Posts Tagged ‘climate crisis’
California Pensions Fail to Engage: A review of CalPERS’ and CalSTRS’ votes against shareholder climate resolutions
Read the full report. As the impacts of climate change begin to wreak havoc on our bisophere, the fossil fuel divestment movement has gained remarkable momentum. Globally, 1,500 institutions representing over $40 trillion in assets have already committed to some level of divestment from the fossil fuel industry.1 Despite over a decade of pressure from…
Read moreGratitude for the Power of Collective Actions
“A failure.” “The most exclusionary climate summit ever.” “A Greenwash Festival.” “A source of great shame because COP26 will be the whitest and most privileged ever, with thousands who intended to travel from poorer countries excluded.” These are just a few of the many critiques of COP26. Amidst the heaviness and disappointment following COP 26,…
Read moreSanta Monica Youth Call Out CalSTRS’ Harry Keiley
### On August 14th at 10 AM on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, youth from all over Los Angeles will be demonstrating against the California Teachers’ Retirement Association (CalSTRS) investing billions of dollars into fossil fuels. CalSTRS is the 2nd largest pension fund in the U.S., managing over 300 billion dollars and serving…
Read moreLessons from Covid-19
As we prepare to bring our economies back from their pause, it is time to work hard for a just and green recovery. We have the resources, the scientific and technical knowledge, and the proven policies for all of us to live well. As I have been thinking about the worldwide response to COVID-19, like…
Read moreHow Big Oil is Exploiting the Covid-19 Crisis
The onset of the Covid-19 global pandemic and orders to shelter in place have thrown most of us into a state of profound crisis. However we view the world, our world will never be the same. Now is the time to set our intentions for what kind of world we want to create on the…
Read moreEvent Video: Covid-19 and the Climate Crisis
Fossil Free California’s community forum on COVID-19 and the climate crisis (March 31, 2020) touched on topics ranging from micro-grids to hopes for a New Green stimulus. The live webinar featured UC Berkeley’s Dr. Dan Kammen, who presented his views on how the current global pandemic intersects with the climate crisis.
Read moreBringing the Climate Crisis to the State of the State
The day before Gavin Newsom’s February 19 State of the State address, Consumer Watchdog and the FracTracker Alliance broke the story that the number of oil drilling permits issued in 2019 under Gavin Newsom rival those approved in 2018 under Jerry Brown. The Daily Kos story asserts: The increase in oil and gas drilling permits…
Read moreA Party with Heart
We had a fine fundraising party on Thursday, February 13 in a gallery displaying photographs from National Geographic’s Photo Ark. Maria Xiomara Dorsey of Brasil Solidarity Network and Idle No More SF Bay, grounded us with a meditation and a song. Then we all learned to sing “Stop the Money Pipeline”, a very catchy song created by the People’s Echo for Stop the Money Pipeline actions.
Read moreReading Climate News: from Hope to Despair and Back Again
Every morning I make a cup of coffee and read the climate news (and cringe); listen to my local progressive radio station (and wince); and then somehow summon the resolve
Read moreOp Ed: This is NOT the New Normal
My home burned in the 2017 Tubbs Fire. I appreciate the concern of friends who wonder how the recent Kincade fire is affecting me. I empathize with those who live in the inferno’s path who will experience years of grief and disorientation. But my visceral reaction is anger and frustration at our collective inability to…
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