Read this article in the Nation featuring work by CBE’s Richmond team advocating for an emissions cap to prevent refineries in the Bay Area from converting dirtier-burning oils into fuels. Read this news story in KPCC featuring CBE member Magali Sanchez Hall, discussing the affect of refinery emissions on her health, and her community. Read about Communities for a Better Environment’s Youth for EJ lawsuit in The New York Times Editorial featuring community leader Giselle Cabrera, and how our City can better protect communities from oil drilling dangers. [Read Full CBE Statement] In light of the deportation threats, degrading and racist statements and violent hate crimes that are directed daily to immigrants and people of color across the nation, Communities for a Better Environment strongly ……. CARE has Launched their Roadmap to Resilience for Wilmington and Richmond! Read the manual created thanks to the community! After Settlement of Legal Challenge to City’s Drilling Practices, Oil Lobby Group Sues Young Plaintiffs to Chill Their Right to Petition. Click HERE to learn more on Youth EJ SLAPP Suit Thank You to the VABANC Law Foundation for Sponsoring CBE’s New Legal Fellow, Jaimini Parekh! We know you’ve been waiting to hear, and we’ve got some good news for you! Share our announcement and let’s celebrate this Youth for Environmental Justice victory! Press release CLICK HERE
See the fact sheet on SB1387 (De León, Lara, Allen) to learn more about this important environmental justice bill.
This Bay Area Proposal Would Strike a Huge Blow to the Dirtiest Forms of Oil Production (2/2/2017)
Is California climate law worsening pollution in communities of color? (2/2/2017)
NYT Editorial on youth group lawsuit and oil advocacy (1/30/2017)
CBE Stands For Sancturary
Roadmaps to Resiliency
BREAKING: L.A. Youth Groups Challenge Oil Industry’s Retaliatory SLAPP Suit
Welcome Jaimini!
L.A. Youth Achieve Victory in Historic Oil Drilling Lawsuit
Environmental Justice in the South Coast
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Stopping a Climate Change and Pollution Nightmare in the East Bay by: Will Parish (June 28, 2016)