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Petrorock Withdraws Cat Canyon Oil Project
April 6, 2020
This cow in Cat Canyon is in luck. Petrorock just withdrew its application to significantly expand dirty oil production in Santa Barbara County. This is good news, but two other nearby projects are still pending.
The Trump Administration is Failing Us: What do we do now?
March 30, 2020
The U.S. now has more coronavirus cases than any other nation on earth and the Trump administration is making things worse, plus advancing environmental harm while the public is distracted. Here are a couple of things we can do.
Central Coast Hits Milestone of 1,000 EV Charging Ports
March 9, 2020
In January 2020, we hit a major milestone: 1,000 public EV charging ports in Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo counties.
Voter Suppression
January 24, 2020
Santa Barbara County Supervisor and environmental champion, Joan Hartmann, is facing unscrupulous tactics by oil-backed candidate, Bruce Porter, leading up to the March 3 primary election.
Sierra Club and IBEW Team Up for "24 Hours of Reality"
November 22, 2019
On November 20–21, Climate Reality Leader volunteers trained by former Vice President Al Gore held public presentations and conversations on our changing climate worldwide. In Buellton, Katie Davis, with Sierra Club, and Brian Gregory, with IBEW...
A Little Less Talk, and a Lot More Action
September 11, 2019
Let's start building our renewable energy future. Support the Strauss wind energy project.
California oil -- the state pufferfish
August 19, 2019
The California oil industry, one of the most poisonous industries in the world, like the pufferfish inflates itself to appear larger than it is.
Exxon Protest
May 7, 2019
Protestors rallied in front of the Santa Barbara County Building on Monday, May 6 against ExxonMobil’s application to truck crude oil 24 hours a day, 7 days a week – up to 70 trucks a day – along dangerous coastal highways through Santa Barbara...
If You’re a Corporation, They Let You Do It
April 26, 2019
Sitting through the all-day Plains sentencing hearing yesterday on punishment for their felony conviction for causing the 2015 Refugio oil spill was a lesson in our inability to hold oil companies like Plains accountable for even the most egregious...
The Green New Deal is About Survival
April 12, 2019
By Jonathan Ullman, Los Padres Chapter Director
There’s been a lot of talk lately about a Green New Deal, which is a response to planetary catastrophes of climate change and inequality.
Today’s Green New Deal is what we’re going to need to...