(Full post) The Port of Long Beach approved a project that is reckless and contradicts the goals of the state, the city, and the port itself to transition away from fossil fuels. Instead of protecting vulnerable communities, the City Council and mayor are allowing polluters to continue harming them with industrial pollution. CBE is suing the City of LB for their approval of yet another unnecessary crude oil project that fails to adequately assess cumulative environmental harms. More to come as this develops…

(Full post) Dear CBE Family,
As we confront the results of this year’s Presidential Election, we encourage our community to come together to combat misinformation with facts, to fight fear with compassion, and most importantly, to care for those who need it most in this moment… (Read more)

(Full post) 🎉 Today (9/25/2024), CA Governor, Gavin Newsom, officially signed AB 1866, AB 3233, and AB 2716 into law!

These bills will hold the oil industry accountable and protect frontline communities like Wilmington and many others across California from dangerous pollution. No one should have to live next to oil drilling operations- active or idle!

📌 What these bills will do:

1️⃣AB 1866: Pushes oil companies to plug idle wells faster or face increased fees, safeguarding public health and creating thousands of new jobs.
2️⃣AB 3233: Empowers local governments to defend residents from harmful oil and gas pollution.
3️⃣AB 2716: Imposes fines on low-production wells, holding polluters accountable in the largest urban oil field in the country.

Thank you to the all of our allies who continue to push for a CA that will be better for future generations, free of neighborhood oil drilling! Y’all did this!!

(Full post)📢Environmental Justice has WON! ✊🏾 We defeated Big Oil’s attempt to overturn SB 1137, the law that would create 3,200 ft setbacks between sensitive community receptors and oil drilling sites. ⛑

 
📌On June 26th, 2024, Californians for Energy Independence pulled their referendum seeking to overturn SB1137 in the November 2024 election! 
 
This is the result of decades of organizing to protect our neighborhoods and communities in solidarity with CEJA, CEJA Action, Working Families for a Healthy California, CRPE, PSR-LA, APEN Action, Black Women for Wellness Action, VISION, CCEJN, and the Central California Asthma Collaborative.

🔥SB1137 will now immediately go into effect to protect the health and safety of working families living within the 3,200 feet of oil and gas drilling. A future where Wilmington will be free of neighborhood oil drilling is within reach! 🔥🥺

Our communities are thankful for the partnership of Senators Lena González, Monique Limón, and Assemblymember Issac Bryan for upholding these crucial safeguards

Please join us in celebrating this amazing victory by donating to CBE today so that our communities can continue to fight for clean air, water, and healthy places to live. Donate at cbecal.org/donate 😊