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California’s Publis Pension Divestment Bill Passes the Senate, Next Stop The House!
The California state Senate has passed SB 252, a bill aimed at phasing out fossil fuel investments from CalPERS and CalSTRS, the two largest public pensions in the U.S. The bill received significant support, with a majority vote of 22 to 10. CalPERS and CalSTRS...
Celebrating 10 Years of Non-Stop Climate Action
Ten years ago, a handful of Marin neighbors started 350Marin.org as a local group aligned with 350.org, the international grass-roots movement of climate activists started by Bill McKibben and students from Middlebury College in Vermont. Jody Timms, a founding...
The Threat of Methane Super emitters
In this article the Guardian discusses the unique role methane has in climate change. On one hand methane traps 80 times more heat than carbon dioxide, raising temperatures at a much faster rate than CO2. On the other hand it only stays in the atmosphere for a decade,...
What the Nov. 8th Midterms Mean for Climate Action
Despite the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act, a landmark piece of pro-climate legislation, the make-up of the government as decided by the midterms will shape how its implemented. In these midterms Democrats kept the Senate, but narrowly lost the House of...
Earth 2050 Event Celebrates Earth Day & the Future
Line-up of booths at the Earth 2050 festival on April 24, 2022
COP26 Whimpers to a Close as Activists Decry Inaction
More than 100 fossil fuel companies sent 500 lobbyists to the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, more than any single country…
Years of Climate Activism Bring Three Huge Victories
On May 26, 2021, climate activists scored three historic but separate victories against Exxon, Chevron and Dutch Shell on the same day…
350Marin and Allies Protest Novato Costco Mega-Gas Plan
On Saturday, 2/202021, protestors marched and rallied in opposition to a proposal to build an unneeded, un-ecological, 28 pump gas station at Costco on Vintage Way…