I’m riding the train back to Oakland from Sacramento with a renewed sense of strength. This rarely happens when I head home from California’s State Capitol, but yesterday we stepped into a realm of new possibilities when the Legislature passed the Climate Change Community Benefits Fund—the first… Read more
This morning, Toxic Twins: Soiling the Southland was released- a new Los Angeles-specific report by the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and the California Environmental Justice Association. This report shows that the two largest financial backers of Proposition 23, the Dirty Energy Proposition, have been cited dozens… Read more
Need any more reasons why our communities must unite to stop the dirty energy prop? Let N2O3, a lonely robot Californian from the future tell you why.
94 years ago today, Congress signed the National Park Service Organic Act, which created the National Park Service. Today, the
National Park Service oversees almost 400 designated properties, including 58 with “national park” status.
Growing up in the heart of Los Angeles, near the notorious Rampart… Read more
I’m looking forward to spending a day outside, hopefully in the sun (if this funny weather lets-up) at tomorrow’s Fresh Fest, organized by Grind for the Green.
The “green” movement has really taken off in the United States over the past few years, but… Read more
It’s unfortunate that Harry Alford of the Beltway-based National Black Chamber of Commerce didn’t come clean about who is behind his attack on California’s clean energy and clean air standards, known as AB 32. His organization is heavily funded by oil interests, including Exxon Mobil, and has testified… Read more
Today marks 100 days since the Deepwater oil spill broke open in the Gulf of Mexico. My thoughts and prayers go out to the countless families whose livelihoods and way of life are being smothered by oil that should have remained deep underground. This tragedy is unfolding at a devastating… Read more
I flew into the USA alone at the age of 5, with questionable legality and overwhelming confusion, because the Iranian government would not allow entire families to travel together. My father, whom I had not seen in 4 years, met me at the airport and took me to the first… Read more
As the clean energy economy grows, we must constantly seek ways to ensure equal and fair access to jobs and opportunity, especially for those who are too often left out and left behind. With billions of dollars of federal stimulus money, as well as major other investments of funding and… Read more
Did you know that AB32 and recycling are the two most important ingredients in California’s recipe for a green economic recovery? According to Californians Against Waste, AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act fuels green growth. Currently, there are 500,000 jobs in… Read more
