Protesters wearing reflective safety vests have unsettled France for months, halting traffic, chanting slogans and at times clashing violently with police. Promises by President Emmanuel Macron to raise worker pay and cut taxes have not quelled the French demonstrators’ anger, which was originally triggered in December by a proposed fuel tax hike. Nor has the cold […]
If Martin Luther King Jr. still lived, he’d probably tell people to join unions. King understood racial equality was inextricably linked to economics. He asked, “What good does it do to be able to eat at a lunch counter if you can’t buy a hamburger?” By Peter Cole, Western Illinois University The Conversation Those disadvantages have […]
Fifty-one years after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the United States remains divided by issues of race and racism, economic inequality as well as unequal access to justice. These issues are stopping the country from developing into the kind of society that Martin Luther King, Jr. fought for during his years as a […]
Economic justice advocates are taking note that rooftop solar power deployment in the US has a taken on a racial tinge, with significantly more penetration in predominantly white neighborhoods. That’s a climate action issue as well, because it reveals that US policy makers are missing an important opportunity for accelerating solar adoption. By Tina Casey […]
On January 16, a coalition of environmental, fishing, and Native American groups led by the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen Association (PCFFA) filed suit against the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) to overturn its latest attempt to press former Governor Jerry Brown’s Delta Tunnels (California WaterFix) proposal upon California taxpayers. By Dan Bacher The suit, filed […]
Westlands Water District has begun their effort to raise Shasta Dam and flood most of what is left of the Winnemem Wintu’s sacred sites on the McCloud River in northern California. This is a wasteful, expensive, unnecessary, destructive and illegal boondoggle opposed by the California Legislature and leadership. Raising Shasta Dam would do irreparable environmental […]
Everyone who lives in California’s Sacramento River Delta understands that all boats rise together at high tide. Restore the Delta states the environmental concerns and needs of those who will be harmed first by the Delta Tunnels project (including what we refer to in this report as Delta environmental justice communities), and advocates for water […]
In water agencies all over California right now, fevered phone calls between general managers and directors and attorneys and engineers are likely happening because of Westlands Water District’s vote to reject California Delta Tunnels/ WaterFix on September 19th. By Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla and Tim Stroshane Restore the Delta Will the Delta Tunnels project have to get […]
By Mary Anne Hitt Director of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign There is big news out of Nevada that will echo around the nation. Late Monday night the Nevada Assembly passed a bill clearing the path to retire the polluting Reid Gardner coal plant. The bipartisan bill is now headed for an expected signature […]
By Emma Newman As coal plants in the United States continue to close, local organizations around the country appear to have struck a blow to the industry. But in reality, as coal consumption decreases in our country, global demand continues to rise. A result of this shift in demand can be found in recent proposals […]
Chevron’s new ad campaign talks the talk. “Oil Companies Need to Get Real” and “Oil Companies Should Put Their Profits To Good Use,” for instance. It comes so close to them actually turning into good corporate citizens that when spoofmeisters The Yes Men snuck out a fake press release late last night, they had some […]