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Showdown Looming Over Extreme Logging Climate Crimes in Sierra Nevada
The US Forest Service is proposing to spend $650 million (including $30 million of herbicides) to authorize extreme logging in the Plumas National Forest in the name of "wildfire community protection." The USFS proposes to remove protections for spotted owl and red-legged frogs among others. Help is urgently needed from forest defenders!...
Posted: Sat, Aug 12, 2023 2:58pm PDT
Stop OAK Airport Expansion Rally + Port of Oakland Public Hearing
WHEN: Tuesday August 15th, 2023
5 - 5:45 pm Family Friendly, Outdoor Rally, Food, Music, Art, Speakers @ 100 Hegenberger Road, Suite 270. Oakland (at CBE's Office parking lot - off Airport Access Rd.)
5:45 pm March to Hilton Airport Hotel, 1 Hegenberger Road, Oakland
6:00-7:30 pm Port of Oakland Public Hearing. Port representatives will be available at poster stations to provide information and answer questions for the first 30 minutes of the meetings. A presentation by the Port will b...
Event Date: Tue, Aug 15, 2023 5:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Aug 11, 2023 5:22pm PDT
London Breed's Corrupt PUC Led By Dennis J. Herrera Paying Large Fines
SF Mayor London Breed's corrupt PUC led By Dennis J. Herrera is paying large fines for violation of pollution violations....
Posted: Mon, Jul 24, 2023 1:09pm PDT
Groups Win Legal Challenges to Massive Bay Area Biofuel Refinery Projects
Flawed Reviews Downplayed Harms to Communities, Environment...
Posted: Sat, Jul 22, 2023 8:51am PDT
Blocking Wells Fargo's “Business As Usual” to Demand a Halt to Fossil Fuel Funding
Party-like atmosphere part of protest that leads to 6 arrests...
Posted: Mon, Jul 17, 2023 2:26am PDT
Protesters Out in Force at Wells Fargo Headquarters
Creative Demonstrators in front of Wells Fargo worldwide headquarters in San Francisco on Friday July 14th...
Posted: Sun, Jul 16, 2023 10:06pm PDT
Protesters Separated from Locking Cuffs at Wells Fargo Protest (video/mp4 13.5MB)
30 second mp.4 video by Peg Hunter of fire fighters cutting away the lockboxes from protesters’ arms....
Posted: Sun, Jul 16, 2023 8:24pm PDT
Party-Protest Blocks Wells Fargo Worldwide HQ for Hours
Top Photo by Rachel Podlishevsky, ProBonoPhoto
1 minute mp4 Video by Lis Cox...
Posted: Sun, Jul 16, 2023 12:38am PDT
"Block Party" For Divestment Shuts Down Wells Fargo Operations
The party won't stop until you divest!...
Posted: Sat, Jul 15, 2023 2:20pm PDT
Brick thrown at UPS Store Window in Solidarity with #StopCopCity
Oakland CA, a brick was thrown into the front window of UPS Store in solidarity with #StopCopCity and defense of Weelaunee forest...
Posted: Sat, Jul 8, 2023 11:10am PDT
Governor and legislators reach deal on budget package with Delta Tunnel language removed
Many political insiders believe that Governor Newsom attempted to ram through his last minute legislative language to expedite the construction of the Delta Tunnel and other water and infrastructure projects in order to serve the wishes of his agribusiness, building industry, real estate and other Big Money donors....
Posted: Mon, Jul 3, 2023 9:09pm PDT
Summer Block Party for Climate Justice
Wells Fargo at 333 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 US...
Event Date: Fri, Jul 14, 2023 11:00am PDT
Posted: Mon, Jul 3, 2023 11:07am PDT
Bank of America in berkeley hit with STOP COP CITY tags and ATM screens smashed
Last night at 1am the bank of america on college ave was attacked in solidarity with the campaign to stop cop city and weelaunee forest defenders...
Posted: Mon, Jul 3, 2023 10:40am PDT
ATMs Smashed + Defaced in Solidarity with "Stop Cop City"
STOP COP CITY / 5 ATMs Smashed + 4 Bank of Amerikkka Buildings Vandalized n Bay Area Friday Night...
Posted: Sat, Jul 1, 2023 12:28pm PDT
Big Oil's outsize influence on CA and US politics expands to journalism dinners and awards
The following is a speech I gave at a climate rally at the State Capitol in Sacramento on June 10 sponsored by the Sacramento Climate Coalition, Sacramento 350, Third Act Sacramento, Oil and Gas Network and other climate groups. The event was part of a national week of action June 8 to 11 sponsored by People vs Fossil Fuels, Fridays For Future U.S., and more. The organizations demanded that President Biden use his executive powers to end the era of fossil fuels and declare a climate emergency...
Posted: Sat, Jun 17, 2023 12:46pm PDT
California Senate Committee Blocks Governor's Plan to Gut Environmental Law
Representatives of environmental groups spoke out against the legislation at the hearing, supporting the staff recommendations to move the trailer bills to the regular policy process and to reject the flood and drought trailer bill language....
Posted: Sun, May 28, 2023 10:02pm PDT
California Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Over Monterey Oil, Gas Drilling Restrictions
Residents to Rally at Local Courthouse in Support of Measure Z...
Posted: Wed, May 24, 2023 12:58pm PDT
Governor guts landmark environmental law to expedite the salmon-killing Delta Tunnel
Advocates for fish, water and environmental justice are outraged over Governor Gavin Newsom's plan to gut the California Environmental Quality Act in order to construct the Delta Tunnel, Sites Reservoir and other destructive infrastructure projects....
Posted: Mon, May 22, 2023 4:52pm PDT
East Meadow Update 5/15/23
There has been a significant new development in the long-running struggle over SHW and the East Meadow: a month after the UCSC administration got the Regents to approve a proposal that was supposed to make the project immune to litigation, a group (not EMAC) filed suit not only to invalidate that action, but also to bar UCSC from proceeding with the project until all pending litigation has been resolved. We of course cannot predict how this latest litigation by others will play out, but it i...
Posted: Tue, May 16, 2023 6:37pm PDT
No Cop City Anywhere: Solidarity with Weelaunee Forest Defenders & In Honor of Our Martyrs
Meet at Oscar Grant Plaza (436-476 14th St, Oakland, CA 94612)...
Event Date: Tue, May 30, 2023 4:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, May 14, 2023 10:55am PDT