Taxpayers shouldn’t be saddled with the enormous public costs of climate disasters they had little hand in creating. Polluters should pay!
California must follow New York and Vermont’s lead and pass the Climate Superfund Act: https://bit.ly/3ZmpYCj
The in-state public cost of California’s use of fossil fuels is estimated to reach $10 TRILLION by 2045, according to @ConsumerWD.
LA’s fires were the costliest climate disaster in state history, totaling $250 BILLION.
It’s time polluters pay, not us: https://bit.ly/3ZmpYCj
THE TRIBUNE I’m a former SLO County mayor. Climate disasters are draining city budgets
Climate impacts keep arriving faster than the systems designed to pay for them and local governments — and ultimately taxpayers — are expected to absorb the damage, even when it comes from forces far beyond their control or capacity to manage. Heidi Harmon Former Mayor of San Luis Obispo
Climate disasters don’t just burn homes.
They drain city budgets, delay services, and force impossible choices.
Former SLO Mayor Heidi Harmon lays out why local governments can’t keep carrying these costs alone, and why it’s time to #MakePollutersPay.
https://bit.ly/4qOhDSJ
THE TRIBUNE California coastal communities threatened by federal calls to drill Our climate and public health cannot be traded off to pad the bottom line of fossil fuel corporations and national political agendas.
A series of oil spills and a false-positive water contamination scare in Ventura County reflect the cost of fossil fuels in our communities. Californians are counting on our leaders to stop Trump’s “Drill baby drill” agenda.
https://bit.ly/4knfxru
Sable Offshore is a Texas-based oil company trying to restart dangerous offshore pipelines on CA's coast — pipelines shut down after a massive 2015 oil spill.
Now Donald Trump is trying to force them back online.
CA is suing to stop it.
Our coast is not a sacrifice zone.
What Californians Want: image of a lush green mountain scene in California
What Trump Wants for California: Image of oil drilling in California
Imagine your favorite stretch of public land in California.
Now imagine it scarred with oil rigs, new roads, and waste.
That’s what Trump wants for over a million acres of California.
We need an overwhelming show of opposition.
Submit your comment: https://bit.ly/3ZDNfPS
LAist: LA County sues oil companies for unplugged wells in Inglewood Oil Field L.A. County has sued four oil companies who have operated in the Inglewood Oil Field near Baldwin Hills and Ladera Heights, alleging they’ve failed to properly clean up hundreds of depleted and idle wells.
LA County is suing oil companies over unplugged wells in the Inglewood Oil Field.
If Big Oil refuses to plug the wells and clean up the pollution, taxpayers get stuck with the bill.
Polluters should pay — not us.
https://bit.ly/4knvEp9
It’s an election year, and some politicians are running scared from the word CLIMATE
CLIMATE IS AN AFFORDABILITY ISSUE Clean energy lowers bills. Big Oil raises them. Photo: Sarah Swenty / USFWS
BUT CLIMATE ISN’T OPTIONAL And clean energy is how we lower bills and stop Big Oil from draining us dry.
It’s an election year, and politicians are dodging the word “climate.”
Meanwhile, the climate crisis is driving up utility bills, insurance costs, & disaster recovery, while Big Oil keeps profiting.
Affordability is a climate message.
Lower bills = clean energy + no new drilling.
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New drilling means lost habitat, poisoned water, and species pushed closer to extinction.
Trump’s agenda puts wildlife at risk.
Tell BLM no: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/public-lands-need-protection-not-more-oil-and-gas-pollution/
A playground with a basketball hoop and a slide is shown. The text overlay quotes Jeff Freitas, President of CFT, about health risks from idle wells affecting schools in California. It mentions issues like asthma, cancer, and explosions. Below, a prompt encourages visiting the Center for Biological Diversity's new interactive map.
Idle wells put Californians at risk in the places they should feel safest — schools, hospitals, and parks. California must do more to make Big Oil pay to clean up their dirty wells.
Trump’s Venezuela oil plan isn’t “rebuilding” IT’S AN OIL GRAB LAST CHANCE ALLIANCE Photos: Gage Skidmore, Beatrice Murch
WHO BENEFITS? Chevron, Exxon, ConocoPhillips, Valero, Citgo, Halliburton — and the rest of Big Oil. THEY GET THE PROFITS. Photo: Carlosalbertoo
WHO PAYS? Reviving Venezuela’s oil industry would take YEARS and TENS OF BILLIONS in investment. That means: sweetheart deals, guarantees, and bailouts. WE PAY.
VENEZUELA DESERVES SELF-DETERMINATION. NOT OIL TAKEOVER. And the climate can’t afford ANY new oil expansion — especially heavy crude that worsens pollution and climate damage. NO MORE DRILLING. ANYWHERE. LAST CHANCE ALLIANCE Photos: Zio27
Trump’s Venezuela oil push isn’t “rebuilding.”
It’s an OIL GRAB.
