Sempra moves forward on constructing a major liquefied natural gas project in Texas
SD350 executive director Masada Disenhouse comments on the climate and environmental justice impacts of Sempra’s project to expand LNG exports
COMMUNITIES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 8 WON’T GIVE UP ON BETTER, MORE RELIABLE TRANSIT FOR ALL SAN DIEGANS!
Press release Sept 13 by Environmental Health Coalition and SanDiego350 Despite the 2022 ballot measure setback, communities south of the I-8 freeway and environmental justice advocates are committed to continuing to fight for transportation justice. They support a 2024 transportation ballot measure to fix San Diego’s broken transit system that contributes to climate change and […]
San Diegan’s Protest the Supreme Court’s EPA Decision
By Danielle Wilkerson, Action and Equity Coordinator On Saturday, July 2nd, SanDiego350 volunteers and community members rallied outside the Hall of Justice in response to the Supreme Court verdict in West Virginia v EPA. This decision ultimately limits the EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, and sets a very worrying precedent […]
Pride and the Climate Movement
By Dolores Davies, Newsletter Reporter This month we are honoring the LGBTQ community with pride celebrations and parades as well as workshops and symposia. At San Diego 350, paying tribute to LGBTQ Pride is important to us. While at first glance, it may not seem to some that climate change has any specific relevance to […]
Civil Disobedience
By Marlyn Bruno, Newsletter Reporter When a country’s citizens want to protest a law or policy that is harmful to them, they can do a few things without disobeying any law: vote to elect representatives that support their interests; contact their current representatives at all levels of government to address their grievance or point of […]
SanDiego350’s Youth4Climate Summer Camp
By: Hannah Riggins, SD350 Youth Volunteer SanDiego350 recently launched the Youth4Climate (Y4C) Summer Camp to introduce climate activism techniques while allowing campers to discover their people, power, and passion. Designed for high school and college-level students, Y4C was first conceived in May, during the initial COVID lockdown, and is currently halfway through its second session […]
Food Vision 2030
By: David Pearl, SD350 Food & Soil Committee Member Our friends at the San Diego Food System Alliance are hard at work on Food Vision 2030, a plan for transforming San Diego County’s food system over the next ten years. In their own words, “The goal of Food Vision 2030 is to inform planning, policy, […]
Discussing a Just Recovery from COVID-19
By: Louise Potash, SD350 Communications Volunteer Within a week of joining SanDiego350, I found we were hosting a panel discussion on a just recovery from COVID-19. I myself have been confronting these questions and feeling daunted by the enormity and complexity of our current and future systemic challenges. The Facebook Live discussion brought together a […]
Intersecting Causes in Environmental Justice
By: Lorenzo Nericcio, SD350 Communications Volunteer Those interested in environmental causes, like ecological protection or climate change mitigation, often consider issues of racial or economic justice as separate causes: While we work to protect the environment, others labor against systemic oppression. Though it has never been entirely true that they are separate, it is even […]
Climate Chat: Holding Fossil Fuel Companies Accountable
By Stephanie Corkran SanDiego350 sponsored a “Climate Chat” this month on the theme of “Holding Fossil Fuel Companies Accountable”. The venue was the First Unitarian Universalist Church, Hillcrest – a perfect venue, explained the Church’s Rev. Ian Riddell because of their commitment to environmental issues. The main focus of the event was that California communities […]