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Global Divestment Day in Sacramento
On February 13 at 12 noon, we will launch the Fossil Free California campaign with a rally in Sacramento. It’s Global Divestment Day, and we’re joining people around the world to…
Read moreCalifornia emissions are down, but not enough
California is reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Existing laws and regulations have put the state on track to meet our aggresive climate goals for 2020 and 2030. That’s the good news. But we…
Read moreDoes shareholder engagement work?
This post is by Brett Fleishman, senior analyst at 350.org. Big investors like the California Public Employees’ Retirement Fund (CalPERS) are faced with a difficult choice. They can divest completely…
Read moreGlobal Divestment Day is coming!
This has been a year of great successes for the divestment movement around the world, and Global Divestment Day February 13–14 will celebrate those successes. Here in California, Chico State and…
Read moreWe don't need more fossil fuels
Exploration for new fossil fuel deposits should stop now, because we have already discovered far more than we can safely burn. That means no fracking, no oil rigs in the Arctic, no…
Read moreA time for renewed hope—and action
The end of the year is a time for evaluation and introspection. What have we achieved? What do we want to achieve? Like everyone else, those of us who care…
Read moreA call to action for the climate crisis
Russell Kilday-Hicks is a climate activist from San Francisco State University and vice president of the California State Employees Association. This is a letter he sent to fellow CSEA members.…
Read moreCalPERS gift—a lump of coal
Here is more disturbing information about the dangers of coal, from Gary Horvitz. Gary is an erstwhile divestment activist and current CCL volunteer devoted to enacting carbon pricing worldwide. There is…
Read moreChico State divests
Herb Caen, longtime columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle, used to look down his metropolitan nose at Chico, claiming that the Safeway there carried Velveeta cheese in the gourmet food section. Chico,…
Read moreNo coal in your stocking
Burning any fossil fuels is bad for the planet. We must stop extracting long-buried carbon from underground and spewing it into the atmosphere, creating a suicidal heat shield. But of…
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