The $1 million in fines for willful and serious safety violations issued by Cal/OSHA today against the Chevron Corporation should be a wake-up call for the Bay Area.  Read More.

CBE, as a member of the Climate Justice Alignment, stands with Idle No More and their fight for Indigenous sovereignty.  Read more.

CBE secured a number of environmental justice gains for low-income communities of color in 2012.  Click here to view some of our achievements in the past year.

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SHOULD BE A PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY.  Click here to read this article by Bill Gallegos.

CBE stands with community-based organizations and communities impacted by Superstorm Sandy.  Read this statement of solidarity from Movement Generation.

Chevron’s August 2012 Richmond refinery fire that injured six workers and sent 15,124 residents to the hospital spotlights a growing safety threat.  Read more.

When you go to the polls consider using our Environmental Justice Scorecard, highlighting the California propositions that are a priority for EJ communities. Or refer to a complete listing our proposition endorsements in the CBE 2012 Voter Guide.

Families choking on the air pollution from unsafe refining practices were hit again when state gasoline prices rose sharply July 30–October 8, 2012.  Read the fact sheet here.

CBE, as part of the Coalition for Environmental Health and Justice, submits comments on the I-710 widening project DEIR/EIS, and puts forth “Community Alternative 7” to the project.  Read the comments and proposed alternative here.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun a criminal investigation of Chevron for deliberately trying to avoid monitoring of emissions from flaring excess gases at its refinery in Richmond, California.