The 350 Bay Area Blog
Content from Climate Leaders in the Bay Area
Fire, Smoke, Workers
In an era where many things don’t make sense (and are frequently enraging), the way we treat our essential workers still manages to stand out. We've been reminded of just how important farmworkers, truckers, and grocery workers are to providing affordable, accessible...
COP26 to Be a Key Conference for Climate Change Advocates
For the past year, climate change has been an inescapable reality, with worsening drought conditions in California, extreme hurricanes like Ida, flooding in Germany, raging and uncontrollable fires on the West Coast, and higher temperatures around the world. Our time...
We did it! The Air District Passed the Strongest Regulation on Refinery Pollution
We did it Friends!! After delaying the vote last month, the Air District Board voted this morning in favor of rule 6-5, the rule requiring refineries to clean up their air pollution. This is a BIG deal and many activists have worked hard to make this...
Rooftop Solar Press Coverage
350 Bay Area has been informing the press about rooftop solar developments of late. See below for the two pieces of press, released earlier this month. Rooftop Solar Backers Voice Concerns about CPUC Vote Laura Neish, executive director of the nonprofit 350 Bay Area,...
take action to protect rooftop solar
We need your help to stop ever-ongoing efforts to undermine rooftop solar! Small rooftop and community solar projects help stabilize California’s grid, and are essential for a safe, clean, resilient, and affordable energy future – increasing rooftop solar benefits...
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 Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy...
Sample Constituent Letter to the Air District
Find out who your county representative(s) is/are on the BAAQMD Board of Directors here (some counties have multiple reps) and write your own letter to them - sample letter below. Dear Director __________ As a resident of ________ , you represent me on the Board of...
Background on fluidized catalytic cracking units (FCCU) or “cat crackers”
image credit: Wikipedia On June 2nd the Air District can overcome the influence of Big Oil by passing a rule to reduce the major source of the most dangerous pollution from Bay Area oil refineries. Working intensively with the staff and the Air District’s...
350BA Youth Meet with Congressional Staff – How did it go?
To kick off 2021 the Mobilizing Team sprinted a marathon over 46 Days of Actions to build community momentum around major climate and environmental issues in the Bay Area. The team drew on our volunteer power to tackle issues like dirty banks and fossil fuel pollution...