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Diesel

Toolkit: Green the Fleet – Cities & Counties

Green the Fleet: Speed the Transition to ZEV Local Government Fleets.
Fleets make up a small percentage of vehicles on the road, but represent an outsized share of vehicle miles traveled, and therefore emissions.
Diesel medium and heavy duty vehicles make up a disproportionate percentage of municipal fleets, and
Diesel emissions have an outsized impact on health and the climate.

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Environmental Justice

Jemez Principles for Democratic Organizing

On December 6-8, 1996, forty people of color and European-American representatives met in Jemez, New Mexico, for the “Working Group Meeting on Globalization and Trade.” The Jemez meeting was hosted by the Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice with the intention of hammering out common understandings between participants from different cultures, politics and organizations. The following “Jemez Principles” for democratic organizing were adopted by the participants.

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Accelerate The Fossil Fuel Endgame

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

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