaders’ Role in Shaping Offshore Wind Policies in California. Over 200 elected officials throughout California embrace Offshore Wind to replace polluting energy sources in their communities with 100 percent renewable energy, while supporting thriving local economies....
Posted: Fri, May 30, 2025 4:37pm PDT
imageArgentina: Deforestación de miles de hectáreas de bosque en Salta
Basta ya de saqueo y destrucción!
by reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras
Argentina: Deforestación de miles de hectáreas de bosque en Salta El empresario Eduardo Elsztain y el banco Santander, señalados por la deforestación de miles de hectáreas de bosque en Salta...
Posted: Fri, May 30, 2025 8:32am PDT
imageNavajo Nation Targeted as Energy Sacrifice Zone for Coal, Hydropower, Uranium Transport
The Navajo Nation is Targeted Again for an Energy Sacrifice Zone: Dine' ask: "Why is the Navajo Nation allowing energy companies to prey ...
by Brenda Norrell
The Navajo Nation is Targeted Again for an Energy Sacrifice Zone: Dine' ask: "Why is the Navajo Nation allowing energy companies to prey on communities and individuals?" Dine' on the Navajo Nation are now targeted with a push to revitalize the dirty coal energy, after Navajo President Buu Nygren partnered with Trump in Washington to revitalize the coal industry....
Posted: Sun, May 25, 2025 4:26pm PDT
textYetide Badaki, actress, visits Congress with lawmakers/veterans urges no wealthy tax cuts by Ramona Duhoux
Yetide Badaki visits Capitol Hill with state lawmakers who are veterans to urge complete restoration of clean energy investments, and to ensure none of these funds are used to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy....
Posted: Tue, May 20, 2025 5:50pm PDT
textOn Huge Oil Spill’s 10 Year Anniversary, Sable Announces Restarted Drilling on Santa Barbara Coast by Center for Biological Diversity
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 19, 2025 — Exactly 10 years after a huge oil spill from an onshore pipeline devastated the coastline and led to hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, a Houston-based company, Sable Offshore Corp., announced today that it restarted offshore production in the area on May 15....
Posted: Tue, May 20, 2025 8:38am PDT
image'Friend-Maker' Sarah James is Goodwill Ambassador for Gwich'in and Caribou
 Sarah James, Gwich'in, said the long battle to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil and gas drilling continues, and she ...
by Brenda Norrell
Sarah James, Gwich'in, said the long battle to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil and gas drilling continues, and she describes the complex political and corporate structures that are pushing for this destruction. "It is the Sacred Place where Life Begins."...
Posted: Sun, May 18, 2025 12:06pm PDT
imageNueva red de articulación internacional: Pueblos contra el extractivismo
Defender la Madre Tierra es defender la vida!
by reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras
Nueva red de articulación internacional: Pueblos contra el extractivismo Unión internacionalista contra la minería y por la vida...
Posted: Thu, May 15, 2025 8:43am PDT
imageUranium Truck Driver has Medical Emergency in Flagstaff: Endangerment on Haul Route
An ambulance was called when the driver of a radioactive uranium truck became ill on the north side of Flagstaff on Thursday. The mainstr...
by Brenda Norrell
An ambulance was called when the driver of a radioactive uranium truck became ill on the north side of Flagstaff on Thursday. The mainstream media is downplaying the risks, after Navajo President Buu Nygren cut a secret deal for the uranium trucks to pass through the Navajo Nation....
Posted: Fri, May 9, 2025 11:41am PDT
imageU.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Report Prioritizes Women and Destructive Mining
Women's rights, an end to Russia's aggression in the Ukraine, and the protection of Indigenous Peoples from mining, specifically the abus...
by Brenda Norrell
Women's rights, an end to Russia's aggression in the Ukraine, and the protection of Indigenous Peoples from mining, specifically the abuses of critical minerals extraction, were priorities of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in its final report as it concluded on Friday afternoon in New York....
Posted: Sat, May 3, 2025 10:29am PDT
documentSenator Josh Becker's dirty double-crossing energy bill SB 540 sell out
No On SB 540!
by Lynda Carson
No On SB 540!...
Posted: Mon, Apr 28, 2025 3:18am PDT
imageAmazon's Indigenous Leaders are Assassinated and There's No Action by the United Nations
Indigenous women in the Amazon question why there is no decisive action from the United Nations while leaders are being assassinated and ...
by Brenda Norrell
Indigenous women in the Amazon question why there is no decisive action from the United Nations while leaders are being assassinated and mining and criminals flourish in the Amazon. Speaking during the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York, Indigenous women called for action by the United Nations and for countries to sanction mining and oil companies. In the Navajo Nation Capitol, Dine' women led rallies to protect their water from coal mining and radioactive uranium transport...
Posted: Sun, Apr 27, 2025 8:04am PDT
imageFrom the Amazon to the Navajo Nation, Indigenous Women Roar for Water, Land, and People
From the heart of the Amazon, Indigenous women demand their voices be heard, and oil and mining companies be sanctioned for crimes agains...
by Brenda Norrell
From the heart of the Amazon, Indigenous women demand their voices be heard, and oil and mining companies be sanctioned for crimes against humanity for the metals poisoning their rivers and women. While Indigenous women speak out at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York, in the Southwest, outside the Navajo Nation Council, Dine' rally against new coal mining, and the ongoing radioactive uranium trucks endangering their people. Dine' rallying to protect their wate...
Posted: Thu, Apr 24, 2025 11:05am PDT
imageFighting for the People, Protecting the Water: Navajos Rally Outside Navajo Council
Navajos marched to the Navajo Nation Council to protect their water, and oppose coal mining, uranium mining and radioactive transport in ...
by Brenda Norrell
Navajos marched to the Navajo Nation Council to protect their water, and oppose coal mining, uranium mining and radioactive transport in their homeland today, during the second day of the Navajo Council's spring session. Urging respect for the water, and to keep it clean, Dine' spoke of protecting the sacred....
Posted: Tue, Apr 22, 2025 8:37pm PDT
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