CFROG BENEFIT HIKE

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Santa Paula Canyon
Saturday, May 13
9 am – 4 pm

Join CFROG for a Herb Walk with Lanny Kaufer. Lanny’s extensive knowledge of native plants and their uses provides an incredible opportunity to learn about the plants around us all the time. AND this hike will pass the Carbon California (formerly California Resources Corp/Vintage/Occidental) operated oil pads behind Thomas Aquinas College – which are the subject of a lawsuit that CFROG and partners have filed against Ventura County for approving 7 new wells along Santa Paula Creek without proper environmental review of potential impacts, including impacts to endangered species like the California Condor and Steelhead trout.

Santa Paula Canyon is home to both the Punchbowl and an oil drilling operation.
CFROG representatives will be at the hike to discuss the issues at the well pads, and we hope to have scientists and biologists to speak about the potential impacts (subject to availability) to the habitat, wildlife, human healthy, creek etc.
The hike will start at the trail head, and for those who don’t have all day you can turn back after the visit to the oil pads – others who want to hike the whole way to the Punchbowls will continue on.

Visit Lanny’s website to purchase tickets (a portion of ticket sales will be donated to CFROG).
WHEN: May 13, 2017 at 9pm – 4 pm
WHERE: Punchbowl Trail/Santa Paula Canyon/ Thomas Aquinas College
10000 Ojai Rd., Santa Paula, CA 93023

Cost: $25 for adults, $20 for seniors 62 and up, and $15 for students 13-18.
50% of proceeds donated to CFROG.

TICKETS: https://herbwalks.com/calendar/

CONTACT: Kimberly Rivers · ed@cfrog.org · 8057271393

MORE ABOUT CFROG: http://www.cfrog.org

Tonight Jan 12: Mni Wiconi Pacifica is hosting “Water and Oil Do Not Mix”

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WHEN: TONIGHT! Thursday, January 12th.
Doors open at 6:30 pm for meet and greet.
Program starts at 7 pm.

WHERE:  Unitarian-Universalist Church of Ventura,
5654 Ralston Ave, Ventura, 93003.
Fellowship hall; back parking lot.

WHO:  Presenters Kimberly Rivers, Executive Director for Citizens For Responsible Oil and Gas (CFROG), and
Tomás Morales Rebecchi, Ventura County Organizer for Food and Water Watch (FFW), Field Director/Co-Campaign Manager for Measure Z, a successful voter initiative to ban fracking in Monterey Co, and on CFROG’s Board.

Rivers will summarize a current project of CFROG, which involves monitoring the results of water testing being ordered by the State Water Resources Control Board near oil waste sump pits and waste injection wells and other actions to prevent and reduce negative oil and gas effects on our local water supply.

Rebecchi will talk about his experience in December at Standing Rock, North Dakota, supporting the resistance of indigenous people to the Dakota Access Pipeline being constructed on their sacred land and under the Missouri River, as well as county initiatives to ban fracking, cyclic steam injection, and acidizing of oil wells.

Mni Wiconi Pacifica is a new local organization inspired by the resistance of indigenous people at Standing Rock, North Dakota, to protect water from being polluted.

WHY: Burning fossil fuels causes climate disruption for hundreds of years. Water is calling for our protection, for Earth and all living beings. Indigenous people are demonstrating the power of prayerful, non-violent resistance to pollution of air and water.

California Challenging Fracking On The Coast

Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC-BY-SA 3.0

There was a federal assessment that cleared the way for FRACKING up the California Coast. California just filed a lawsuit challenging that.

PRESS RELEASE

“We must take every possible step to protect our precious coastline and ocean,” said Attorney General Harris. “The U.S. Department of Interior’s inadequate environmental assessment would open the door to practices like fracking that may pose a threat to the health and well-being of California communities. We must balance our energy needs with our longstanding commitment to protecting our natural resources and public health.”  READ MORE

More —

http://www.breitbart.com/news/california-officials-challenge-fracking-off-coastline/

From Center for Biological Diversity

http://patch.com/california/

https://ww2.kqed.org/science/series/fracking-california/

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Central_Californian_Coastline,_Big_Sur_-_May_2013.jpg

 

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Email CPUC today: “There must be no new power plants on Oxnard Beaches.”

