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Company pushing coal in Oakland declared bankrupt
December 9, 2020
After many attempts by the company to stave it off, Insight Terminal Solutions (ITS) has been declared bankrupt in a Kentrucky court. ITS had been at the helm of the effort to store and transport coal through the old Oakland Army Base for years now.
San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland Bring Electrification This Holiday Season
December 8, 2020
Before 2019, not a single city in the United States had laws prohibiting the use of fossil gas in new buildings. Now, at the end of 2020, 40 cities have passed electrification ordinances across California, with many more looking to do the same in...
San Francisco Celebrates the Passage of an All-Electric Building Ordinance For Newly Constructed Buildings and Framework for a Just Transition
November 11, 2020
San Francisco is the largest city in the state to pass an all-electric building ordinance and joins more than 30 other cities in California to begin phasing gas out of buildings.
Letter from Sacramento: A Simple Phone Call Will Sound for Generations
October 28, 2020
There’s something very wrong in the state parks system that at least three state parks directors and four governors have not solved. Make that five governors, counting Gavin Newsom. The problem is 3,100 acres of high-quality blue oak woodland,...
Environmental Groups, Community Members Sue City of Richmond over Illegal Approval of Luxury Housing on Point Molate Public Lands
October 13, 2020
On Friday, the Sierra Club and other environmental groups filed a lawsuit challenging the decision last month by the City of Richmond to approve a proposed 2,000-unit luxury housing project at Point Molate, a biologically, culturally, and...
Be counted! Important information for voters
September 25, 2020
We've pulled together important information on voting in the upcoming General Election on November 3, 2020. Don't miss our local endorsements for Bay Area voters, and if you're a member, please consider volunteering with our local letter-writing and...
Two updates in the fight to save Point Molate
September 23, 2020
Some bad news and some good news in the ongoing fight to keep public land public at Richmond's Point Molate.
10th annual David Brower Dinner goes online October 1 — Join us!
September 14, 2020
The SF Bay Chapter's 10th annual David Brower Dinner is scheduled to go online on Thursday, October 1st at 6:00 PM. We are grateful to the many people and organizations who have already stepped up and become sponsors or purchased their tickets....
Bay Area refineries are cutting the flow of oil — so why aren't we celebrating?
September 14, 2020
Months after the Marathon Refinery in Martinez idled due to the pandemic, production has now come to a permanent stop. While in many ways this may seem like a victory to us environmentalists (one less refinery polluting the local air) we must also...
Six Days Left to Save Point Molate
September 2, 2020
This Tuesday, September 8th, the Richmond City Council will vote on selling public land at Point Molate to a private developer for luxury housing. That means we have just six days left to save Point Molate.