In Deep: Sea-Level Rise and San Diego
As we burn more fossil fuels, and thus pump more heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, we are changing every aspect of earth’s climate system. One of the many consequences is that the sea is rising. On January 19, San Diego 350 will stage a simple action to help make people more aware of what […]
SD350’s Activist Training Workshop
It’s a Saturday. Twenty-five young San Diegans have arisen early to attend SD350.org’s Activist Training Workshop. Some animated, some earnest, all very engaged – they’re clumped in small groups talking about what they came for: to learn about climate change activism. WHY AN ACTIVIST TRAINING WORKSHOP Juan Ahumada, a twenty-something graduate student and teaching assistant […]
Vigil and Protest Against Keystone XL Pipeline
Join Thousands across Country in Calling on President Obama to Deny Permit to Canadian Pipeline San Diegans will gather Monday for a candlelight vigil to send President Obama a message that he must not allow Canadian oil interests to build the Keystone XL Pipeline (KXL) across America. Reacting to the final environmental impact statement (EIS) released today by the State Department that gives Obama political cover to approve the pipeline […]
Proposed Pio Pico Power Plant: A Costly 25-Year Mistake San Diegans Cannot Afford
San Diego is at the forefront of America’s advanced energy and transportation revolution accelerating our clean energy future. That’s why it is disappointing that once again San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) is taking us backwards by proposing a 300 Megawatt natural gas-fired peaker power plant at Pio Pico in Otay Mesa. Pio Pico is […]
San Diegans Join Nationwide Protest Against Keystone XL
By Jeffrey Meyer Mayor Bob Filner and over 500 San Diego protestors in Mission Bay Park joined similar rallies in cities across America Sunday in protest of the Keystone XL Pipeline project, beginning a massive effort to demand President Obama block it and call for leaders at all levels to take action to fight global […]
San Diego Climate Mitigation Plans
Under a state mandate, both the City and the Port of San Diego are required to develop climate mitigation and adaptation plans (CMAPs) to address changes in climate, sea level, and other factors that are expected over the next 30 years due to global warming. SanDiego350.org is joining with the San Diego Environmental Health Coalition […]
Human Wave at Mission Beach Shows Sea Level Rise
Connect the Dots! Dot #1: in the last few years we are seeing higher temperatures worldwide and more frequent and severe weather events. Dot #2: this is climate change. Dot #3: climate change is caused by emissions from burning fossil fuel. Dot #4: with rising temperatures, oceans are expanding which will cause more frequent and […]
Bill McKibben Visits with SanDiego350.org
On May 14, 2012, acclaimed author, Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org, gave the Keeling Memorial Lecture at the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla. For an hour prior to his lecture, he met privately with 36 members of San Diego 350.org. Bill noted that the fossil fuel industry, the richest industry in the history of the […]