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Fracking: A Faustian bargain?

UT Commentary by SD350′s Peg Mitchell 3/28/13 ahead of our workshop Fracking California: Understanding the threats to our water and climate, Sat 4/20, 5-8 pm

Keystone Protest Success X2!

On April 17th about 40 activists protested the American Petroleum Institute’s pipeline conference to raise awareness about the negative climate impacts of the proposed Keystone Pipeline and to call on President Obama to reject it and show real leadership on climate.

On Feb. 17th about 500 San Diegans joined SanDiego350.org, Mayor Bob Filner, and other organizations and speakers to protest the Keystone XL Pipeline and call for action on climate change, in support of the massive rally that drew tens of thousands to Washington D.C. Our blog post is here.

Rally banner (photo by Dennis Griffin)

We called on President Obama to deny a permit for the proposed Keystone Pipeline, which would carry Canadian tar sands across the US for refining. Send a postcard to President Obama about the pipeline: our template is here.

Check out our coverage from 6 TV stations below:

For photos and video from the event visit our Photos and Video page.

Over 1 million comments were submitted on the Keystone Pipeline – thank you!!!

350.org reported on April 22 that the campaign to get over one million comments submitted to the State Department during their formal comment period on the Keystone pipeline.

Locally SD350 was able to collect 300 signed postcards and nearly 200 personalized photos calling on the President to nix the Keystone pipeline at our Earthday booth. More photos.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also commented on the pipeline study, concluding that it inadequately reviewed the environmental impacts the pipeline would have, and, more specifically, that the Dept of State claim that the tar sands oils would be fully extracted and burned even if the keystone pipeline is not built was flawed and unsubstantiated. Read more.

Divest from Fossil Fuels

Bill McKibben’s Do the Math Tour was a massive success and kicked off the movement to convince pension funds, universities, cities, and other entities to divest from fossil fuels. Several SanDiego350.org members were at the Los Angeles Do the Math tour in November 11, 2012. View photos.

Now we’re working on the next phase. Getting public funds to divest from fossil fuels. Specifically, we’re working on getting the CA Teachers’ Pension fund (CalSTRS) to divest.

Visit the website to sign our petition, read more about the issue, or to volunteer!

Hooray for the UC San Diego student government, which divested its funds from fossil fuels in February 2013.