Posts by Fossil Free California
MAY 25: California fossil fuel divestment bill heads to full Senate floor vote
MEDIA ADVISORYFOR PLANNING PURPOSESMay 24, 2023 Contact: Shana DeClercq | shana@fossilfreeca.org | (415) 376-3746 After passing Senate Appropriations, SB252 is the “climate bill that could.” Tremendous momentum for California, the world’s sixth largest economy, to lead on climate, economic, and fiduciary responsibility. WHAT: SB 252 (CalPERS & CalSTRS fossil fuel divestment bill) full Senate floor vote WHEN…
Read moreWhat is Climate Accountability Bill Package?
The Climate Accountability package comprises 3 transformational bills that will ensure we are meeting the climate crisis with strong data, financial transparency, risk mitigation, and in the case of our public pensions, divestment of $14 billion of fossil fuel funds. Learn more with these informative graphics from California Environmental Voters. Your Voice Matters! State Assembly…
Read moreMeet the California Fossil Fuel Divestment Coalition!
Now with over 140 labor unions and organizations in support, the California Fossil Fuel Divestment Coalition is building support in every corner of the state for SB 252, which will divest California’s public pensions from fossil fuels.
Read moreInformación del proyecto de ley del Senado (SB) 252
¿Por qué es fundamental apoyar el proyecto de ley SB 252? Ahora, en el 2024, es tiempo de acabar con la contaminación de los combustibles fósiles que destruye nuestras comunidades y contamina nuestro aire, suelo y agua. TE NECESITAMOS para ayudar a aprobar el proyecto de ley SB 252 y desinvertir las pensiones públicas de…
Read moreSample CTA Resolution
Click here to download an editable copy of a resolution to divest from fossil fuels that can be used by a CTA chapter. Please reach out if you have any questions or need help getting a resolution passed in your local. And please let us know once you have passed your resolution, so we can…
Read moreMay 5 Newsletter: Activism from Home
In recent months, Fossil Free California’s work, like many others, has gone remote. At the beginning of stay-at-home orders, we made it our goal to bring people together while we are apart. As we all adjust with sheltering in place, it’s important to remember that we’re keeping others safe by staying home. The collective action…
Read moreUpdate: SB 100 Held in Committee
SB 100 is being held in Chris Holden’s Utilities and Energy Committee, and might not come to a floor vote. The bill has encountered heavy opposition from the utility companies in the last few weeks of this session.
Read moreTeachers' unions support divestment
by Carlos Davidson California, famous worldwide for its leadership on climate change, is making big news in fossil fuel divestment, and it is doing it with some surprising union support. The California Senate recently approved a bill calling on its two massive public employee pension funds to divest their holdings in coal companies. Two unions representing…
Read moreSenate to vote on SB 185 coal divestment
by Janet Cox The bill in the California State Senate requiring CalPERS and CalSTRS to divest from coal companies, SB 185, along with the other bills in this year’s climate package, will be voted on by the full Senate on Wednesday morning, June 3, most likely between 10 am and noon. This will be the…
Read moreSenate committee bans coal investment
by Janet Cox On April 13, the California State Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee approved SB 185, the Public Divestiture of Thermal Coal Companies Act, 3–2 on a party line vote. The bill, sponsored by Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León, requires the state’s two largest public pension funds to divest from companies…
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