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🌟 Join us on April 13 in Sacramento for the California Climate Policy Summit. Register at theclimatecenter.org/summit2026
We'll discuss the status of CA's efforts to phase out polluting fuels, including oil and methane gas, and what policymakers must do to ensure a smooth transition.

@fossilfreeca.org is joining us to co-host a virtual briefing next Wednesday, March 4, at 3 pm on an exciting piece of legislation coming up this year, AB 1790 (Connolly). Register:
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🚨 Did you know that corporate polluters received nearly $28 billion meant for climate action?

@airresources.bsky.social is considering ending these giveaways, but they need to hear from you. Take action: buff.ly/WAzeF1F

Virtual Festival | 24th annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival

✨ Check out the 24th annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival, online, February 19 - March 5. The films feature beautiful, vital, and fragile environments and the courageous people working to protect them. Learn more: watch.eventive.org/wsff

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✨On March 26, join us to learn how CA electric vehicles and solar can cut costs and boost energy resilience in California. Our state is the national leader in solar and EV adoption. Register now: theclimatecenter.org/events/how-e...

Tell the California Air Resources Board to end giveaways to corporate polluters California’s flagship climate programs funneled nearly $28 billion to oil companies and biofuel suppliers from 2013 to 2024, according to a new report from The Climate Center.  Cap and Invest…

Tell the California Air Resources Board to end giveaways to corporate polluters: theclimatecenter.org/fossil-fuels...

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⁉️ New from @publicnewsservice.bsky.social: California's climate programs funneled nearly $28 billion to corporate polluters over 12 years. Learn more👇

🚨 The latest from @elliecohen.bsky.social: California gave $28 billion to corporate polluters over the last 12 years via the Low Carbon Fuel Standard and Cap and Invest program. Learn more and take action👇 https://loom.ly/0nQHcWU

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🌟The fifth annual #CAClimateSummit is on April 13 in Sacramento! Register now: https://loom.ly/KKIEwvc

Speakers will discuss pressing issues for California, including how climate action can lower the cost of living for Californians, surging electricity demand, climate resilience, and air quality.

Big Oil’s Sacramento cash splash Oil majors maintained near-record lobbying muscle in 2025, while utilities and insurers ramped up as lawmakers revisited wildfire liability and energy costs.

NEW: @politico.com confirms it — Big Oil poured nearly $34 million into lobbying Sacramento in 2025, marking one of the industry’s biggest spending years ever. It's time for California to say no to the influence of dirty fossil fuel corporations in Sacramento. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

🚨 NEW: California's signature climate programs, the Cap and Trade program and Low Carbon Fuel Standard, funneled nearly $28 billion to corporate polluters between 2013 and 2024. Read the findings from our latest report: https://loom.ly/oe6LS2Q

👉 This Thursday, join us to learn how CA gave $28 billion to corporate polluters over the last 12 years via the Low Carbon Fuel Standard and Cap and Invest program. Register now: https://loom.ly/9om55xE

We’ll also discuss how the state can fund real investments in climate solutions.

The fifth annual #CAClimateSummit is on April 13 in Sacramento! Register: https://loom.ly/KKIEwvc

Speakers will address pressing issues for California, including how climate action can lower the cost of living for Californians, surging electricity demand, climate resilience, and air quality.

👉 On Feb. 19, join us to learn how CA gave $28 billion to corporate polluters over the last 12 years via the Low Carbon Fuel Standard and Cap and Invest program. Register now: https://loom.ly/9om55xE

We’ll also discuss how the state can fund real investments in climate solutions.

Fight new oil and gas drilling in California A few weeks ago, the Trump administration reintroduced plans to open nearly 2 million acres of California’s public lands to oil drilling and possibly fracking through the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM). In 2019, a coalition of California environmental groups successfully fought off Trump’s first attempts to open these lands — including areas close ... Read more

✊ From @elliecohen.bsky.social: The Trump Administration's revived plans for drilling in California are meeting resistance. Be part of it! Learn more:
https://loom.ly/yKIhStQ

Contributor: Nature is a powerful ally against fires and floods. So how will we save it? Decades of development along L.A.'s steep canyons and hillsides, combined with prolonged drought, have left the city’s landscapes highly vulnerable.

