San Francisco, CA— Even as San Francisco gears up to host the Governor Brown co-sponsored Global Climate Action Summit next week, local air regulators mandated to protect air quality and the climate are taking significant steps to allow increased tar sands refining and creeping refinery emissions in the Bay Area. Heavy public protest is expected at the September 5th BAAQMD Board of Directors meeting, which will be preceded by an Idle No More SF Bay-led prayer circle and teach-in outside BAAQMD headquarters.
Local climate and environmental justice advocates plan to sound the alarm about the widening gap between lofty California climate goals and the reality on the ground here in the Bay Area and other refining centers in the state.
WHAT: BAAQMD Board of Directors Meeting
WHEN: Sep. 5 th Meeting, 9:30 AM; Idle No More Prayer Circle and Teach-In, 8 AM
WHERE: 375 Beale St., San Francisco