Campaign Updates
SOMAH comes to the Central Valley
The Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing (SOMAH) Program is one example of a successful program counteracting energy debt by providing solar energy—and economic benefits— to low income tenants.
Press Release: Over Two Hundred Californians rally at CARB board meeting
Working families, advocates say state draft plan is grossly out of touch with lived reality in communities that experience suffocating pollution and doubles down on fossil fuels at a time when California needs real climate solutions Press Release: 128 scientists and academics urge Governor Newsom, CARB to fix flawed Scoping Plan
“We cannot afford to gamble on our future”: Experts call for plan that reflects the latest science; disregard unproven technologies. Press Release – 73 organizations slam CARB climate blueprint
Seventy-three organizations sent a letter to Governor Newsom and the California Air Resources Board today criticizing its plan for reaching carbon neutrality, saying the plan is a setback for the state and the world. Press Release – CARB’s Draft Scoping Plan and Environmental Justice Recommendations
Today, the California Air Resources Board released a draft of the state’s 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan Update. Environmental justice groups slammed the draft plan, citing its failure to phase out fossil fuel production, lack of investment in clean transportation for low-income Californians, and dependence on failed carbon capture and other polluting technologies. Environmental Justice Groups Call for Full, Coordinated Phase Out of Fossil Fuels by 2045 in California’s Climate Change Scoping Plan
In a letter sent Wednesday, environmental justice groups called on CARB to set California on a path toward a full, coordinated phaseout of polluting oil refineries by 2045; scaled up investments in mass transit, electric car and truck programs for low-income Californians; and the elimination of climate policy dead-ends in the 2022 climate change scoping plan.
VISION coalition commends historic 3,200 ft setback for public health, urges Governor Newsom to close loopholes and phase out neighborhood drilling
“Wilmington residents have lived with the dangerous health impacts of oil drilling for far too long. The Governor’s announcement regarding the CALGEM rulemaking shows us that the Newsom administration is listening to us,” said Wendy Miranda, Wilmington Community Member, CBE.
Environmental Justice Advocates Respond to OC Oil Spill: Time to end Dangerous Drilling In Our Backyards
On Thursday, the California Environmental Justice Alliance (CEJA) and Voices in Solidarity against Oil in Neighborhoods (VISIÓN) urged lawmakers and the Newsom administration to treat the environmental health crisis caused by fossil fuels impacting working communities of color with the same urgency as the Governor’s response to this weekend’s oil spill that occurred off the coast of southern California. EJ Organizations Issue Statement on Rooftop Solar and Distributed Generation in California
As low income and communities of color face an affordability crisis, rising rates, major utility debt, economic insecurity, and ongoing power outages, the group released the following statement. 