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Join us in calling on California's public pensions, the largest in the U.S., to divest from fossil fuels.

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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 18/09/2026
Link to read more: calmatters.org/economy/2026.... Public service employees should not be making this much off of our money!
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 30/09/2026
Read more at: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... and calmatters.org/politics/202...
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 30/09/2026
Read more at: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... and calmatters.org/politics/202...
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 18/09/2026
Link to read more: calmatters.org/economy/2026.... Public service employees should not be making this much off of our money!
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 17/09/2026
Councilmember Fife is introducing a data center moratorium to the Oakland on Tuesday, September 22 to the Life Enrichment Committee. Join us in showing our support for the moratorium at Oakland City Hall, Tuesday, September 22 at 3 pm before their meeting! Help say NO to data centers in Oakland!
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 17/09/2026
Councilmember Fife is introducing a data center moratorium to the Oakland on Tuesday, September 22 to the Life Enrichment Committee. Join us in showing our support for the moratorium at Oakland City Hall, Tuesday, September 22 at 3 pm before their meeting! Help say NO to data centers in Oakland!
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 08/09/2026
Happening TOMORROW! Sign up now, link in bio! Saving for college shouldn’t require investing in oil pipelines 😡. Come learn about a new fossil-free option for state 529 college savings plans at our September 9 webinar with Bill McKibben. Register now: tinyurl.com/ffca-529
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 08/09/2026
Happening TOMORROW! Sign up now, link in bio! Saving for college shouldn’t require investing in oil pipelines 😡. Come learn about a new fossil-free option for state 529 college savings plans at our September 9 webinar with Bill McKibben. Register now: tinyurl.com/ffca-529
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 03/09/2026
Coming up next week! Saving for college shouldn’t require investing in oil pipelines 😡. Come learn about a new fossil-free option for state 529 college savings plans at our September 9 webinar with Bill McKibben. Register now: tinyurl.com/ffca-529.
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 03/09/2026
Coming up next week! Saving for college shouldn’t require investing in oil pipelines 😡. Come learn about a new fossil-free option for state 529 college savings plans at our September 9 webinar with Bill McKibben. Register now: tinyurl.com/ffca-529.
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 26/08/2026
😡 Saving for college shouldn’t require investing in oil pipelines. Come learn about a new fossil-free option for state 529 college savings plans at our September 9 webinar with Bill McKibben. Register now: tinyurl.com/ffca-529
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 26/08/2026
😡 Saving for college shouldn’t require investing in oil pipelines. Come learn about a new fossil-free option for state 529 college savings plans at our September 9 webinar with Bill McKibben. Register now: tinyurl.com/ffca-529
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 25/08/2026
tiny.cc/go09101 Please send an email TODAY, to pass AB 40-The Coal Review Act, which defines “large-volume bulk coal facility” and requires CEQA review and mitigation measures for significant air quality impacts. A Senate vote will take place TOMORROW, outreach to key Assembly members is essential.
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 25/08/2026
tiny.cc/go09101 Please send an email TODAY, to pass AB 40-The Coal Review Act, which defines “large-volume bulk coal facility” and requires CEQA review and mitigation measures for significant air quality impacts. A Senate vote will take place TOMORROW, outreach to key Assembly members is essential.
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 20/08/2026
Are you worried about the data centers being forced on our communities? 🏭💰 Join us NEXT THURSDAY to learn how data centers, Big Tech, Big Oil, and fascism are fueling each other--and how we can build a movement to protect our communities and our democracy! 💪🌱 RSVP & more info bit.ly/8-27-webinar
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 20/08/2026
Are you worried about the data centers being forced on our communities? 🏭💰 Join us NEXT THURSDAY to learn how data centers, Big Tech, Big Oil, and fascism are fueling each other--and how we can build a movement to protect our communities and our democracy! 💪🌱 RSVP & more info bit.ly/8-27-webinar
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EnviroVoters @envirovoters.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
You don’t get a break from taxes, why should corporations?! AB 1790 by @asmdamonconnolly.bsky.social a bill that would repeal the Water’s Edge Election and eliminate the largest corporate tax break in CA! Tag your Rep. and tell them to support AB 1790 to end the corporate polluter tax break!
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 16/04/2026
CalSTRS has cut way back on fossil fuel investments - but it's long past time to go further.