It would take YEARS + TENS OF BILLIONS to revive production, meaning Big Oil will demand guarantees + public money while communities and the climate pay the price.
BIG OIL PROFITS. PEOPLE PAY.
Is this any place for an oil rig? Sign on
Trump is pushing to turn California’s public lands into oil fields.
These places belong to all of us, not Big Oil. Our public lands are not for sale!
Speak up now: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/public-lands-need-protection-not-more-oil-and-gas-pollution/
CalMatters: "Protecting California's public lands from oil and gas drilling is defending public health."
"Our public lands should be a source of health, recreation, and resilience; not another sources of the dirty pollution making my patients sick. Protecting public lands from oil and gas drilling isn't just environmental policy; it's preventive medicine." - Ashley McClure, M.D. East Bay physician
East Bay doctor Ashley McClure is seeing oil and gas pollution harm her patients in real time, and she’s warning that Trump’s BLM plans could expand drilling across 1M+ acres of CA public lands.
Protecting public lands is preventive medicine.
No new drilling. No new leases.
https://bit.ly/4a53lGW
Public lands protect us It's up on us to protect them from Trump's attacks Sign on
BLM wants more drilling.
That means more heat, more fires, more pollution.
Our public lands are not for sale.
Speak up now: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/public-lands-need-protection-not-more-oil-and-gas-pollution/
Last Chance Alliance New York Times: "Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War"
"The oil, gas and coal industries continue to downplay the scientific consensus that the burning of fossil fuels is dangerously heating the planet. It's a strategy that has been echoed by oil-rich countries such as Russia, Saudi Arabia and -- under the Trump administration -- the United States." - New York Times
"They manipulate algorithms, sow hatred and spread fear." - Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
From Trump calling the climate crisis a “hoax” to oil-rich countries downplaying the science, Big Oil’s strategy is simple:
manipulate algorithms, sow hatred, spread fear.
We refuse to let lies win.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/climate/climate-change-disinformation.htm
Last Chance Alliance Trump says Venezuela "stole" America's oil. That's a lie. This is an oil grab, and California's Chevron is positioned to profit.
Big Oil has been in Venezuela for 100+ years. Chevron stayed when others left, and now Trump is trying to hand Venezuela's future to U.S. oil giants.
Trump says Venezuela “stole America’s oil.”
That’s a lie.
Chevron’s ties to Venezuela go back 100+ years, and now Trump is trying to open the door for U.S. oil giants to profit from a crisis.
Venezuela deserves self-determination — not an oil takeover.
Colonization in real time Trump is coming for Indigenous lands
Trump’s drilling push is back: The BLM wants to open more public and Indigenous lands to oil drilling.
This is colonization in real time — oil rigs replacing sacred land, profit replacing care.
Support Indigenous Peoples. Tell them NO.
https://bit.ly/3ZDNfPS
This image shows a scenic coastal view with cliffs and the ocean. Yellow "WARNING" tape is overlaid across the image. Text reads: "Sable got a federal 'green light.' But they're not clear to restart. PHMSA stepped in under Trump." The "Last Chance Alliance" logo is in the top left corner.
A poster features the U.S. and California flags in the background, with bold yellow warning tape reading "WARNING" crossing the image. Text states, "PHMSA Usurped State Oversight," and details about federal agency actions involving the California State Fire Marshal. Approval issued December 22. The top right corner shows the Last Chance Alliance logo.
An advocacy poster featuring a caution tape border with the words "Warning." The main text reads, "This pipeline was shut down for a reason." Below, two photos are pinned: one of sea lions and another of workers in protective gear on a beach. The caption states, "The 2015 spill dumped oil on the Gaviota Coast — killing wildlife and damaging beaches + coastal jobs." The "Last Chance Alliance" logo is in the top right corner.
Yellow warning tape at the top and a logo for Last Chance Alliance. Below, bold white text reads, "Sable's pipeline is still not operating. Here's why it still can't restart." A list with red X marks details reasons: new law requiring a Coastal Development Permit, judge's injunction on restart, no easement through Gaviota State Park, and requirement to pay CalGEM bond first. Bottom text in yellow box says, "The fight continues. Together, we can stop this pipeline."
Trump’s federal pipeline agency (PHMSA) just gave Sable Offshore a green light to restart its corroded pipeline.
AG Rob Bonta officially filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for its ILLEGAL overreach to usurp CA's regulatory authority over sacred lands and waters.
Trump is pushing to open more than a million acres of California’s public lands to new drilling.
California’s leaders don’t control Trump’s agenda, but they can decide how boldly they respond.
Tell BLM: stop new oil leases now.
https://bit.ly/3ZDNfPS
Two SoCalGas leaks in the past month: first in Castaic and now again at Aliso Canyon! @governor.ca.gov: Step in and protect our communities.
#ShutAlisoDown
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Quote criticizing the DOJ's lawsuit against California's environmental justice law SB 1137, framed by a background photo of an oil drilling site. Below is an image of Darryl Molina Sarmiento with the caption 'Executive Director, Communities for a Better Environment.'
