Read our full op-ed out today in @calmatters.org - then urge @gavinnewsom.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov's regulators to stop oil companies from rewriting refinery safety rules.

Communities and refinery workers deserve commonsense, strong protections.

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Right now, lawmakers in #CAleg are considering how to plan for refinery closures and a transition away from fossil fuels. We need your support. Contact your legislators to demand they oppose the oil shakedown and stand up for our health and our climate:
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What hasn’t made headlines (yet): @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social and #CAleg have an urgent mandate to create a comprehensive transition plan for refinery closures, invest in fenceline communities and workers, and ensure no one is left behind.

Will Newsom and #CALeg meet that call to action?

The oil industry made this mess. Now, they want permission to continue fleecing California taxpayers and consumers – and, as a bonus, slash regulations, cut corners, and endanger Californians. We can’t let Big Oil shake down California on their way out.

We must follow the leadership of EJ groups in the Valley directly impacted by dirty drilling, and the many groups that have spent over a decade facing down threats of unchecked drilling expansion – groups like CRPE, CCEJN and CVAQ.

Let’s be clear: fast-tracking thousands of oil and gas wells with only a *single* environmental review further pollutes the air and water in some of California’s most overburdened communities *and* risks deepening our dependence on fossil fuels.

So, what happened this week? Yesterday, @CalEnergy held a hearing on their initial plan to get us out of this hostage situation. But there’s more work to do. Among other things, this plan could lead to a massive expansion of oil and gas drilling in Kern County.

What’s happening: In the last year, two refineries in CA have announced plans to close – and Big Oil is taking the opportunity to shakedown taxpayers and maximize profits on their way out, making Californians foot the bill for their pollution ❌❌ stoptheoilshakedown.org

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Connect with your friends and neighbors. Make plans to protest, organize, and protect one another. From the courts to the streets — we need your solidarity now more than ever.

#EnvironmentalJustice #EarthDay

This is not a normal #EarthDay.

As the Trump regime guts environmental protections, censors public data, and gives billionaires free reign to pollute, we need to step up the fight for our homes, families, and future.

Try as they might, billionaires can’t extinguish our movements for a future beyond oil and gas – where everyone breathes clean air and nobody lives in fear of medical bills and refinery disasters.

We’ll fight these oil giants in the courts, just like we fight their pollution in our communities.