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 30/03/2026
No kings, no fascism, no fossil fuels! Check out @movementphotog.bsky.social's beautiful pics of the Make Polluters Pay contingent at Saturday's Oakland action - and get ready to hit the streets with us on May Day!
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 09/03/2026
Trump wants to drill in beautiful public places like here at Quarry Lakes & Sunol Regional Wilderness. Submit your comment to oppose the Bureau of Land Management's plan to open up 1 million acres of public lands to drilling. Take 2 minutes to submit now: bit.ly/DontDrillMyS... #ProtectPublicLands
Five adults hold signs in a public park saying "Public lands are not for private profit"Five adults sit and stand around a Quarry Lakes park sign holding placards opposing oil drilling.A child with long brown hair and a blue dress holds a sign reading "This land is in danger - protect it with me."Two young people and one adult smile for the camera in front of grasslands and spreading oaks.
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 06/03/2026
This spring, FFCA is joining a new campaign to Unrig California--slashing corporate tax breaks and funding California's environmental, health, and social programs! Join us on Wednesday, March 11 at 9:45 am for a campaign kickoff mobilization at the State Capitol! actionnetwork.org/events/unrig...
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 10/02/2026
FFCA is hiring a part-time Communications Fellow this spring! Great for college students or other young leaders interested in building movement communications skills. Details & application info here: tinyurl.com/ffcacomms
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 09/02/2026
FFCA board member & super-volunteer Cynthia Kaufman breaks down California's experiences with affordability, authoritarianism and the climate crisis in a new Common Dreams article! www.commondreams.org/opinion/affo...
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 24/09/2025
Kim Stanley Robinson & Elise Joshi sharing their brilliance with the FFCA community at the David Brower Center on Saturday! Thank you to everyone who attended this event and made it sparkle <3
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 17/09/2025
Come meet Elise in person at Coming Together for Climate Action, FFCA's annual fundraising celebration! Saturday, September 20, 5-7:30 pm at the David Brower Center in Berkeley. Get your tickets at tinyurl.com/ffcacelebration
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 16/09/2025
Dan Cohn of IEEFA is back for another round of interactive lunchtime training! Learn to understand climate finance and talk to your coworkers about why fossil free pension funds benefit us financially! Tinyurl.com/talkingfinance2
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 11/09/2025
Governor Newsom is trying to push through an oil-billing expansion in the last days of the legislative session. Rank-and-file workers say NO TO SB 237! Call your reps today using this toolkit: tinyurl.com/nodrillbaby
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 10/09/2025
Come meet Kim Stanley Robinson in person at Coming Together for Climate Action, FFCA's annual fundraising celebration! Saturday, September 20, 5-7:30 pm at the David Brower Center in Berkeley. tinyurl.com/ffcacelebration
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 18/08/2025
Join us to celebrate wins, strengthen our community for the fights ahead, and raise resources for the climate movement! Tinyurl.com/ffcacelebration
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 24/06/2025
Movie stars join the fight for pension divestment! retirebigoil.org
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 04/06/2025
Join us next Weds June 11 on your lunch hour, and learn why fossil fuel divestment is good for your pension - and how to explain this to your coworkers! tinyurl.com/talkingfinance
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 19/05/2025
Just part of the superstar crew that pedaled many miles of gorgeous (but windy!) Marin/Sonoma back roads this weekend to raise funds for FFCA, as part of Climate Ride's California Green Fondo! You can still donate to our team at support.climateride.org/team/6568!
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 14/05/2025
Join Fossil Free California, @cynthiakaufman.bsky.social, and novelist Stephen Markley for a thought-provoking conversation on climate futures, resistance in dark times, and the radical imagination! Get your tickets at bit.ly/smarkley!
