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.

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

Biggest Gas Leak in California History Continues in Los Angeles

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The biggest gas leak ever in California has been going on for 2 months. They don’t know when they will be able to stop it. With the force of a volcanic eruption, it is sending 100,000 pounds of methane into the air per hour.
REPORTS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcUnOFJ-rrs

http://www.democracynow.org/2015/12/30/erin_brockovich_california_methane_gas_leak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIra-_zXnfQ

http://www.cnbc.com/2015/12/29/massive-methane-leak-displaces-thousands-in-southern-california.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKNu7DdLfZY

http://gizmodo.com/las-gas-leak-disaster-is-a-bigger-problem-than-you-real-1750035270

http://www.vox.com/2015/12/29/10685910/california-gas-leak-vox-sentences

http://gizmodo.com/a-california-gas-leak-is-the-biggest-environmental-disa-1749958081

http://www.iflscience.com/environment/catastrophic-california-gas-leak-could-take-more-three-months-fix

http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-porter-ranch-20151228-story.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/methane-gas-leak-creates-ghost-town-in-california/

MORE DETAILS
Location: 20  miles south of Los Angeles.
Aliso Canyon Gas Storage Field in Los Angeles County, Dec. 9, 2015.
Near Porter Ranch

http://tatoott1009.com/2015/12/19/california-alert-largest-release-of-methane-in-californias-history-cant-be-stopped/?GD_NONCE=7aca0e7539

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9BUc04L424

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KB-9UBCJUY

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HEALTH CONCERNS
Methane in its gas form is an asphyxiant, which in high concentrations may displace the oxygen supply you need for breathing, especially in confined spaces. Decreased oxygen can cause suffocation and loss of consciousness. It can also cause headache, dizziness, weakness, nausea, vomiting, and loss of coordination.

March for Real Climate Leadership

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On February 7th, 2015 thousands of people from all corners of the state will take to the streets of Oakland to call on Governor Jerry Brown to protect all Californians from dangerous oil activities that harm our water, our health and our communities.

As he took office on January 5th for his fourth and final term, Governor Brown declared he wants California to be an international leader in the fight against climate change.

Join us in Oakland, Governor Brown’s hometown, on February 7th to demand that he be a real climate leader by stopping fracking, standing up to Big Oil, and moving beyond fossil fuels to 100% renewable energy.

HERE ARE THE DETAILS:
WHAT: The March for Real Climate Leadership: Our Water, Our Health, Our California
WHEN: 11:30 am, February 7, 2015
WHERE: Frank Ogawa / Oscar Grant Plaza, 14th & Broadway, Oakland, California

February 7th will be a game-changing moment for the climate movement in California — but only if you’re there! Sign up on the right, and then share this page with your friends.

Espanol: http://marchforclimateleadership.org/es/

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Transportation: http://marchforclimateleadership.org/transportation/

Ventura & Santa Barbara: https://www.eventjoy.com/e/venturasanta-barbara-bus-to-march-for-real-climate-leadership-661504

Los Angeles: http://act.foodandwaterwatch.org/site/Calendar?id=115528&view=Detail

Other locations: http://marchforclimateleadership.org/transportation/

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LOGISTICS: http://marchforclimateleadership.org/logistics/
More Information: http://marchforclimateleadership.org/

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RESOURCES: Where to pick up Posters and Flyers
http://marchforclimateleadership.org/resources/

Quarter sheet 2-sided flyer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8WSFg2eIyqZWEpQS2ZvR1dwOHM/view?pli=1

Spanish Flyers: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8WSFg2eIyqZNnZjV3VENkhDUGc/view?pli=1

Posters: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B5P8mGL9Z7jASzFnUUJzYUl4UkE&usp=sharing

STENCILS to use to promote the march
https://occupyventura805.wordpress.com/2014/12/29/stencil-to-publicize-march-for-climate-leadership-on-feb-7-in-oakland/

Ventura County Climate Hub : Volunteers Needed for Five Projects

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Please call or email the Team Leaders or Coordinators named below to offer needed help.

http://350.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ventura350

Project 1:  CA Crossroads Tour –
Event Producer:  Tomas Rebecchi   tomasrebecchi@gmail.com

