Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN)

I said there’s no way to sugar coat it!

Take Action: Stop the Shakedown Oil lobbyists want our elected officials to walk back decades of health, safety, and environmental regulations – and make taxpayers foot the bill. Together, we can stop the oil shakedown. Tell your el...

Right now, lawmakers in #CAleg are considering how to plan for refinery closures and a transition away from fossil fuels. We need your support. Contact your legislators to demand they oppose the oil shakedown and stand up for our health and our climate:
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What hasn’t made headlines (yet): @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social and #CAleg have an urgent mandate to create a comprehensive transition plan for refinery closures, invest in fenceline communities and workers, and ensure no one is left behind.

Will Newsom and #CALeg meet that call to action?

The oil industry made this mess. Now, they want permission to continue fleecing California taxpayers and consumers – and, as a bonus, slash regulations, cut corners, and endanger Californians. We can’t let Big Oil shake down California on their way out.

We must follow the leadership of EJ groups in the Valley directly impacted by dirty drilling, and the many groups that have spent over a decade facing down threats of unchecked drilling expansion – groups like CRPE, CCEJN and CVAQ.

Let’s be clear: fast-tracking thousands of oil and gas wells with only a *single* environmental review further pollutes the air and water in some of California’s most overburdened communities *and* risks deepening our dependence on fossil fuels.

So, what happened this week? Yesterday, @CalEnergy held a hearing on their initial plan to get us out of this hostage situation. But there’s more work to do. Among other things, this plan could lead to a massive expansion of oil and gas drilling in Kern County.

What’s happening: In the last year, two refineries in CA have announced plans to close – and Big Oil is taking the opportunity to shakedown taxpayers and maximize profits on their way out, making Californians foot the bill for their pollution ❌❌ stoptheoilshakedown.org

Yesterday, @politico.com ran an article about this week’s @calenergy.bsky.social meeting claiming that climate and environmental justice groups are lining up behind a plan that would “pump the brakes” on the transition away from fossil fuels. It’s time to set the story straight ⬇️⬇️

TODAY: 35+ organizations say NO to a bailout for Big Oil.

For years, oil giants failed to fix up refineries, gouged Californians, and paid out billions to shareholders.

Now, they're trying to blame climate policy. #CALeg: Stop the oil shakedown. ✍️ Read the full letter here: apen.us/SHAKEDOWN

Big Oil Wants an Even Bigger Bailout! Take Action Now

For yrs, oil giants raked in record profits. Instead of fixing their aging refineries, they gouged Californians and paid out billions to shareholders: $4.3 billion to Valero investors last year alone.
Say NO to bailouts for Big Oil! ✍️take action now: stoptheoilshakedown.org

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The transition from oil is well underway - in CA and across the world. But Big Oil are blaming refinery closures on CA's climate policies in an attempt to shakedown Californians on their way out.

Don't let them bail out Big Oil! Learn more + take action: stoptheoilshakedown.org

California Refineries Are Closing. What About the Workers? As Valero prepares to shutter its Benicia oil refinery, 400 jobs hang in the balance. Can California ensure a just transition for fossil fuel workers?

“The company will just want to maximize profits. They’ll file for bankruptcy, their assets will be stranded, and then workers and communities get left holding the bag.”-- Christine Cordero, co-director of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network.
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Bay Area: we need your support NOW to keep our neighbors safe!

In the coming weeks, we need to be ready to protect each other. To get rapid response action alerts, sign up at bayresistance.org 🚨

California Lawmakers Divided Over Polluters' Pay Plan to Combat Climate Crisis | KQED As California lawmakers consider a controversial 'polluters pay' bill, advocates argue they should model the effort after the city of Richmond, where leaders tapped into community support for a simila...

Is the city of Richmond a model for the larger state?