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Ctr4BioDiv: Climate & Energy Justice Programs @cbd-climate-energy.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act passes its first Senate Cmte 5-3! 🎉 Californians have paid enough from climate disasters. Time to #MakeBigOilPay. Thank you Sen Menjivar & Asm Addis for championing this bill to protect communities 🙏 #SB684 #AB1243
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 24/02/2025
TONIGHT: Join us for our webinar on fossil fuel divestment and anti-neighborhood oil drilling intersections! Our four advocates will be talking about the challenges, wins, and overlaps between the campaigns they work on. bit.ly/42GJETZ
Headshots of the 5 "Environmental Justice Intersections - Divestment & Neighborhood Drilling" webinar taking place on Feb 24th from 6:00-7:30pm. Register: bit.ly/42GJETZ
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 14/01/2025
Calling all CA youth leaders! Our first youth coalition meeting of 2025 is Thursday, Jan. 23 from 6pm-7pm! You can rsvp here: bit.ly/cayouthej #youthcoalition
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 16/10/2024
Join us Thursday, October 17th from 6pm-7pm for our next statewide youth coalition meeting for fossil fuel divestment! Please DM us for the zoom link to join and we hope to see you all there! #youthcoalition #fossilfueldivestment #environmentaljustice #ej #climatechange
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 26/09/2024
Join Us Tomorrow on September 26th from 6pm-7pm for the launch of our statewide youth coalition for fossil fuel divestment! Please DM us for the zoom link if you would like to join us and we hope to see you all there! #youthcoalition #fossilfueldivestment #ej #climatechange
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 23/07/2024
The Climate Clock is ticking ⏰🌍 On July 22nd, let’s come together for #ClimateEmergencyDay. It's #TimeToEndFossilFuels and #TimeToFundOurFuture. Share this post, join local actions and demand real climate solutions! #ActInTime www.climateclock.world/climate-emergency-day
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 28/05/2024
The State Assembly Public Employment and Retirement Committee will be heard SB252 in June! Send a letter to the PERS committee, urging their support for divestment of fossil fuels through SB252 TODAY at fossilfreeca.org/email #Divestment #SB252 #StateAssembly #EnvironmentalJustice
Text Reads: ACTION ALERT! SB252 to be heard by the Assembly PERS Committee in June! Send a letter of support urging PERS Committee members to vote YES TO DIVEST! fossilfreeca.org/email
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 22/04/2024
Is there oil drilling in your community? Is it funded by the public pension system, CalPERS and CalSTRS? Find out through our Fossil Free California mapping tool and our Community Spotlight Series! fossilfreeca.org/map #Divest #SB252 #FossilFreeCA
Text reads: Community Spotlight: Wilmington. Active Wells in CalPERS/CalSTRS portfolio are red dots. Idle or Canceled Wells in CalPERS/CalSTRS portfolio are blue squares. Plugged Wells in CalPERS/CalSTRS portfolio are black dots. New Wells in CalPERS/CalSTRS portfolio are purple diamonds. Intersections of Neighborhood Drilling Funded by Public Pensions (CalPERS and CalSTRS) and the Need for Fossil Fuel Divestment.Text Reads: Community Member Testimony: “Seeing the amount of CalPERS and CalSTRS funded drilling in Wilmington is especially alarming considering the amount of teachers who might not know that CalSTRS is funding the same companies that pollute the air and lungs of the community that they teach and live in.” - Luis Angel Martinez, Fossil Free California, Wilmington Community Member.Text Reads: Industrial and Environmental Impacts. Industry - 5 refineries surround the community, Peppered with oil drilling, Neighbors Port of LA, Power Outages. Environmental - Extreme heat events, flooding, wild and industrial fires.. Health - Asthma, bloody noses, cancer, headaches, and more. Credit to: CalEnviroScreen 4.0.Text Reads: Are you from Wilmington? CalPERS and CalSTRS invest in fossil fuel companies that drill within 3,200 ft of homes, schools and churches in Wilmington. Email your Assemblymember to urge their support for SB252 and pension divestment of fossil fuels! bit.ly/3NFtr9O
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 14/03/2024
There are thousands of active and idle wells that are owned by fossil fuel companies that receive funding from CalPERS and CalSTRS! Write a letter to your assembly member demanding that the pensions divest from fossil fuel companies! #GreenSky #ClimateSky #PoliSky
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 26/02/2024
Did you know that there are over 96,000 oil wells in California that either have been or are currently being funded by CalPERS and CalSTRS? Check out @FossilFreeCA’s interactive map: fossilfreeca.org/map Then email your Assemblymember: “Vote Yes on #SB252 – Divest!” fossilfreeca.org/email
Graphic. Text reads, “Major California pension funds, CalPERS or CalSTRS, invest in companies that have thousands of oil and gas wells throughout the state. To demand accountability, Fossil Free California has launched an interactive map to show where CalPERS and CalSTRS funding is linked to wells in your community.” Below that is a screenshot of the interactive map. At bottom text reads, fossilfreeca.org/map. At bottom right is the logo for Fossil Free California.Graphic. Text reads, “Despite legislation being passed in 2022 that enacted a mandatory 3,200 foot buffer zone between oil drilling and California schools and communities, this law hasn‘t taken effect due to intense lobbying by the fossil fuel industry. This allowed almost 700 additional permits for fossil fuel operations to be granted within buffer zones in 2023.” Below that are screenshots of the interactive map showing blue circles for the 3,200 foot buffer zone. At bottom text reads, fossilfreeca.org/map. At bottom right is the logo for Fossil Free California.Graphic. Text reads: Fossil fuel practices like oil drilling are not only contributing to the climate crisis but they are also subjecting communities on the frontlines of drilling to negative health impacts. Public health impacts include:
• Disease: asthma, cancer, liver damage, immunodeficiency, and neurological symptoms.
