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
You Can’t Get Clean Energy From Natural Gas!
Originally published by the San Diego Free Press on January 26th 2018 By Edward Bergan / SanDiego350 In retrospect, branding the toxic gas that emerges from underground deposits as “natural gas” was a stroke of marketing genius. It sounds so, well, natural. But natural gas is much more like “organic tobacco” – harmful in any form. […]
San Diegans in LA Action to Break Free from Fossil Fuels
Originally published in the San Diego Free Press, May 26th 2016 Over a two week period earlier this month, a wave of Break Free from Fossil Fuels mass mobilizations was held around the globe. The first action saw hundreds of people peacefully shut down the UK’s largest open cast coal mine in Wales. In the Philippines, 10,000 […]
Lessons from Porter Ranch
Originally published in the San Diego Free Press on January 28th, 2016 The massive leak at the Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility is a stark example of why natural gas is a significant health and safety risk and not a bridge fuel to our clean energy future. The facility, […]
SD350 Awarded Patagonia Grant for Anti-Fracking Efforts — Again!
For the second year in a row, SD350 has been awarded a grant from the outdoor clothing company Patagonia. This year’s grant, which again recognizes SD350’s activism in the fight against fracking in California, is for $5000. Patagonia’s grant program donates 1% of annual sales – not profit! – to local action-oriented organizations that build […]
Rally Rhyme
Rally Rhyme March for Real Climate Leadership, Oakland 2/7/15 A quiet sleep did fly us there, Us travelers with tangled hair But not so tangled up in knots As governors in chess board spots. The push and pull of tug-of-war for sons and daughters, what’s in store? We’ve come from miles, miles away […]
Student Fieldtrip: Environmental Justice vs Oil
Twenty-one seniors from King-Chavez Charter High School’s Environmental Justice class made the long trek to Kern County in California’s Central Valley to view the effects of the oil industry, and fracking in particular, on the land and the residents of the region. SD350’s Peg Mitchell recently organized an eye-opening trip to the oil fields of […]