Blog

Why #StopCopCity Has Lasting Implications for Environmental and Social Activists Everywhere

Image from Stop Cop City Solidarity This past week, thousands have gathered from across the country to join the community defending Atlanta and its Weelaunee forest from the construction of “Cop City” – a massive 85-acre, $90 million urban warfare police training facility. Protests have come to a head after a Georgia State Trooper shot and killed forest defender Manuel (Tortuguita) Terán on January 18th. This fight lies at the

Electric Vehicle (EV) sales soared in 2022 according to the California Energy Commission (CEC)

The CEC reports that 19% of new vehicle sales in California in 2022 were EVs. This is up an amazing 50% from the 12% of sales in 2021. The Bay Area leads the way with 30% of all new auto

We Delivered 780 Signatures Supporting CA to Meet Our Climate Goals

Every five years, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) creates a Scoping Plan, a roadmap of actions required to meet California’s climate goals. Unfortunately, the current proposed plan doesn’t ensure that California will meet its greenhouse gas reduction targets, which

Save Rooftop Solar in California

What we need: Outreach to Gov Newsom: calls, tweets (scroll down for example tweets), pressure from other electeds Letters to the Editor and OpEds Outreach to Elected Officials, asking them to join in the campaign to protect solar Have your

CPUC’s New Rules for Rooftop Solar Still Miss the Mark; Will Stall Rooftop Growth

The CPUC’s Proposal is at Odds with California’s Climate Goals November 11, 2022 – As the international community meets to discuss pathways cutting dangerous pollution destabilizing our climate system at COP 27, California’s Public Utility Commission (CPUC) released its revised

Let CARB know: We need a stronger, more equitable Scoping Plan

Book Review: White Skin, Black Fuel, On the Danger of Fossil Fascism

White Skin, Black Fuel – On the Danger of Fossil Fascism By: Andreas Malm and the Zetkin Collective. Published December, 2020 A review by Jack Lucero Fleck, 10/23/22 This is a very eye-opening book. As a person who has been

Diablo Canyon: CA is careening towards spending BILLION$ on a bad decision

Photo credit: NRCgov Please contact the CA Energy Commission y Friday August 19 to let them know: We don’t need to spend $billions on outdated, inflexible, brittle, unreliable power! What DO we need? A flexible, reliable, affordable, clean energy grid.

How clean are Electric Cars?

Quick Answer-87% cleaner with renewable electricity! This question is one that I have been trying to answer since I bought an EV in 2011. My last answer was in 2015 where I produced this table based on data from the

Six People, Nine Months

After the major fires in Sonoma County in the Fall of 2017, the community came together to find ways to support fire survivors and help the community rebuild stronger. One area of focus became figuring out a way to rebuild

Berkeley Gas Ban Update and FAQ’s

In July of 2019, Berkeley became the first city in the US to eliminate natural gas hookups for new low-rise residential construction, ending the era of automatically and mindlessly extending the infrastructure that accelerates the climate crisis. Other cities have

Contra Costa Youth Fight Big Oil

Head youth organizers, Alexi Lindeman and Ian Cohen. Photo provided by Alexi Lindeman. CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, California (Earth Anecdotes) – Youth activist Greta Thunberg has transformed awareness about the climate crisis all around the world. Now, in a parallel effort,

Diesel Free Neighborhoods

Recording and Other Resources from the March 26 Panel & Leadership Team Conversation Recording 26Mar22 Diesel Free NS mtg.mp4 You may need to unzip this file; Google will walk you through the process. Panel Bios Chris Peeple: Chris Peeples has