• Pregnancy complications
• Air pollution
• Water contamination
• Mental health effects
Inactive, idle or "zombie" oil wells are an under-reported risk across California that carry many similar impacts.

At bottom, picture of an oil derrick. Below,  text reads, fossilfreeca.org/map.Graphic. Text reads: Take action. Want CalPERS and CaISTRS to know it's unacceptable to continue funding the companies that are drilling up and down the state of California?
Take action by emailing your Assemblymember: fossilfreeca.org/email
Background is people holding signs calling on California’s public pensions to divest.
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 20/02/2024
Did you know that California’s public pensions invest in the companies that are drilling all across California?  Check out @FossilFreeCA’s interactive map: fossilfreeca.org/map Then email your Assemblymember: “Vote Yes on #SB252 – Divest!” fossilfreeca.org/email #GreenSky #ClimateSky #PoliSky
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 30/01/2024
Check out Bill McKibben's new piece on why Stand.earth and our partners are calling out Costco for banking with top fossil fuel funder Citi. #climatesky #fossilbank
seattletimes.com
Costco, you're a good company. Do better with your bank | Op-Ed
The New York bank that provides the credit cards used by Costco shoppers uses the money it makes, in part, to expand the world’s fossil fuel industry.
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 29/01/2024
We believe in a world free from fossil fuels. A world where our lives aren’t threatened by the financing whims of big banks, and toxic fossil fuel projects aren’t quietly funded by RBC. If you share this vision, visit FossilFreeRBC.org to join the movement.
navy blue background with collage of RBC CEO Dave McKay, Earth, oil barrels, cash, and coal. Text above reading “RBC violates Indigenous sovereignty and enables climate chaos through billions in fossil fuel financing.” Light blue banner below with oily RBC logo on the left, and white text reading “Visit FossilFreeRBC.org to demand Canada’s #1 fossil bank stops financing our destruction, and reinvest in communities and climate-safe solutions.”
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 23/01/2024
Tonight! See you there!
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 16/01/2024
In 2019, Berkeley, California made history by becoming the first city to require new buildings to be all-electric by blocking gas hook ups in new construction. #climatesky
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The Road Ahead: Building Electrification and the Berkeley Decision What the Ninth Circuit decision means - and doesn't mean- and what electrification policy pathways local governments can pursue in the US. Photo by Mario Mesaglio on Unsplash" SAFE Cities logo and Stand.earth logo in bottom right corner.
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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 16/01/2024
RDP and 146 other groups are urging the EPA to refer FERC's decision to greenlight the GTN Xpress Pipeline Project to the White House CEQ for review. The approval violates NEPA and undermines OR and WA's decarbonization laws. It can and must be reversed. therevolvingdoorproject.org/release-near...
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RELEASE: Nearly 150 Groups Urge White House to Fully Review FERC's Disastrous Approval of PNW Pipeli...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Hannah Story Brown, storybrown@therevolvingdoorproject.org As Bloomberg reported on Tuesday morning, the Revolving Door Project and 146 other organizations sent a letter ...
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Fossil Free California @fossilfreeca.org · 16/01/2024
“The United Nations Environmental Program just released a report indicating that fossil fuel production in 2030 is slated to be double what is compatible with 1.5 degrees warming. We need to act now. CalPERS should divest, rather than make unclear promises of net zero by 2050.” 1/2 #GreenSky
Graphic. Logo for Sacramento Bee. Text reads, “CalPERS plans to newly invest in clean energy — while refusing to divest from fossil fuels.” Behind text is a photo of an oil refinery at night. At bottom right is the logo for Fossil Free California
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