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POSTED FROM — http://vcclimatehub.weebly.com/get-involved.html

On March 17, 2016, The CPUC commissioners will vote on whether or not to pause the proceedings pending a full environmental review at the CEC.  Oxnard Mayor Pro Tem Carmen Ramirez urges all of us to tell the PUC to tell SCE “to go back to the drawing board and do a new request for offer, which would insure that renewable energy proposals would be considered. Reliability, sea level rise and environmental justice concerns demand that any new energy source be located elsewhere for all of these reasons and more. “

“Oxnard has been subjected to bullying and abuse by Southern California Edison, the Investor Owned Utility that distributes electricity and the energy producer, NRG which owns the two power plants about to be shut down, facilities that have marred our coast for more than 50 years.”

It does not matter where you live. This beach and this climate belong to all of us. The waste and unnecessary pollution affects everyone. Environmental justice is important for everyone.

Reference: Application of SCE  to  Approve  Fourth Power Plant  in Oxnard #14-11-016
        
E-mail: public.advisor@cpuc.ca.gov

Here are some legal points:
· While the CEC—as the lead CEQA agency—has a large role to play in the consideration of environmental issues, the CPUC also has a mandate to consider environmental issues in the Public Utilities Code.

· Public Utilities Code Section 451 states, in part, “every public utility shall furnish and maintain such adequate, efficient, just, and reasonable service, instrumentalities, equipment, and facilities, including telephone facilities, as defined in Section 54.1 of the Civil Code, as are necessary to promote the safety, health, comfort, and convenience of its patrons, employees, and the public.” This broad authority of the CPUC to promote the safety, health, and comfort of the public necessarily includes consideration of environmental justice issues.

· A CPUC decision from 2007 (D0712052) states that, “some criteria for which we believe the IOUs need to provide greater weight include disproportionate resource sitings in low income and minority communities, and environmental impacts/benefits.” For almost a decade, the CPUC has believed it should consider issues of environmental justice when making decisions and in 2013 the CPUC acknowledged that SCE remains bound by these requirements.

· Commissioner Peterman’s and Commissioner Florio’s APDs lack proper consideration of legislative mandate and CPUC historical precedent. The initial Proposed Decision by Administrative Law Judge Regina M. DeAngelis must be supported.

See DeAngelis decision here:http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Efile/G000/M157/K542/157542051.PDF

Florio decision: http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Efile/G000/M157/K541/157541708.PDF

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Ventura350

A foreign corporation, Nestle, is taking our water. Do something about it!

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This Land Is Our Land.

California is experiencing its most severe drought in recorded history. Lakes and rivers are drying up, cities are instituting water rationing, and no relief is in sight. California citizens are facing mandatory water restrictions, but Nestlé Waters’ bottling plants are operating at full volume. In fact, Nestlé’s response to public outcry for water conservation has been anything but concern. Recently, a reporter asked Nestlé Waters North America CEO Tim Brown if he’d move Nestlé’s operations out of California during the drought. His response? “Absolutely not. In fact, if I could increase it, I would.”

With California drying up, the state can hardly afford to waste water. It’s time to let Nestlé’s CEO know that his refusal to conserve water is unacceptable.

In one shocking example, Nestlé is pumping water from the San Bernardino National Forest on a special use permit from the U.S. Forest Service that expired over 25 years ago (1988)! The company pays only $524 each year to profit off of public land in San Bernardino. That’s why The Story of Stuff Project, Courage Campaign and Center for Biological Diversity sued the United States Forest Service (USFS) on October 13th – to hold Nestlé accountable for its actions on our public lands. Your input can let Nestlé know we’re serious.

Nestlé is giving the people – and ecosystems – of California short shrift. But Nestlé’s operations in California also have worldwide ramifications. While Nestlé makes millions of dollars exporting water from a federal drought disaster area, our waterways fill with plastic, and our ecosystems pay the price.

If we’re going to live sustainably on this planet, we all need to pitch in and do our part. Tell Nestlé to stop bottling water from our public lands today!

Sign a Petition Here: http://action.storyofstuff.org/sign/nestle_California_drought/

Resources:
National Public Radio: How Much Water Actually Goes Into Making a Bottle of Water? October 30, 2013
Business Insider: Nestle Waters’ CEO will ‘absolutely not’ stop bottling water in California — ‘In fact, if I could, I’d increase it”.

More at: http://storyofstuff.org/