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May 1st March in Fresno
Around 200 people marched through downtown Fresno May 1st to advocate immigrants' rights....
Posted: Sun, May 7, 2023 5:31pm PDT
Big Oil sponsors dinners and awards for CA journalists as part of greenwashing campaign
Big Oil’s campaign to influence the political system and the journalists that cover it has real world consequences in California, where oil drilling permits have skyrocketed in recent weeks....
Posted: Sun, Apr 9, 2023 1:53pm PDT
STILL ON: Sacramento: Rage Revival - More than Mifepristone March & Rally for Abortion Rights
MEET AT:
Cathedral Square
THEN MARCH TO:
Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse
501 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814...
Event Date: Sat, Apr 15, 2023 10:00am PDT
Posted: Sat, Apr 8, 2023 3:37pm PDT
CA Climate activists protest approval of hundreds of neighborhood oil permits this year
A total of 14,374 new and reworked oil drilling permits have been approved by CalGEM under Governor Newsom since Jan. 2019. ...
Posted: Wed, Apr 5, 2023 1:06pm PDT
Protest: Charlie Kirk at UC Davis
On March 14, U.C. Davis hosted Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk to around 300 attendees and a fierce student-led resistance of the same number....
Posted: Thu, Mar 16, 2023 1:15am PDT
State Water Board Reverses Emergency Order As Feds Cancel Salmon Season Openers
Fish advocates note that because of the poor management of Sacramento and Klamath rivers by the state and federal governments during the recent drought, fall-run Chinook, spring-run Chinook and Sacramento River winter-run Chinook populations have collapsed, prompting the closure of ocean and river salmon fisheries this year....
Posted: Tue, Mar 14, 2023 9:41am PDT
Nearly 200 oil drilling permits approved in CA since Jan. 1, bringing total to over 13,900
"CalGEM issuing hundreds of permits to negligent oil companies so they can continue drilling in our communities just months after they released an emergency rule to block neighborhood drilling is exactly why we don't trust them,” said Cesar Aguirre, organizer with Central California Environmental Justice Network. “This is exactly the free-for-all that California's oil industry wanted when they bought their way onto the ballot and forced the stay of SB 1137."...
Posted: Tue, Mar 14, 2023 9:18am PDT
“March for Life” in Sacramento
March 6 was the California event for the anti-choice group March for Life, a national anti-abortion organization. Charter buses lined their speaking event, which drew something in the region of 200 people, with 15-20 counter-protesters at any given time. The counter-protesters stayed loud throughout the anti-choice speakers’ time, drowning out speeches and annoying the audience....
Posted: Fri, Mar 10, 2023 11:51pm PST
Phone Zap! Tell UC Davis Chancellor May We Don't Want Another Proud Boy Hate Rally!
Phone Zap! Call and email UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May and refuse to let our taxes and student fees be used to pay for a Turning Point USA hate rally! Charlie Kirk says trans people need to be "took care of!" At the last TPUSA event at UC Davis, Proud Boys attacked students and community members. Enough is enough!...
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2023 2:58pm PST
Protestors Call on Merced DA to Prosecute Cruelty at Foster Farms Not Animal Rescuers
Citing practices that cause prolonged, terrifying, and painful deaths at Foster Farms’ killing facility, activists call for corporate accountability...
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2023 6:38pm PST
Protesters Call for Closure of Primate Research Center at UC Davis
The California National Primate Research Center’s work has included studies with Neuralink, a company founded by Elon Musk that has been accused of violating the Animal Welfare Act...
Posted: Fri, Mar 3, 2023 3:34pm PST
Davis to Protest Charlie Kirk Tour After Calls for Trans People to be "Taken Care Of"
After calling for trans people to be "taken care of the way we used to in the 1950s," Charlie Kirk, the multi-millionaire leader of Turning Point USA, a far-Right, Trump aligned group that has extensive crossover with white supremacists and neo-Nazis, is launching a speaking tour of college campuses. The last TPUSA event at UC Davis saw a gang of Proud Boys attempt to attack a crowd of counter-protesters - but people held the line and the event was shut down. Join us at UC Davis on Tuesday, M...
Posted: Thu, Mar 2, 2023 5:49pm PST
Delta group files opposition to TUCP waiving environmental laws protecting the Bay-Delta Estuary
“The TUCP is not in the public interest because it stampedes the State Water Board for water that is meant rightly to serve public trust resources of aquatic estuarine food webs and species in the Delta that further support migratory salmon and steelhead runs that benefits Northern California Indian Tribes (whose cultures are salmon-dependent), commercial and sport fishing interests, and the community of subsistence anglers residing in communities adjacent to Delta rivers and sloughs where th...
Posted: Mon, Feb 27, 2023 8:33am PST
State Senator David Min Introduces Bill to Ban Offshore Drilling in California Waters
Senator Dave Min announced the introduction of SB 559, legislation that would end offshore oil drilling under existing leases in California state waters....
Posted: Thu, Feb 16, 2023 12:05pm PST
Big Ag Newsom authorizes salmon-killing measures in executive order
"The past several years have been horrible for California's native salmon runs and this spring we were hoping for a reprieve when we might finally see the river flows needed to move baby salmon to the ocean," said John McManus, President of the Golden State Salmon Association (GSSA). "Now Newsom is stepping in to kill our salmon runs, as well as other wildlife that were hoping to catch a break."...
Posted: Tue, Feb 14, 2023 5:12pm PST
Rep. Josh Harder Reintroduces the Stop the Delta Tunnel Act in Congress
Critics and independent scientists say the tunnel would have a devastating impact on family farms in San Joaquin, Sacramento and other Delta counties, as well as on imperiled fish populations and the ecology of the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary....
Posted: Sun, Feb 12, 2023 10:48am PST
California Tribes, E.J. group file comments on voluntary water agreements with the State Water Board
“As long as the state upholds historic water rights, that we all know to be racist and unfair, we will continue to have first- and second-class California communities,” said Dillon Delvo, Executive Director, Little Manila....
Posted: Sun, Feb 12, 2023 8:18am PST
Oil industry referendum to overturn setbacks law becomes eligible for Nov. 2024 ballot
The announcement of the referendum's eligibility for the ballot came just three days after Jan. 31 filings with the Secretary of State revealed that the oil and gas industry in California spent over $34.2 million in the 2021-22 Legislative Session against SB 1137 and other bills the oil industry was opposed to, including legislation to ban offshore drilling in state waters and to divest California retirement pensions from oil and gas companies....
Posted: Tue, Feb 7, 2023 10:36am PST
Chevron doubles last year's profits as consumers are gouged at the gas pumps
The news of Chevron’s record profits and record oil and gas production in the U.S. comes as data from the Bureau of Land Management reveals that President Biden approved more oil and gas drilling permits in his first two years in office than former President Donald Trump....
Posted: Sun, Feb 5, 2023 10:27am PST
Big Oil spent over $34.2 million lobbying California officials in the 2021-22 session
WSPA and Big Oil wield their power in 8 major ways: through (1) lobbying; (2) campaign spending; (3) serving on and putting shills on regulatory panels; (4) creating Astroturf groups; (5) working in collaboration with media; (6) creating alliances with labor unions; (7) contributing to non profit organizations; and (8) sponsoring awards ceremonies, including those for legislators and journalists. ...
Posted: Sun, Feb 5, 2023 10:01am PST