Watch for SD350’s New PSA
Have you spotted our PSA on TV, radio, or online? Tell us! SanDiego350 is currently contacting over 50 media outlets to air our new climate change Public Service Announcement. The PSA invites the audience, who may already be concerned about climate change, to become active in the climate movement with SanDiego350. The first TV stations […]
Clean Energy Forum Mobilizes San Diegans
On Saturday, June 21st over 100 San Diego County residents participated in the “Community Choice Energy Forum” put on by Friends of San Diego Clean Energy, a coalition that includes SanDiego350, Sierra Club San Diego, and the San Diego chapter of CalSEIA (the California Solar Energy Industries Association). The forum was kicked off by clean […]
Lose That Second Car!
Do you lose anything besides your carbon footprint on public transit? by Roger Coppock (submitted by Bonnie) Our family used to be a two-car family, one newer car and an older car. We’d buy a new car and trade in the old one every 7 or 8 years. With our automobiles easily available, we used […]
Millennials See Keystone as More Than a Pipeline
By Jeffrey Meyer The Keystone pipeline proposal has hit a Nebraska stop sign, but it has deeper problems than right-of-way issues across the United States. After all, the controversial proposal for transporting Canada’s tar sands was never just about the pipeline. Just ask the thousand students who rallied in front of the White House […]
Patagonia grant for SD350 anti-fracking campaign
by Peg Mitchell, March 30, 2014 Masada Disenhouse fields many phone calls from San Diegans wanting to know more about SanDiego350, but an especially welcome call came from Paul Amato of the Patagonia store in Cardiff back in January. Paul indicated that their foundation, which gives grants to local, grassroots, non-profit organizations doing environmental work, […]
Letter on Keystone XL – an Engineer’s Perspective
March 6, 2014 Dear President Obama and the State Department, As a Registered Civil Engineer, I oppose the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline because I know it will leak and there will be oil spills. Nothing is ever engineered to 100% because it’s just not affordable. Additionally, factors such as human error (in design, construction or […]
Keystone Pipeline Comments due March 7
The State Department’s 30 day comment period for the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Keystone XL pipeline is underway and will end on March 7, 2014. That will bring us another step closer to the President making a final decision. Amazingly, the FEIS stated that there will be no significant environmental impact if the pipeline […]
The Climate Change Elevator Pitch
We’ve all heard of the Elevator Pitch concept, right? Well, we at SD350 have adapted the idea to serve our passion for taking action against climate change. Given the opportunity to tell a friend or a stranger why we care about climate change, we must be prepared to provide a brief, powerful and motivating testimonial. Read the […]
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 […]
SD350 Very Disappointed in Obama’s State of the Union
Activists Say He Has Failed Our Country at its Most Critical Hour SAN DIEGO – A local environmental group was “very disappointed” in President Obama’s State of the Union speech, saying he has failed the country at its most critical hour in the battle over climate change. They say his vacillating policy on energy may even […]