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Bus Rapid Transit – Fresno
“Reverend Sophia DeWitt, co-director of Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries, speaks in favor of Bus Rapid Transit” January 17, 2014 Community leaders representing Building Healthy Communities, The Know, FIRM, Coalition for Clean Air, Fresno Metro Ministry and CCEJN among others, gathered on Thursday at high noon to advocate for the development of a Bus Rapid Transit…
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Activists in Fresno: No Fracking Gov. Brown!
January 14, 2014 On Monday, January 13, local activists mobilize to welcome Governor Jerry Brown at Fresno City Hall. The group carried a strong message: Put a stop to fracking in Califronia! Chanting and raising their voice, the protesters gathered media attention and continued to push the message that the dirty oil in the Monterrey…
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SB4 Regulation Hearing in Bakersfield
January 9, 2014 Dozens of community residents joined the fight against fracking last night in Bakersfield. This mobilization occurred as a response to a hearing scheduled by the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) to receive public comments on the proposed well stimulation treatment regulations as mandated by Senate Bill 4. Groups like…
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Mainstreet Moms Against Fracking in CA
The group Mainstreet moms, a partner within Californians Against Fracking, created this public access video to talk about the environmental hazards of fracking the Monterey Shale.
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DOGGR EIR Scope Hearing in Bakersfield
–December 13, 2013– On Thursday, December 12, 2013 the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources, a division of the Department of Conservation held a scoping meeting in regards to the preparation of a well-stimulation treatment EIR mandated by Senate Bill 4 (Pavley). Several activists joined the hearing to speak out against fracking and to…
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Director of Department of Pesticide Regulation Visits Tulare County
On December 10th, 2013, Brian Leahy, Director of the California Department of Pesticide Regulation Visited Tulare County. El Quinto Sol De America, based out of Lindsay, CA hosted a series of site visits to towns like Tooley Ville and Plainview where residents were able to meet with Mr. Leahy. The residents spoke to the Director…
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Shifting Gears: Viable Cycling for the Underserved of Fresno
According to the last census, most of Fresno’s population – eighty-five percent according to the most recent United States census – consists of minorities, women, youth, the elderly, and low-income people. But the 1% of the population that cycles regularly comes from the remaining fifteen percent of Fresnans! That one percent is largely male, white,…
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Vintage Petroleum to Pay $60,000
Last week the Regional Water Quality Control Board announced that Vintage Petroleum would be fined $60,000 for discharging fracking fluid into an unlined dirt sump in Shafter, CA last October. This violation was filmed by local activist, Tom Frantz, who actively advocated for an investigation from the RWQCB. Tom submitted this report to our KEEN network…
