Currently, an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) is required as long as there is a fair argument that the project could harm people and the environment. (EJ communities + superfund sites) 🤡SB607 would allow an agency to skip an EIR. Call key senators now #OpposeSB607

Join us in honor of Global Anti-Chevron Day: A Call to Action from the Frontlines — a powerful community gathering to uplift frontline voices and demand justice from Chevron’s toxic legacy. Thursday, May 22, 6–9 PM RYSE Center, Richmond, CA Register at bit.ly/AntiChevronCom…

CEQA is key to reducing and mitigating air pollution, water contamination, and climate impacts that the community must live with long after the developers have made their profits and left. Mike McGuire Anna Caballero

California doctors are calling it what it is: Climate change is a public health emergency. Fossil fuel companies must pay for the deaths, illnesses, and disasters they helped cause. Support the Climate Superfund Act — SB 684 + AB 1243. sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/…

ICYMI: New lobbying disclosures reveal that Big Oil spent more than $9 million influencing the California Legislature in the first three months of 2025. Denying common-sense solutions and refusing to pay their fair share of the costs of climate destruction.

There’s a fire at the Richmond Chevron refinery right now, it appears. Doesn’t look huge but does appear worse from where I’m hiking than my phone seems to be able to capture…

📣 We are hiring for a NorCal and a SoCal Associate Attorney (apps due June 18th). We are also hiring a NorCal Staff Researcher to join our Richmond team! For more details, please visit cbecal.org/jobs #Richmond #EastOakland #SoutheastLosAngeles #Wilmington

CBE STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH MIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND DENOUNCES FEDERAL OPERATIONS

Instead of fixing their aging refineries, oil giants gouged Californians and paid out billions to shareholders: $4.3 billion to Valero investors last year alone. Over 35+ organizations say NO to bailouts for Big Oil! ✍️Full letter here: apen.us/SHAKEDOWN

Rolling back CEQA would harm low-income communities living next to polluting facilities — communities that deserve to have input on industrial facilities near their homes or schools. Now, more than ever, California must #KeepCEQAStrong. Governor Gavin Newsom Speaker Robert Rivas Mike McGuire

We are hiring for a Southeast Los Angeles Youth Organizing Network Coordinator to support CBE's environmental justice movement-building. *(App due July 13th)* For more details, please visit cbecal.org/jobs #SoutheastLosAngeles #SELA #LosAngeles #EnvironmentalJustice

California can’t afford to make backroom decisions that strip away hard-won community safeguards. As federal protections are rolled back, state leaders must stand strong. We demand Robert Rivas Governor Gavin Newsom Mike McGuire #KeepCEQAStrong — not trade our futures away.

Big Oil is trying to shakedown Californians — wrongly blaming our climate policies for refinery closures to pressure lawmakers into rolling back health, safety, and environmental protections, all while pocketing record profits.

🗣️We are hiring! -Richmond NorCal Program Director (app due 8/12) -Voter Outreach Organizers (apps due asap/ ideally based in Richmond; can work remotely from any CBE community). -East Oakland Community Organizer (app due 8/15) cbecal.org/jobs #Richmond #EastOakland

There are no clear guidelines or regulations in place to transition the state away from fossil fuels to clean energy, including protecting refinery workers and ensuring that oil companies clean up the land they've polluted for decades. grist.org/energy/califor…

MUST READ: Capital & Main| "There's a 'Lake' of Oil Under L.A.'s Soon-to-Close Refinery. Who's Going to Clean It Up?" Aaron Cantú's piece on the upcoming Phillips 66 closures in Wilmington and Carson. capitalandmain.com/theres-a-lake-…

Free online solar training = career opportunities! 4 SE LA residents share how SOMAH Academy + CBECal & HeatSpring helped launch their solar careers. Learn more: bit.ly/3DAdHCi #SOMAH #solarjobs #jobtraining

Not great, Chevron. latimes.com/california/sto…

🚨 Last night’s massive fire at Chevron’s El Segundo refinery lit up the South Bay sky — a stark reminder of how dangerous fossil fuel infrastructure is.

A massive fire erupted last night at the Chevron refinery in El Segundo. This horrible disaster is yet another reminder of the grave dangers the fossil fuels economy poses to California communities.