California Environmental Justice Alliance 🤝 Statewide alliance of frontline community members fighting for environmental justice
Aug 1, 2022 • 19 tweets • 8 min read
(1) Last month, @CAGovernor@GavinNewsom broke his silence on the state climate blueprint with a letter to his own climate regulator @AirResources.
The Governor’s letter urged CARB to go further, faster. Here’s our analysis:🧵
(2) As the McKinney Fire rages red-hot and a megadrought continues, all eyes are on the 2022 Climate Scoping Plan process.
The draft plan has been universally criticized. The Governor’s recommendations, while not legally binding, are important political signals.
Nov 19, 2021 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
1/ Across the state, communities are resisting toxic pollution and oil-and-gas soaked local leadership.
In Kern County, @CRPE_EJ is taking on petroleum refinery exemptions. In Fontana, CA, @CCAEJ is fighting warehouse expansion and diesel death zones. lat.ms/3x2mkhO2/ Resident Jose Mireles, who lives near Kern Oil & Refining Co. said: “This is a low-income, Hispanic community where a lot of the people are foreign laborers who are not going to say anything.
Sometimes you are inside, the doors & windows are closed & you can still smell it."