"There’s a reason that Chevron came to the table, settled and didn’t even want to see this go on the ballot because there was overwhelming support in the community.” — Marie Choi @apen4ej.bsky.social
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APEN’s APA Heritage Month Picks: Asian and Asian American Resistance Stories This APA Heritage Month, many of us are looking to Asian and Asian American resistance stories for guidance, inspiration, and reminders of…

This #APAHM, many of us are looking to Asian and Asian American resistance stories for guidance, inspiration, and reminders of how we hold onto one another and our humanity in a time of rising authoritarianism.

Here are our top picks:

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Connect with your friends and neighbors. Make plans to protest, organize, and protect one another. From the courts to the streets — we need your solidarity now more than ever.

#EnvironmentalJustice #EarthDay

This is not a normal #EarthDay.

As the Trump regime guts environmental protections, censors public data, and gives billionaires free reign to pollute, we need to step up the fight for our homes, families, and future.

Try as they might, billionaires can’t extinguish our movements for a future beyond oil and gas – where everyone breathes clean air and nobody lives in fear of medical bills and refinery disasters.

We’ll fight these oil giants in the courts, just like we fight their pollution in our communities.

Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Removal of Climate and Environmental Justice Websites and Data A group of environmental and science organizations, represented by Public Citizen Litigation Group, today filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s removal of public information f...

“Sierra Club V. EPA” rejects Trump’s attempt to erase environmental justice from government records.

The lawsuit argues that Trump has confiscated “essential tools” from communities on the frontlines of poverty, pollution, and climate disaster.

www.citizen.org/litigation/s...

Environmental Groups Sue the Trump Administration to Restore Web Tools Critical for Gauging Climate and Pollution Impacts - Inside Climate News The removal of websites designed to help disadvantaged communities will hurt those communities the most, lawyers argue.

Their goal: confiscate tools that advocates use to stop big polluters from making us sick – and that provide residents with critical information about toxins in their backyards.

Now, environmental and climate groups are fighting back with a major lawsuit.
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The Trump administration can’t delete a movement – so they’re trying to censor it.

Trump's EPA has axed references to climate change and cut tax-payer funded resources, including pollution maps, from federal websites – continuing their assault on public health and our chances at a livable future.

From Richmond to Los Angeles, frontline communities have fought decades of toxic dumping and built new legacies of grassroots organizing.

With statewide buffer zones between homes and oil wells, to taxing major polluters, to winning solar for tenants, our movement has held its ground.

Trump is trying to censor #EnvironmentalJustice – but climate groups are punching back.

On #EarthDay, a reminder that everyone, no matter their race, class, zip-code or homeland, should be able to breathe clean air and drink clean water.

Donate to CLEAR — CLEAR

Thousands of people spoke out for Yunseo, and a judge has blocked Yunseo's deportation for now. As ICE continues to abduct people in the US, it's up to all of us to stand by one another.

Donate to CUNY Clear, who are representing Yunseo: www.cunyclear.org/donate

Student who sued Trump takes powerful stand against ‘constant dread’ of deportation threats The lawsuit of Yunseo Chung, whose green card was revoked, asks: what limits remain on the Trump administration’s power?

As Asian immigrants and refugees standing in solidarity with Palestine — this is terrifying and infuriating. Many people in our communities come from homelands where “disappearances” like these are all too common.

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UPDATE: Lelo has been moved to the NW Detention Center in Tacoma WA! Organizers are no longer asking people to call Ferndale ICE or demonstrate there.

Links to take action now: linktr.ee/communitytoc...

Ways to support Lelo and demand his release:

Call Ferndale ICE Detention Center: 360-380-2270

Contact Washington Attorney General's office: fortress.wa.gov/atg/formhand... | 360-753-6200

Contact Washington State Governor’s office: governor.wa.gov/contacting-g... | 360-902-4111

He was on his way to drop off his partner at her work place, and ICE agents broke his car window when he tried to exercise his rights. We feel this is a targeted attack on Farmworker leadership, and we must not allow this to continue.