Green-Collar Jobs and the Environment

A rally urging residents to vote no on Proposition 23 drew a crowd of about 100 to a Wilmington park late Thursday afternoon, ending in a protest march to a nearby refinery.

Proposition 23, the ballot measure that would roll back California’s greenhouse gas emissions law, would kill jobs and prevent environmental improvements in communities of color, three noted human-rights activists said today.

MORE THAN 80 LATINO, AFRICAN AMERICAN AND ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER GROUPS COME TOGETHER TO FORM GRASSROOTS CAMPAIG

About 150 green Oaklanders filled the Oakland Museum theater Tuesday night to hear eight of this year's mayoral candidates state their positions on green jobs and climate action.

The fight against Proposition 23 got testy today as San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom called out Valero and Tesoro, the Texas oil companies spending the lion's share of the money for Prop 23.

The Ella Baker Center organized green collar workers to illustrate the significance of AB 32.

Status check on the Alameda County Energy Efficiency and Green Retrofit Program.

At 8 a.m. Thursday, 50 people gathered at the Valero gas station at the corner of Telegraph and Grand Avenues near downtown Oakland.

About 50 protestors converged upon a Valero gas station in Oakland’s Uptown section this morning...