Here is a press release about a forum on Sunday sponsored by Californians Against Fracking:
Community & Environmental Leaders Speak at Forum on Fossil Fuel Industry Impacts
January 18, 2015
Part of Statewide “California Crossroads Tour” to promote the February 7 March for Real Climate Leadership calling for action by Governor Brown
OAKLAND, CA – When Governor Jerry Brown began his fourth term this month, he vowed to position California as a leader in the fight against climate change, in part by moving the state to 50% renewable energy by 2030.
But Brown’s environmental vision is undermined by continued oil industry development in California, including fracking and other extreme oil production methods in urban and residential areas, wastewater injection into deep disposal wells, the continued expansion of oil refineries, and the prospect of a dramatic increase of oil transport by rail.
Community leaders and expert speakers will inform Bay Area residents about how these dangerous oil industry practices affect our health and safety. The forum is the last stop on the statewide “California Crossroads Tour,” hosted in partnership with the Californians Against Fracking coalition to bring awareness to these issues and to increase pressure on Governor Brown to protect our water, our health, and our communities by ending fracking, standing up to Big Oil, and moving beyond fossil fuels to 100% renewable energy. The tour also promotes the February 7 March for Real Climate Leadership in Oakland, Governor Brown’s hometown.
What: Panel discussion event as part of statewide “California Crossroads Tour: Taking Back our Health and Communities” to promote the February 7 March for Real Climate Leadership.
When: Sunday, January 18, 2015, 7:00PM- 9:00PM. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Program starts at 7:00 p.m.
Where: California Nurses Association at 2000 Franklin St., Oakland, CA 94612.
Who: Sponsored by Californians Against Fracking, Sunflower Alliance, 350Bay Area, 350.org, Sierra Club, and affiliated environmental and social justice organizations.
Speakers:
Tony Thurmond – State Assemblymember AD 15
Eduardo Martinez – Richmond City Councilmember
David Braun – Californians Against Fracking
Pennie Opal Plant – Idle No More
Andrés Soto – Communities for a Better Environment
Margaret Gordon – West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project
Mary Lim-Lampe – Genesis
Erin Carrera – National Nurses United and California Nurses Association
Juan Flores – Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment
Admission: Free. Refreshments served.
Visual/Audio: Large banners and signage, including puzzle pieces created by community members featuring their personal messages, to be delivered to Governor Jerry Brown in Sacramento at the tour’s end. Forum speakers are available for interview.
More information:
The “California Crossroads Tour: Taking Back our Health and Communities” started in San Diego on January 12 with stops in Los Angeles, Oxnard, Santa Barbara, Delano, San Juan Bautista, Oakland, on the way to Sacramento.
The March for Real Climate Leadership is hosted by a broad group of partner organizations and will bring thousands of people from across the state into the streets of Oakland on February 7 to call on Governor Brown to ban fracking, stand up to Big Oil, and move beyond fossil fuels to 100% renewable energy. More information is available at marchforclimateleadership.org.
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Californians Against Fracking is a coalition of about 200 environmental business, health, labor, political, agricultural and environmental justice organizations working to win a statewide ban on fracking and other dangerous oil extraction in California. Follow @CAagainstFrack on Twitter.