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Join us in calling on California's public pensions, the largest in the U.S., to divest from fossil fuels.
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Kim Stanley Robinson & Elise Joshi sharing their brilliance with the FFCA community at the David Brower Center on Saturday! Thank you to everyone who attended this event and made it sparkle <3
September 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Come meet Elise in person at Coming Together for Climate Action, FFCA's annual fundraising celebration! Saturday, September 20, 5-7:30 pm at the David Brower Center in Berkeley.
Get your tickets at tinyurl.com/ffcacelebration
September 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Dan Cohn of IEEFA is back for another round of interactive lunchtime training! Learn to understand climate finance and talk to your coworkers about why fossil free pension funds benefit us financially! Tinyurl.com/talkingfinance2
September 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Governor Newsom is trying to push through an oil-billing expansion in the last days of the legislative session. Rank-and-file workers say NO TO SB 237! Call your reps today using this toolkit: tinyurl.com/nodrillbaby
September 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Come meet Kim Stanley Robinson in person at Coming Together for Climate Action, FFCA's annual fundraising celebration! Saturday, September 20, 5-7:30 pm at the David Brower Center in Berkeley. tinyurl.com/ffcacelebration
September 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Join us to celebrate wins, strengthen our community for the fights ahead, and raise resources for the climate movement! Tinyurl.com/ffcacelebration
August 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Movie stars join the fight for pension divestment!
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June 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Join us next Weds June 11 on your lunch hour, and learn why fossil fuel divestment is good for your pension - and how to explain this to your coworkers! tinyurl.com/talkingfinance
June 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Just part of the superstar crew that pedaled many miles of gorgeous (but windy!) Marin/Sonoma back roads this weekend to raise funds for FFCA, as part of Climate Ride's California Green Fondo! You can still donate to our team at support.climateride.org/team/6568!
May 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Join Fossil Free California, @cynthiakaufman.bsky.social, and novelist Stephen Markley for a thought-provoking conversation on climate futures, resistance in dark times, and the radical imagination! Get your tickets at bit.ly/smarkley!
May 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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TONIGHT: Join us for our webinar on fossil fuel divestment and anti-neighborhood oil drilling intersections! Our four advocates will be talking about the challenges, wins, and overlaps between the campaigns they work on. bit.ly/42GJETZ
Headshots of the 5 "Environmental Justice Intersections - Divestment & Neighborhood Drilling" webinar taking place on Feb 24th from 6:00-7:30pm. Register: bit.ly/42GJETZ
February 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Calling all CA youth leaders! Our first youth coalition meeting of 2025 is Thursday, Jan. 23 from 6pm-7pm! You can rsvp here: bit.ly/cayouthej #youthcoalition
January 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Join us Thursday, October 17th from 6pm-7pm for our next statewide youth coalition meeting for fossil fuel divestment! Please DM us for the zoom link to join and we hope to see you all there!

#youthcoalition #fossilfueldivestment #environmentaljustice #ej #climatechange
October 16, 2024 at 6:37 PM
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Join Us Tomorrow on September 26th from 6pm-7pm for the launch of our statewide youth coalition for fossil fuel divestment! Please DM us for the zoom link if you would like to join us and we hope to see you all there!
#youthcoalition #fossilfueldivestment #ej #climatechange
September 26, 2024 at 1:02 AM
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The Climate Clock is ticking ⏰🌍 On July 22nd, let’s come together for #ClimateEmergencyDay. It's #TimeToEndFossilFuels and #TimeToFundOurFuture. Share this post, join local actions and demand real climate solutions! #ActInTime www.climateclock.world/climate-emergency-day
July 22, 2024 at 11:20 PM
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The State Assembly Public Employment and Retirement Committee will be heard SB252 in June! Send a letter to the PERS committee, urging their support for divestment of fossil fuels through SB252 TODAY at fossilfreeca.org/email
#Divestment #SB252 #StateAssembly #EnvironmentalJustice
Text Reads: ACTION ALERT! SB252 to be heard by the Assembly PERS Committee in June! Send a letter of support urging PERS Committee members to vote YES TO DIVEST! fossilfreeca.org/email
May 28, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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Is there oil drilling in your community? Is it funded by the public pension system, CalPERS and CalSTRS? Find out through our Fossil Free California mapping tool and our Community Spotlight Series!
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#Divest #SB252 #FossilFreeCA
Text reads: Community Spotlight: Wilmington. Active Wells in CalPERS/CalSTRS portfolio are red dots. Idle or Canceled Wells in CalPERS/CalSTRS portfolio are blue squares. Plugged Wells in CalPERS/CalSTRS portfolio are black dots. New Wells in CalPERS/CalSTRS portfolio are purple diamonds. Intersections of Neighborhood Drilling Funded by Public Pensions (CalPERS and CalSTRS) and the Need for Fossil Fuel Divestment. Text Reads: Community Member Testimony: “Seeing the amount of CalPERS and CalSTRS funded drilling in Wilmington is especially alarming considering the amount of teachers who might not know that CalSTRS is funding the same companies that pollute the air and lungs of the community that they teach and live in.” - Luis Angel Martinez, Fossil Free California, Wilmington Community Member. Text Reads: Industrial and Environmental Impacts. Industry - 5 refineries surround the community, Peppered with oil drilling, Neighbors Port of LA, Power Outages. Environmental - Extreme heat events, flooding, wild and industrial fires.. Health - Asthma, bloody noses, cancer, headaches, and more. Credit to: CalEnviroScreen 4.0. Text Reads: Are you from Wilmington? CalPERS and CalSTRS invest in fossil fuel companies that drill within 3,200 ft of homes, schools and churches in Wilmington. Email your Assemblymember to urge their support for SB252 and pension divestment of fossil fuels! bit.ly/3NFtr9O
April 22, 2024 at 10:34 PM
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There are thousands of active and idle wells that are owned by fossil fuel companies that receive funding from CalPERS and CalSTRS! Write a letter to your assembly member demanding that the pensions divest from fossil fuel companies!

