LA has already warmed much faster than the rest of the US -- but our city's plan for carbon neutrality is *two decades* behind the IPCC report's deadline. We don't have that kind of time.
That's why I'm at a #FireDrillFriday sit-in at an oil company that drills in LA right now.
“She also is going to be our future president, isn’t that right?” #Joker star and #Oscars nominee Joaquin Phoenix introduces environmental justice activist Nalleli Cobo at the first #FireDrillFriday in Los Angeles
“We are called to find something in our lives worth fighting for. Something that unites the will of the Spirit with the work of the flesh,” said longtime Catholic social justice activist Martin Sheen at #FireDrillFriday.
Our friends Julia Louis-Dreyfus (@OfficialJLD), @LanaParrilla, @SaffronBurrows_, @SophiaBush, and Taylor Schilling invite you to join our upcoming Fire Drill Friday Virtual Rally on Friday, Oct 2 at 2pm ET with special performance from @TheChicks!
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What's the End Polluter Welfare Act (EPWA) and why is this piece of legislation so critical to ensuring an equitable and just transition away from fossil fuels? #FireDrillFriday⬇️ (a thread):
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#FireDrillFriday has taken over the lobby of Maverick Oil in downtown #LA. Maverick profits off of fracking & neighborhood drilling. “No drilling where we’re living!”
“Now Georgia, John Lewis’ home state & district, will be coming back in January, during the Martin Luther King holiday season, to vote to possibly decide control of the Senate. We need to sit on that for a moment.”
"Our health is impacted at LAX by airline emissions. LAX is trying to add 2 more terminals, meaning more planes int he air, dumping fuel and pollution. We are not allowing airlines to this expansion without US in mind." - Jovan Houston of
My book, “What Can I Do: The Path From Climate Despair to Action,” is out in paperback on Sept 7th.
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