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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 14d

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

Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 21d

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

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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 22d

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

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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 27d

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

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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 28d

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

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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · Aug 18

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

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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · Jun 24

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

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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · Jun 4

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

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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · May 19

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!

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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · May 14

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!

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Ctr4BioDiv: Climate & Energy Justice Programs @cbd-climate-energy.bsky.social · Apr 3

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

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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · Feb 24

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

Headshots of the 5 "Environmental Justice Intersections - Divestment & Neighborhood Drilling" webinar taking place on Feb 24th from 6:00-7:30pm. Register: bit.ly/42GJETZ

Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · Jan 14

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

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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · Oct 16

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

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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · Sep 26

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

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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · Jul 22

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

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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · May 28

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

Text Reads: ACTION ALERT! SB252 to be heard by the Assembly PERS Committee in June! Send a letter of support urging PERS Committee members to vote YES TO DIVEST! fossilfreeca.org/email

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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · Apr 22

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

Text reads: Community Spotlight: Wilmington. Active Wells in CalPERS/CalSTRS portfolio are red dots. Idle or Canceled Wells in CalPERS/CalSTRS portfolio are blue squares. Plugged Wells in CalPERS/CalSTRS portfolio are black dots. New Wells in CalPERS/CalSTRS portfolio are purple diamonds. Intersections of Neighborhood Drilling Funded by Public Pensions (CalPERS and CalSTRS) and the Need for Fossil Fuel Divestment.

Text Reads: Community Member Testimony: “Seeing the amount of CalPERS and CalSTRS funded drilling in Wilmington is especially alarming considering the amount of teachers who might not know that CalSTRS is funding the same companies that pollute the air and lungs of the community that they teach and live in.” - Luis Angel Martinez, Fossil Free California, Wilmington Community Member.

Text Reads: Industrial and Environmental Impacts. Industry - 5 refineries surround the community, Peppered with oil drilling, Neighbors Port of LA, Power Outages. Environmental - Extreme heat events, flooding, wild and industrial fires.. Health - Asthma, bloody noses, cancer, headaches, and more. Credit to: CalEnviroScreen 4.0.

Text Reads: Are you from Wilmington? CalPERS and CalSTRS invest in fossil fuel companies that drill within 3,200 ft of homes, schools and churches in Wilmington. Email your Assemblymember to urge their support for SB252 and pension divestment of fossil fuels! bit.ly/3NFtr9O

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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · Mar 14

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

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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · Feb 26

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

Graphic. Text reads: Fossil fuel practices like oil drilling are not only contributing to the climate crisis but they are also subjecting communities on the frontlines of drilling to negative health impacts. Public health impacts include:
• Disease: asthma, cancer, liver damage, immunodeficiency, and neurological symptoms.
• Pregnancy complications
• Air pollution
• Water contamination
• Mental health effects
Inactive, idle or "zombie" oil wells are an under-reported risk across California that carry many similar impacts.

At bottom, picture of an oil derrick. Below, text reads, fossilfreeca.org/map.

Graphic. Text reads: Take action. Want CalPERS and CaISTRS to know it's unacceptable to continue funding the companies that are drilling up and down the state of California?
Take action by emailing your Assemblymember: fossilfreeca.org/email
Background is people holding signs calling on California’s public pensions to divest.

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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · Feb 20

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

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Stand.earth @stand.earth · Jan 30

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

Costco, you're a good company. Do better with your bank | Op-Ed

The New York bank that provides the credit cards used by Costco shoppers uses the money it makes, in part, to expand the world’s fossil fuel industry.

www.seattletimes.com

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Stand.earth @stand.earth · Jan 29

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.

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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · Jan 23

Tonight! See you there!

Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · Jan 12

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

Graphic. Header text reads, "A Win on California Pension Divestment Is a Win for California Communities. Join the Online Event. January 23, 2023. 6 – 7:30 PST.” Below header are headshots and name labels of featured speakers: Ra’mauri Cash, Fatima Iqbal-Zubair, Carlos Davidson, Luis Angel Martinez, Bill McKibben, and Rev. Lennox Yearwood. Graphic background is stripes of color from red, orange, yellow through blue.

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Stand.earth @stand.earth · Jan 16

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

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