• Promotion- Tomas & Jan coordinating with Ron email bugnet@rinconvitova.com

• Distribute Posters – they are at the Refill Shoppe on 363 E Main St, Ventura, ask for Ally
• Need to find places to distribute posters in Ventura, Oxnard, Camarillo, Santa Paula, Ojai and on college campuses
• Facebook – Need someone who knows how to promote events
• Instagram – Need someone who knows how to promote events

• Volunteer for Steering Committee
Current members are Ron Whitehurst, Jan Dietrick, Ally Gialketsis and Tomas Rebecchi. We generally meet by conference call once a month or as needed. Email venturaclimathub@gmail.com if you would like to jump in and learn and work with others to make things happen for the climate in our community.
•    Media Coordinator
•    Membership Coordinator
•    Letter Brigade Coordinator
•    Meeting Coordinator – i.e. organize setup and cleanup

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Project 2:  Charter Bus Trip to March for REAL Climate Leadership

Fundraising

Committee-Jan and David
tomasrebecchi@gmail.com
Fundraising Goal: $2000
 Application to Greenpeace
Promotion Committee to sign people up for the ride and march-need 4 helpers who know different organizations

Event Committee (on the buses)
Bus captains – Tomas Coordinator, who wants to help?
Activities on the bus – educational, music

Fun-Raiser for Charter Buses for March in Oakland
Dinner, Movie, Sign-Making
Saturday, January 30, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
It’s a party! Contribute time or money toward the bus trip on 2/7. We’ll be making signs and things to sell. We’ve been wanting to watch  The Price of Sand (1 hr) about frac sand mining in the Midwest. Well-done, interesting arial photography. Describes some of the hidden social costs of the oil being brought into California.

Location: 108 Orchard Dr, Ventura, CA (Jan and Ron’s house at the Bugfarm)

Help requested: Somebody come in the afternoon to help with food, someone around 6:00 to finish any set-up and help welcome and orient people, a couple people to stay and help cleanup.

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Project 3: Crude Oil by Rail Protest

Ron Coordinating, asking for Letters from 3 City Councils:
Ventura CC Meeting-Mon, Jan 12, 5:45 to get a speaker comment card.
501 Poli St, Ventura, park behind City Hall
Team Leader- Needs a leader with Ron and Michelle

Oxnard CC Meeting Tue, Jan 13, 5:45
305 W 3rd St, Oxnard
Team Leader-Tomas


Camarillo CC Meeting Wed, Jan 28, 7:30 public comment period
Team Leader-Todd


Ventura County Board of Supervisors Tue, Jan 13, 9:45 am
County Government Center, Admin Building, 800 Victoria Ave by Telephone
Team Leader: Ron

Air Pollution Control District Board Meeting, Tue, Jan 13, 1:30 am
County Govt Center, Admin Building, Board Chambers, 800 Victoria at Telephone
Ron is going to talk about the fumes from the oil trains.
Jan or somebody may make brief statement about Community Choice Aggregation and give everyone copies of Elias’ Opinion Editorial and docs from the Monterey Bay CCA.
Will someone volunteer to talk about stricter limits on methane flaring?


San Luis Obispo Planning Commission Public Hearing, Feb 5th or 6th
Help fill the building. Check FB event page: Crude by Rail Hearing San Luis Obispo on Ventura Co Climate Hub page.

Other Projects to Sign Up For!


• Climate Hub Letter Brigade – Coordinator Jan Dietrick ventura@citizenslcimatelobby.org
Be on a list to get articles from the local papers that relate to the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy and make comments in the form of Letters to the Editor. Also to write letters as needed to public officials. We have five volunteers and need five more right away due to lots of opportunities in the news right now.

• Community Choice Aggregation Research and Outreach Committee

We need a team leader to plan and facilitate meetings with the following volunteers: Jan, Robert, Don, Lance and Michelle. For now, make inquiries to Jan at ventura@citizensclimatelobby.org.

• Citizen Science Oil Monitoring Workshop – Ron is Coordinator ron@rinconvitova.com
This workshop could happen sometime mid to late February. Let him know what days do or don’t work for you.