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Victory! Antioch City Council adopts initiative to protect 1,400 acres
September 6, 2018
On Tuesday, August 28th, the Antioch City Council voted 3-1 to adopt the “Let Antioch Voters Decide: Sand Creek Area Protection Initiative”. After years of working on the Sand Creek area and a year of intense activity to write and qualify our...
March with the Sierra Club contingent this Saturday for Climate, Jobs & Justice
September 6, 2018
The March for Climate, Jobs & Justice is this Saturday in San Francisco! Meet up with us to get Sierra Club swag and march with our contingent. We're meeting outside Boudin Bakery Cafe at 4 Embarcadero Center. Meet us around 10 am; we march at...
Help paint the Sierra Club mural at Saturday's RISE for Climate, Jobs & Justice March
September 5, 2018
Come be a part of creating the Sierra Club's mural as part of the Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice mobilization on September 8th! We will be painting an original mural design with John Muir's message, "Keep close to Nature's heart." Our mural...
Alameda County welcomes a clean new energy supplier
September 4, 2018
Many already know that East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) is the new electric power supplier serving most of Alameda County. EBCE is the result of a five-plus-year effort by Alameda County’s elected officials to create an alternative to PG&E, the...
Rainbow Sierrans' Beth Bittle wins Michener Award for outings leadership
September 4, 2018
Every year the Sierra Club San Francisco Bay Chapter bestows the Dave and Pat Michener Outings Leadership Award on a local outings leader who embodies the Sierra Club’s motto to “explore, enjoy, and protect the planet.” Beth Bittle is the deserving...
Public land for the public good: an opportunity for new affordable housing in Oakland
September 4, 2018
The high costs of land and construction compound the challenges of preserving and producing an adequate supply of affordable housing and protecting vulnerable residents from displacement. But Oakland has a key resource it hasn't yet leveraged: the...
Join protest to stop financing of Oakland coal terminal
September 4, 2018
Come protest the Bank of Montreal’s involvement in financing Oakland's unwanted coal terminal. We will be demonstrating outside the conference of Principles for Responsible Investment, running concurrently with Global Climate Action Summit. Inside...
We’ve divested — will you?
September 4, 2018
We’re proud to report that as of this summer the chapter has moved all its funds out of Wells Fargo accounts. With this action, we’re part of a growing movement to cut ties with financial institutions that fund fossil fuel projects and threaten our...
Protest BAAQMD collusion with Phillips 66 tar sands project, Sept. 5
August 27, 2018
Staff of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District — whose job it is to ensure healthy air and protect the climate — has just secretly approved a fundamental part of the massive San Francisco Refinery tar sands expansion project proposed by...
State Water Board delays final decision on Delta protections
August 24, 2018
On August 21-22 the State Water Board held what was supposed to be a final hearing on the Bay-Delta Plan: a proposal requiring that more freshwater be allowed to flow down three tributaries of the San Joaquin River to protect Delta communities and...