Media Contact
For press inquiries, please contact Taylor Thompson, Director of Development and Communications, by using the Media Inquiries form, linked below.
CEJA’s press releases can be found below.
In a victory for environmental justice, local governments now have the right to defend their residents from oil and gas drilling and the state will close more idle wells
Today, environmental justice and health organizations whose members live within 3,200 feet of oil drilling in their neighborhoods, announced they are escalating their efforts to defeat Big Oil’s relentless efforts to poison communities of color and low-income communities.
Groups note major improvements in scaling up mass transit, stopping the expansion of gas power plants, and planning for a coordinated phasedown of oil production; warn that reliance on carbon capture schemes for fossil fuel infrastructure derails meaningful climate action.
Working families, advocates say state draft plan is grossly out of touch with lived reality in communities that experience suffocating pollution and doubles down on fossil fuels at a time…
One hundred and twenty eight scientists and academics urge Governor Newsom and the California Air Resources Board to fix flawed Scoping Plan that sets back California’s climate goals.
More than 108 organizations slam California Air Resources Board climate policy blueprint as setback for state and world, call for urgent changes in letter to Governor Newsom.
Environmental Justice groups urge the California Air Resources Board to phase out fossil fuels by 2045 and build a clean energy future that works for all Californians.
On Thursday, the California Environmental Justice Alliance (CEJA) and Voices in Solidarity against Oil in Neighborhoods (VISIÓN) urged lawmakers and the Newsom administration to treat the environmental health crisis caused by fossil fuels impacting working communities of color with the same urgency as the Governor’s response to this weekend’s oil spill that occurred off the coast of southern California.
Communities are being bombarded by cumulative and intersecting energy pressures: an affordability crisis, rising rates, major utility debt, economic insecurity, and ongoing power outages.