The Trump administration is attempting to silence the voices of thousands of Californians living on the frontlines of neighborhood oil drilling.
The DOJ’s lawsuit is an attack on our health and our very right to protect ourselves from pollution. We won’t back down.
Graphic featuring a quote by Kevin Koenig, Climate and Energy Director at Amazon Watch, criticizing Big Oil's influence on White House policies and its impact on California's environment. The image includes a background photo of the White House and an oil pump, symbolizing the conflict between government policy and oil company profits.
This DOJ lawsuit is a corporate power play.
SB 1137 exists because communities deserve clean air and safety from toxic drilling where they live, work, and learn.
We stood together before, and we’ll stand together now.
A quote from Juan Flores at the Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment, discussing the impact of California's SB 1137 on communities in Kern County against a backdrop of industrial pollution issues.
Big Oil knew they couldn’t overturn SB 1137 at the ballot box, so now Trump’s DOJ is trying to do it for them.
California communities fought hard for basic health protections. We’re not backing down now.
Image featuring Miguel M, a representative from Sierra Club California, with a quote advocating for community health protection against oil drilling pollution. The background shows a dilapidated industrial site.
Trump’s DOJ is attacking SB 1137. California’s landmark health buffer law that keeps new drilling 3,200 feet away from homes, schools, hospitals, and more.
It’s the latest in Trump’s obsessed attacks on Californians. Never question: Californians will stand together.
Trump’s DOJ is attacking SB 1137. California’s landmark health buffer law that keeps new drilling 3,200 feet away from homes, schools, hospitals, and more.
It’s the latest in Trump’s obsessed attacks on Californians. Never question: Californians will stand together.
Quote from California Assemblymember Gregg Hart over a sunset beach scene. He says: "We’re gonna do everything we can to stop that action, because we know it’s not a matter of if an oil spill will occur, but when, and how devastating it will be. This is our moment to stand up to the Trump administration and say we’re going to protect California’s coast at all costs."
Now, more than ever, it’s important for our leaders to affirm: our oceans, local economies, and climate are NOT 👏 FOR 👏 SALE 👏.
#SaveOurShores #AB1536
Quote from Brady Bradshaw of the Center for Biological Diversity over a rocky California coastline. He expresses the following: "California’s coast is heaven on Earth, and we’re fighting like hell to protect it. Trump’s foolhardy drilling plan threatens our oceans, beaches, and our multibillion-dollar coastal economy. Tremendous thanks to Asm. Addis, Asm. Hart, and all our leaders who are protecting California against federal overreach and offshore drilling."
Quote from Maggie Hall of the Environmental Defense Center over an image of California’s central coast. She says: “On California’s central coast, we know first-hand the dangers of offshore oil drilling. The catastrophic 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill, and the 2015 Plains Oil Spill, are examples that there is NO WAY to drill for new oil without causing devastating impacts to our coast. The California Coast is one of most ecologically diverse and rich places on the planet. The risks that new oil drilling would bring to the state’s environment, economy, and quality of life are unacceptable."
Quote from California Assemblymember Dawn Addis over a coastal cliff and ocean scene. She expresses the following: "I have a lifelong and ingrained love for our coast and our ocean. California’s coast and ocean sectors generate over $51 billion and employ over half a million people, which is incredibly important when the federal government is attacking our budget from every single direction. I introduced AB 1536, the Save Our Shores Act, to further protect California from offshore oil drilling. This legislation is about continuing to safeguard California’s coastline, bolster our economy, and keep people safe from the president’s egregious and embarrassing plans to expand offshore oil drilling."
Quote from California Assemblymember Gregg Hart over a sunset ocean background. He recounts the following: “When I was 9 years old, the 1969 oil spill happened in Santa Barbara County. The sense of deep tragedy in our community was profound for me. Sadly, about 10 years ago and in the same neighborhood, the Sable pipeline – then the Plains All American Pipeline – ruptured and spilled massive amounts of oil onto the California coast. The Trump Administration, just a week ago, tried to assert authority over the restart of that pipeline to avoid California’s environmental regulations."
Huge thanks to Asm. @dawnaddis.bsky.social and Asm. Gregg Hart for their leadership in protecting California’s coast!
They’ve mobilized a powerful bipartisan coalition to stand against Trump’s reckless proposal to massively expand drilling off the shores of California.
"Mars would be more habitable than this place right now. So it's crazy... I mean people lost everything." - Shaun, Palisades Bowl resident
The LA wildfires weren’t just a disaster, they were fossil-fueled. And unless we change course, they won’t be the last.
Los Angeles deserves protection. California deserves better than endless fire seasons.
Make polluters pay — and help stop the next disaster before it starts.
This new normal is not normal. And people’s homes and futures should never be sacrificed for Big Oil’s greed.
We can protect LA and communities across California — but only if polluters are finally held accountable.
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