#GreenSky #ClimateSky #PoliSky
March 14, 2024 at 8:33 PM
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Did you know that there are over 96,000 oil wells in California that either have been or are currently being funded by CalPERS and CalSTRS?

Check out @FossilFreeCA’s interactive map: fossilfreeca.org/map
Then email your Assemblymember: “Vote Yes on #SB252 – Divest!” fossilfreeca.org/email
Graphic. Text reads, “Major California pension funds, CalPERS or CalSTRS, invest in companies that have thousands of oil and gas wells throughout the state. To demand accountability, Fossil Free California has launched an interactive map to show where CalPERS and CalSTRS funding is linked to wells in your community.” Below that is a screenshot of the interactive map. At bottom text reads, fossilfreeca.org/map. At bottom right is the logo for Fossil Free California. Graphic. Text reads, “Despite legislation being passed in 2022 that enacted a mandatory 3,200 foot buffer zone between oil drilling and California schools and communities, this law hasn‘t taken effect due to intense lobbying by the fossil fuel industry. This allowed almost 700 additional permits for fossil fuel operations to be granted within buffer zones in 2023.” Below that are screenshots of the interactive map showing blue circles for the 3,200 foot buffer zone. At bottom text reads, fossilfreeca.org/map. At bottom right is the logo for Fossil Free California. Graphic. Text reads: Fossil fuel practices like oil drilling are not only contributing to the climate crisis but they are also subjecting communities on the frontlines of drilling to negative health impacts. Public health impacts include: • Disease: asthma, cancer, liver damage, immunodeficiency, and neurological symptoms. • Pregnancy complications • Air pollution • Water contamination • Mental health effects Inactive, idle or "zombie" oil wells are an under-reported risk across California that carry many similar impacts. At bottom, picture of an oil derrick. Below, text reads, fossilfreeca.org/map. Graphic. Text reads: Take action. Want CalPERS and CaISTRS to know it's unacceptable to continue funding the companies that are drilling up and down the state of California? Take action by emailing your Assemblymember: fossilfreeca.org/email Background is people holding signs calling on California’s public pensions to divest.
February 26, 2024 at 9:14 PM
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Did you know that California’s public pensions invest in the companies that are drilling all across California? 

Check out @FossilFreeCA’s interactive map: fossilfreeca.org/map
Then email your Assemblymember: “Vote Yes on #SB252 – Divest!” fossilfreeca.org/email
#GreenSky #ClimateSky #PoliSky
February 20, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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“The United Nations Environmental Program just released a report indicating that fossil fuel production in 2030 is slated to be double what is compatible with 1.5 degrees warming. We need to act now. CalPERS should divest, rather than make unclear promises of net zero by 2050.”
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#GreenSky
Graphic. Logo for Sacramento Bee. Text reads, “CalPERS plans to newly invest in clean energy — while refusing to divest from fossil fuels.” Behind text is a photo of an oil refinery at night. At bottom right is the logo for Fossil Free California
January 16, 2024 at 10:45 PM
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Join us January 23 for the online event:
A Win on California Pension Divestment Is a Win for California Communities!
Join Bill McKibben in a conversation with grassroots leaders - let's make a plan to pass a transformative climate bill in 2024!
RSVP: fossilfreeca.org/win-win 
#GreenSky #ClimateSky
Graphic. Header text reads, "A Win on California Pension Divestment Is a Win for California Communities. Join the Online Event. January 23, 2023. 6 – 7:30 PST.” Below header are headshots and name labels of featured speakers: Ra’mauri Cash, Fatima Iqbal-Zubair, Carlos Davidson, Luis Angel Martinez, Bill McKibben, and Rev. Lennox Yearwood. Graphic background is stripes of color from red, orange, yellow through blue.
January 12, 2024 at 1:19 AM
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3) The halt and reversal of deforestation and land degradation as well as biodiversity and other ecosystem loss by 2030; ensure resilient food systems and deliver a strong global goal on adaptation.

#COP28 #GreenSky #ClimateSky
Graphic. Text reads, "Response 3: The halt and reversal of deforestation and land degradation as well as biodiversity and other ecosystem loss by 2030; ensure resilient food systems and deliver a strong global goal on adaptation." Background photo shows a clearing and river where clear-cutting has removed a large swath of forest... a remaining stand of dense trees is in the background. Text at bottom reads, “Source: Karsten Winegeart (Unsplash)”
December 9, 2023 at 12:46 AM
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2) The enabling environment to scale up and shift public and private finance, with developed countries taking the lead in action and support; putting a price on carbon and tripling investments for renewable energy.

#COP28 #GreenSky #ClimateSky
Graphic. Text on a plain off-white background reads, "The enabling environment to scale up and shift public and private finance, with developed countries taking the lead in action and support; putting a price on carbon and tripling investments for renewable energy."
December 9, 2023 at 12:45 AM
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We call for:
1) An orderly phase out of all fossil fuels in a just and equitable way, in line with a 1.5C trajectory - whilst ensuring the tripling of global renewable energy capacity by 2030 from 2022 levels and the doubling of energy efficiency.
Graphic. Text reads, "An orderly phase out of all fossil fuels in a just and equitable way, in line with a 1.5C trajectory - whilst ensuring the tripling of global renewable energy capacity by 2030 from 2022 levels and the doubling of energy efficiency." Background photo shows a cityscape cloaked in smog, and a red and white smokestack billowing gray smoke. Text at bottom reads, “Source: Marcin Jozwiak (Pexels)”
December 9, 2023 at 12:44 AM