Kim Stanley Robinson & Elise Joshi sharing their brilliance with the FFCA community at the David Brower Center on Saturday! Thank you to everyone who attended this event and made it sparkle <3

Come meet Elise in person at Coming Together for Climate Action, FFCA's annual fundraising celebration! Saturday, September 20, 5-7:30 pm at the David Brower Center in Berkeley. Get your tickets at tinyurl.com/ffcacelebration

Dan Cohn of IEEFA is back for another round of interactive lunchtime training! Learn to understand climate finance and talk to your coworkers about why fossil free pension funds benefit us financially! Tinyurl.com/talkingfinance2

Governor Newsom is trying to push through an oil-billing expansion in the last days of the legislative session. Rank-and-file workers say NO TO SB 237! Call your reps today using this toolkit: tinyurl.com/nodrillbaby

Come meet Kim Stanley Robinson in person at Coming Together for Climate Action, FFCA's annual fundraising celebration! Saturday, September 20, 5-7:30 pm at the David Brower Center in Berkeley. tinyurl.com/ffcacelebration

Join us to celebrate wins, strengthen our community for the fights ahead, and raise resources for the climate movement! Tinyurl.com/ffcacelebration

Movie stars join the fight for pension divestment! retirebigoil.org

Join us next Weds June 11 on your lunch hour, and learn why fossil fuel divestment is good for your pension - and how to explain this to your coworkers! tinyurl.com/talkingfinance

Just part of the superstar crew that pedaled many miles of gorgeous (but windy!) Marin/Sonoma back roads this weekend to raise funds for FFCA, as part of Climate Ride's California Green Fondo! You can still donate to our team at support.climateride.org/team/6568!

Join Fossil Free California, @cynthiakaufman.bsky.social, and novelist Stephen Markley for a thought-provoking conversation on climate futures, resistance in dark times, and the radical imagination! Get your tickets at bit.ly/smarkley!

The Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act passes its first Senate Cmte 5-3! 🎉 Californians have paid enough from climate disasters. Time to #MakeBigOilPay. Thank you Sen Menjivar & Asm Addis for championing this bill to protect communities 🙏 #SB684 #AB1243

TONIGHT: Join us for our webinar on fossil fuel divestment and anti-neighborhood oil drilling intersections! Our four advocates will be talking about the challenges, wins, and overlaps between the campaigns they work on. bit.ly/42GJETZ

Calling all CA youth leaders! Our first youth coalition meeting of 2025 is Thursday, Jan. 23 from 6pm-7pm! You can rsvp here: bit.ly/cayouthej #youthcoalition

Join us Thursday, October 17th from 6pm-7pm for our next statewide youth coalition meeting for fossil fuel divestment! Please DM us for the zoom link to join and we hope to see you all there! #youthcoalition #fossilfueldivestment #environmentaljustice #ej #climatechange

Join Us Tomorrow on September 26th from 6pm-7pm for the launch of our statewide youth coalition for fossil fuel divestment! Please DM us for the zoom link if you would like to join us and we hope to see you all there! #youthcoalition #fossilfueldivestment #ej #climatechange

The Climate Clock is ticking ⏰🌍 On July 22nd, let’s come together for #ClimateEmergencyDay. It's #TimeToEndFossilFuels and #TimeToFundOurFuture. Share this post, join local actions and demand real climate solutions! #ActInTime www.climateclock.world/climate-emergency-day

The State Assembly Public Employment and Retirement Committee will be heard SB252 in June! Send a letter to the PERS committee, urging their support for divestment of fossil fuels through SB252 TODAY at fossilfreeca.org/email #Divestment #SB252 #StateAssembly #EnvironmentalJustice

Is there oil drilling in your community? Is it funded by the public pension system, CalPERS and CalSTRS? Find out through our Fossil Free California mapping tool and our Community Spotlight Series! fossilfreeca.org/map #Divest #SB252 #FossilFreeCA

There are thousands of active and idle wells that are owned by fossil fuel companies that receive funding from CalPERS and CalSTRS! Write a letter to your assembly member demanding that the pensions divest from fossil fuel companies! #GreenSky #ClimateSky #PoliSky

Did you know that there are over 96,000 oil wells in California that either have been or are currently being funded by CalPERS and CalSTRS? Check out @FossilFreeCA’s interactive map: fossilfreeca.org/map Then email your Assemblymember: “Vote Yes on #SB252 – Divest!” fossilfreeca.org/email

Did you know that California’s public pensions invest in the companies that are drilling all across California?  Check out @FossilFreeCA’s interactive map: fossilfreeca.org/map Then email your Assemblymember: “Vote Yes on #SB252 – Divest!” fossilfreeca.org/email #GreenSky #ClimateSky #PoliSky

Check out Bill McKibben's new piece on why Stand.earth and our partners are calling out Costco for banking with top fossil fuel funder Citi. #climatesky #fossilbank

We believe in a world free from fossil fuels. A world where our lives aren’t threatened by the financing whims of big banks, and toxic fossil fuel projects aren’t quietly funded by RBC. If you share this vision, visit FossilFreeRBC.org to join the movement.

Tonight! See you there!

