I said there’s no way to sugar coat it!

Yesterday, @politico.com ran an article about this week’s @calenergy.bsky.social meeting claiming that climate and environmental justice groups are lining up behind a plan that would “pump the brakes” on the transition away from fossil fuels. It’s time to set the story straight ⬇️⬇️

TODAY: 35+ organizations say NO to a bailout for Big Oil. For years, oil giants failed to fix up refineries, gouged Californians, and paid out billions to shareholders. Now, they're trying to blame climate policy. #CALeg: Stop the oil shakedown. ✍️ Read the full letter here: apen.us/SHAKEDOWN

For yrs, oil giants raked in record profits. Instead of fixing their aging refineries, they gouged Californians and paid out billions to shareholders: $4.3 billion to Valero investors last year alone. Say NO to bailouts for Big Oil! ✍️take action now: stoptheoilshakedown.org @apen4ej.bsky.social

The transition from oil is well underway - in CA and across the world. But Big Oil are blaming refinery closures on CA's climate policies in an attempt to shakedown Californians on their way out. Don't let them bail out Big Oil! Learn more + take action: stoptheoilshakedown.org

“The company will just want to maximize profits. They’ll file for bankruptcy, their assets will be stranded, and then workers and communities get left holding the bag.”-- Christine Cordero, co-director of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network. www.kneedeeptimes.org/the-path-to-...

Bay Area: we need your support NOW to keep our neighbors safe! In the coming weeks, we need to be ready to protect each other. To get rapid response action alerts, sign up at bayresistance.org 🚨

Is the city of Richmond a model for the larger state? "There’s a reason that Chevron came to the table, settled and didn’t even want to see this go on the ballot because there was overwhelming support in the community.” — Marie Choi @apen4ej.bsky.social www.kqed.org/science/1997...

This #APAHM, many of us are looking to Asian and Asian American resistance stories for guidance, inspiration, and reminders of how we hold onto one another and our humanity in a time of rising authoritarianism. Here are our top picks: medium.com/@apen4ej/ape...

Trump is trying to censor #EnvironmentalJustice – but climate groups are punching back. On #EarthDay, a reminder that everyone, no matter their race, class, zip-code or homeland, should be able to breathe clean air and drink clean water.

As Asian immigrants and refugees standing in solidarity with Palestine — this is terrifying and infuriating. Many people in our communities come from homelands where “disappearances” like these are all too common. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

UPDATE: Lelo has been moved to the NW Detention Center in Tacoma WA! Organizers are no longer asking people to call Ferndale ICE or demonstrate there. Links to take action now: linktr.ee/communitytoc...

Ways to support Lelo and demand his release: Call Ferndale ICE Detention Center: 360-380-2270 Contact Washington Attorney General's office: fortress.wa.gov/atg/formhand... | 360-753-6200 Contact Washington State Governor’s office: governor.wa.gov/contacting-g... | 360-902-4111

He was on his way to drop off his partner at her work place, and ICE agents broke his car window when he tried to exercise his rights. We feel this is a targeted attack on Farmworker leadership, and we must not allow this to continue.

Urgent Action Alert: Farmworker Leader Alfredo "Lelo" Juarez detained by ICE ACTION ALERT 🚨 by CJA member Community 2 Community in Washington: This morning, March 25, 2025 farmworker leader and organizer Alfredo Juarez, better known as Lelo, was detained violently by ICE. 🧵

For Asian immigrant and refugee communities like ours, the kidnapping of Mahmoud Khalil is painfully familiar. Many of our families come from homelands where people who stand up for environmental and social justice are routinely jailed, “disappeared”, or worse simply for speaking out.

1/ "I wish my father were still alive so that I could ask him, will this be how our democracy dies? Or will we be able to rebuild it anew?" As billionaires attempt to dismantle our democracy, APEN's Connie Cho shares lessons from her father. apen4ej.medium.com/reclaiming-d...

📢 APEN is hiring! 📢 Right now, we are looking for applicants for the following positions: 📱 DIGITAL ORGANIZER (Full-time, CA) 📋 RICHMOND COMMUNITY ORGANIZER (Full-time, Richmond) Sound like you? Head to apen.us/jobs to find out more + apply. Or maybe someone you know? Send this their way!

The truth by @sammyroth.bsky.social: "...a global economy built on fossil fuels — and a U.S. political establishment funded in great part by fossil fuel corporations and their allies — brought us to this point."

Most people want to live in a vibrant community close to the people we care about. If we want to protect the climate, we need to support good, union job opportunities in the transition.

California backs away from key climate rules ahead of Trump 2.0. calmatters.org/environment/...

Who is to blame for the Los Angeles fires? For the destruction of Asheville? #ClimateChange #LosAngelesFires #LAFires 🔥🔥🔥 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

SOUTH BAY LA RESIDENTS: our Wilmington office will be open from 10am-5pm on Thurs (1/9), Fri (1/10) and Mon (1/13). We'll be distributing wildfire kits including masks, first aid kits and other supplies to keep our folks healthy. Stop by to pick up emergency wildfire kits for you and your family.

Support Amazon Teamsters striking in San Francisco! See you on the picket line? 📍: 749 Toland St, San Francisco

2024 saw the 13th anniversary of one of the most important legal victories for #environmentaljustice #corporateaccountability and #humanrights, yet criminal corp Chevron has yet to pay: amazonwatch.org/news/2024/02...

Now more than ever, we need to support grassroots organizing — as our Co-Director Christine Cordero put it, "the practice of building power through connection across difference." apen4ej.org/christine2024/ As we head into 2025, what are the organizing efforts folks here are most excited about?

So who has all the good environmental justice starter packs? Lefty Asian American starter packs? Tell us who to follow! 😁 (and yes we've already looked in the starter pack directory)

An important point that @jmijin.bsky.social makes in her book is that broad and diverse coalitions are needed to create a truly Just Transition. I think immigrant and refugee communities are an important part of these coalitions, as both workers* and residents.

Hi there! Excited to try out a platform not owned by a far-right billionaire 👀 We're an environmental justice org with roots in California's Asian immigrant and refugee communities. We organize in the Bay, LA and across CA. Find out more at apen4ej.org or follow along for updates here 🤗