✨ NEW from @latimes.com: Nature-based solutions are the answer to shielding communities from climate disasters and their ongoing impacts. So why isn't California funding them? Read: https://loom.ly/ZJe6j-g

The fifth annual #CAClimateSummit is on April 13 in Sacramento. Learn more and register now: https://loom.ly/KKIEwvc

Speakers will cover a wide range of pressing issues for California, including how the state can phase out polluting fuels.

✨ On Feb. 19, join us to learn how CA gave $28 billion to corporate polluters over the last 12 years via the Low Carbon Fuel Standard and Cap and Invest program. Register now: https://loom.ly/9om55xE

We’ll also discuss how the state can fund real investments in climate solutions.

🌟 Join us for the fifth annual #CAClimateSummit on April 13 in Sacramento. Learn more and register today: https://loom.ly/KKIEwvc

✨ This Wednesday, join us to learn how biochar and mineralization can draw down and store carbon while improving soil health and forest resilience. Register: https://loom.ly/2D1Umgk @absoluteclimate.bsky.social

🌍 The climate crisis isn’t an accident — it’s the result of fossil fuel corporations putting profit over people for decades.

This week, organizations and activists around the country are joining forces to #MakePollutersPay.

🔗 Learn more and join us: https://loom.ly/nyMN7i4

Two ways climate change hits your pocketbook Affordability continues to be a concern both in California and nationwide, despite Trump calling it a fake issue. Fortunately, investments in clean energy and other climate solutions are investments in affordability!  Numerous studies point to climate-fueled extreme weather as a driver of rising consumer costs, especially for food. In fact, U.S. food prices are up ... Read more

New from @elliecohen.bsky.social: Climate change is contributing to rising food and electricity prices in California and beyond. But there are policy fixes that can help. Read more 👉 https://loom.ly/YjvjrjU

✨ Next Wednesday, join us to learn how biochar and mineralization can draw down and store carbon. They can also improve California’s agricultural soils and forest resilience. Register: https://loom.ly/2D1Umgk @absoluteclimate.bsky.social

Three California climate stories to watch in 2026 Looking ahead at this critical year for climate and democracy, The Climate Center’s work in California feels more important to me than ever. There is, as usual, a lot to track, but these three trends in California climate policy are sure to have a ripple effect across the nation and the world. First is the ... Read more

🌟 New from @elliecohen.bsky.social: The governor's race, the economy, and the state budget shortfall are three trends in California climate policy that will have a ripple effect across the nation and the world this year. Read more 👉 https://loom.ly/8aiacTE

✨On Jan. 28, join us to learn how biochar and enhanced rock weathering (ERW) practices can draw down and store carbon. They can also improve California’s agricultural soils and forest resilience. Register: https://loom.ly/2D1Umgk @absoluteclimate.bsky.social

Graphic showing three stages of the electric system: electricity generation, electricity delivery, and consumers. It highlights benefits of clean energy such as lower costs, reduced fossil fuel use, more efficient grids, fewer infrastructure needs, and more affordable, reliable energy with battery backup for consumers.

Last week, UCS released a new backgrounder highlighting how grid-integrated electric vehicles can help support a clean, reliable, and more affordable electricity system in California.

Read it here: act.ucsusa.org/3NoUWXh

🌟 Registration is now open for the fifth annual #CAClimateSummit! Join Senator @joshbecker.bsky.social, @ib2real.bsky.social, @calenergy.bsky.social Vice Chair Siva Gunda, and more on April 13 in Sacramento.

Register today: https://loom.ly/KKIEwvc

One year ago, Los Angeles burned. Lives were upended. Entire communities were displaced.

We can protect Californians — but only if polluters are finally held accountable. Urge @governor.ca.gov to stand up for climate action at https://loom.ly/GEmnI_U