In 2019, Berkeley, California made history by becoming the first city to require new buildings to be all-electric by blocking gas hook ups in new construction. #climatesky

RDP and 146 other groups are urging the EPA to refer FERC's decision to greenlight the GTN Xpress Pipeline Project to the White House CEQ for review. The approval violates NEPA and undermines OR and WA's decarbonization laws. It can and must be reversed. therevolvingdoorproject.org/release-near...

“The United Nations Environmental Program just released a report indicating that fossil fuel production in 2030 is slated to be double what is compatible with 1.5 degrees warming. We need to act now. CalPERS should divest, rather than make unclear promises of net zero by 2050.” 1/2 #GreenSky

We support California Faculty Association. Please take a look at their demands below and spread the word.

Join us January 23 for the online event: A Win on California Pension Divestment Is a Win for California Communities! Join Bill McKibben in a conversation with grassroots leaders - let's make a plan to pass a transformative climate bill in 2024! RSVP: fossilfreeca.org/win-win  #GreenSky #ClimateSky

Join us January 23 for the online event: A Win on California Pension Divestment Is a Win for California Communities! Join Bill McKibben in a conversation with grassroots leaders - let's make a plan to pass a transformative climate bill in 2024! RSVP: fossilfreeca.org/win-win  #GreenSky #ClimateSky

The planet can’t wait for miracle technologies. But we don’t have to, says Professor Mark Jacobson. Thanks to wind, water and solar, “we have 95% of the technologies right now that we need to solve the problem.” #EndFossilFuels #JustTransition #climatesky

Scientists confirm 2023 was the hottest year on record There are solutions to the climate crisis - stop burning fossil fuels - cut energy waste & use renewables - protect & restore forests & nature - eat less meat/dairy Only the political will is missing www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"Over 1,600 institutions, including hundreds of faith-based organizations, have joined the fight to move money away from polluting fossil fuels and toward clean energy solutions." – Dayenu on lighting the way to a clean energy future. #GreenSky #ClimateSky www.commondreams.org/opinion/dive...

BP, Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and TotalEnergies are predicted to reward their investors with record payouts of over $100 BILLION for 2023 — despite investors facing growing pressure to #divest their shares from the fossil fuel industry. #climatesky

As everyone fires up for 2024, a gentle reminder from The Nap Ministry that rest is resistance. This critical message is not just about physical and mental health, it is about imagining a life of abundance not derived primarily from fossil fuels. ✌️ ClimateSky thenapministry.wordpress.com

🚨“I've been involved with regulating refineries for about 25 years and have never seen this number of incidents over this period of time" -Contra Costa County supervisor Chair John Gioia www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...  #MakePollutersPay

California stepped up as a climate leader in key areas this year. Here are 7 of the top climate victories of 2023 to celebrate >>> fossilfreeca.org/7-california... This roundup by Last Chance Alliance. #ClimateActionNow #GreenSky #ClimateSky #PoliSky

We support Cal State Faculty and California Faculty Association. #UnionStrong #SolidaritySeason

Who needs good climate news today? This is a HUGE divestment milestone: #GreenSky #ClimateSky #PoliSky

The UN Climate Change conference #COP28 is entering its final days. Fossil Free California proud to join a diverse and growing coalition of organizations and 800+ leaders who join with the COP28 Parties in bringing us together behind a 1.5°C plan. Because #LaterIsTooLate. #GreenSky #ClimateSky

We support the thousands of California university faculty who are on strike to win a union contract that benefits all Cal State faculty and students. We support their demands for dignity, equity, and justice. Our statement here: fossilfreeca.org/statement-of... #SolidaritySeason #HigherEd #Union

Need to brush up on your climate literacy as we head into week 2 of #COP28 in Dubai, when the fights over climate progress really start to ramp up? Well, my team at Bloomberg News has you covered with a glossary of 14 key terms (available outside the paywall): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NEW from the Los Angeles Times Editorial Board on the need for CalPERS & CalSTRS to #divest from fossil fuels: "In a world that is rapidly shifting toward renewable energy, [fossil fuel] investments are becoming too risky to keep." #COP28 #climate #SB252 #CaliPoli #climatesky

#GreenSky #ClimateSky #PoliSky

So: California has a moving through the Assembly to divest its public pensions of $14 billion in fossil fuels. So then: CalPERS announced a "sustainability plan" to undercut the bill. Today's LA Times editorial calls the plan "timid, incremental and ill-defined" web.archive.org/web/20231204...

Today at #COP28, Canada's Minister of Environment & Climate Change Steven Guilbeaut announced new draft regulations on methane emissions that will require oil & gas producers to reduce emissions by at least 75% by 2030 — part of a global effort to reduce emissions from the greenhouse gas.

The 2024 NPR Reflect America Fellowship is SPECIFICALLY climate focused?! 🎵👂Music to our ears. Uprooters, get those applications submitted before midnight on Jan. 26, 2024! www.npr.org/2023/11/28/1...

So: California has a moving through the Assembly to divest its public pensions of $14 billion in fossil fuels. So then: CalPERS announced a "sustainability plan" to undercut the bill. Today's LA Times editorial calls the plan "timid, incremental and ill-defined" web.archive.org/web/20231204...