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It's Getting Hot in Here
This year’s extreme heat waves have been making the headlines, as they should. For most people, record-breaking levels of heat and humidity simply mean cranking up the air conditioner and staying...
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Sorry Isn't Enough
Note: The photo of the fire is from Drew Dellinger. More photos of the fire are on his blog. My mother left me a voice message Monday night. She said “Rhinita, close your windows and try not to go out....
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Two Important Bills on Governor Brown's Desk
For the past 3 years, we've pushed for ways to make sure people who are most vulnerable to climate catastrophe are first in line to be protected from its most devastating effects. As we see the...
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A Win for California!
Last night, Governor Brown signed into law two bills which will authorize hundreds of millions of dollars in investments in California's most disadvantaged and polluted communities. This win comes...
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Cap and Trade Auctions and Why they help Our Communities
With the California Air Resources Board set to hold its first auction of carbon emissions permits under the state’s cap-and-trade program today, recently-signed legislation finally guarantees that a...
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Is Climate Apartheid Inevitable?
Monday, 12/10/12, marked International Human Rights Day. As a native of New York City and a participant in the Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts, I've been asked to write a little bit about human...
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The BART shutdown: a serious silver lining
Call me a radical, but I believe yesterday’s emergency BART shutdown has the potential to do some serious good. Thousands of people were prevented from taking their normal commute into the city, having...
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Ella Baker Center Launches Climate Action Toolkit
You've seen the headlines recently:“At least 23 dead from weekend storms; millions remain w/o power amid record heat”“More than 2,000 heat records matched or broken”“Wildfires burn across Colorado,...
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Fire at the Chevron Richmond Refinery
We all stand to benefit when we put people and our planet ahead of excessive profits. Act now to make sure Chevron pays for their disaster.Monday night, we watched in horror as a huge explosion and...
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After the Storm
Photo from http://www.flickr.com/photos/brbirke/8136033238/sizes/m/in/photostream/ This morning I woke early and immediately reached for my phone. I wanted to check in with family and friends who lived...
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