Candidate Forum and Upcoming Special Election for County Supervisor in District 4
Keeping Climate Change and Environmental Justice front and center in this key election By Joshua Piedra, SD350 Board Member When is the Special election and why is it happening? County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher resigned on May 15th due to a sexual harassment scandal. This has left a vacancy for District 4 and a politically divided […]
We’re Taking Transit to the Ballot with Let’s Go! San Diego!
By Steve Gelb, Transportation Team Co-leader “Let’s Go! San Diego” is a campaign to put an initiative in front of voters on the November 2024 ballot that would fund transit infrastructure and operations in San Diego County, prioritizing investment in communities of concern. This initiative is crucial to achieving our goals of climate justice, environmental […]
Rally Against Banks Over Climate Change Funding
By Diane Lopez Hughes Over 50 San Diego climate activists rallied at Chase Bank Plaza at 101 West Broadway and marched to Citibank today as part of a national day of action across the US to pressure the major banks to stop financing the expansion of the fossil fuel industry. Organizers included Third Act SoCal, […]
Our Future: Conversations About Climate, Community, Justice, and Activism
Watch SanDiego350’s Youth v. Oil member Ryan Berberet in a conversation about climate, justice, and activism.
Climate Change and You
By Marilyn Bruno, Climate Writer In its latest report, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said that, if the world wanted to restrict temperature rise to within 1.5 degree Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels, then global greenhouse emissions needed to peak by 2025 “at the latest” – 3 years from […]
Inside the JEDI Team’s Racial & Climate Justice Workshop
By Susan Duerksen, JEDI Team Leader “We wouldn’t have a fossil-fuel-based energy system if wealthy white people had to have a coal plant in their backyards.” The SD350 workshop Climate Justice: Why Racial Justice IS Climate Action, on Sept. 1, opened with that quote from climate scientist Leah Stokes. A major point of the workshop […]
Why is California Getting Hotter?
By Deanna Alderson, Climate Writer Californians faced an unsettling reality as they headed into Labor Day weekend: it was brutally hot outside and there was no relief in sight. Temperatures soared to 1100 in the valleys and deserts, and the demand for air-conditioning pushed the power grid to the brink of collapse. Even the coasts […]
Building Electrification: The Road Ahead to a Decarbonized Future
By Aishik Saha, Climate Writer Buildings are responsible for 28% of the country’s energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Cutting down on these emissions is essential to meeting our overall climate goals and preventing cataclysmic climate change. The positive news is that the technology for building electrification not only exists, but it is also actually […]
How Climate Change Affects the Tourism Industry and Ways to Mitigate It
By Bash Sarmiento – Bash Sarmiento Writing Climate change and the tourism industry are closely connected. Tourism is mainly climate-dependent — travelers tend to choose where to go according to a destination’s conditions. During the winter, they go to ski lodges, while in the summer, they go to tropical places such as Costa Rica. Unfortunately, […]
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 […]