Our kids can’t play outside. Our neighborhoods are covered in ash. Our windows are sealed shut for days because of hazardous air quality. Our homes, our families, our friends, our neighbors, and our businesses hang in the balance of immense, intensified, and unpredictable fires. And all of this is taking place in the background of a deadly global pandemic.
Call Governor Newsom
Half-measures are a form of climate denial. Together, we must urge Governor Newsom to take the bold action that Californians need now.
Along with partners at the California Environmental Justice Alliance and Earthjustice, we're calling on the Governor to adopt these #5fortheFuture climate policies:
Talking Points
End fossil fuel infrastructure: Stop permitting new oil and gas drilling, pipelines, and infrastructure, and accelerate a managed decline to phase out oil production and refining in California, starting with operations near homes and schools. Provide proper support and resources to ensure a fair transition for fossil fuel workers.
Increase the use of clean electricity: Accelerate the building of solar, storage, wind, and other clean technologies so that all our electricity is 100% zero-carbon by 2030, prioritizing communities at the frontlines of fossil fuel operations.
Phase-out dirty fuels in our homes: Require all-electric new buildings by 2022, ensure 100% of appliances sold in California are electric starting in 2025, and invest to ensure low-income families can affordably upgrade their homes.
Phase-out polluting cars and trucks: Move to 100% zero-emission vehicle sales by 2030 and accelerate public transportation solutions.
Appoint strong climate leaders to regulatory agencies, like the Air Resources Board, who will champion bold solutions that simultaneously address climate change and other air pollution.
This action is in partnership with Earthjustice and California Environmental Justice Alliance: