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Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) @acceaction.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Californians have seen power bills skyrocket – @energyandpolicy new tool shows that up to 25% of bills are going straight to utility executives & Wall Street pockets. We deserve a break from crushing utility bills. It’s time for utility profit reform energyandpolicy.org/...

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Monica Embrey @monicaembrey.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Today is Day of Remembrance. On February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 calling for the unconstitutional incarceration of my grandmother, Sue Kunitomi Embrey, and 125,000+ other people of Japanese ancestry. Today we honor those incarcerated and their "lost years"

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Monica Embrey @monicaembrey.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Going to miss having Kathy welcome us to her home every year at the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage

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Monica Embrey @monicaembrey.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Congratulations to @billcorcoran.bsky.social @evangillespie.bsky.social and many more on the Beyond Coal Campaign who made the end of coal in California a reality this week. Check out the story from @sammyroth.bsky.social

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Ding dong, coal is dead

At least in California.

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Manzanar Committee @manzanarcommittee.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

“Just as it took a thoroughly engaged community to create these sites, it will require a community-wide effort to defend them. We need to create a powerful, nationwide coalition defending all our parks, especially the sites of conscience,” [said Bruce Embrey, co-chair of the Manzanar Committee.] "

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Manzanar Committee @manzanarcommittee.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Check out the CNN story of Manzanar Committee member Joyce Nakamura Okazaki as she recalls her experience at #Manzanar stating: "We were incarcerated. We were in prison. We were in concentration camps." Joyce shared: "It is important to remember your history so it is not repeated again" #NeverAgain

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Japanese Americans recall being forced into concentration camps during WWII | CNN

80 years ago, most of the 10 camps that held some 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II were closed — two months after Japan surrendered to the Allied Forces. Two women, who were children at ...

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Manzanar Committee @manzanarcommittee.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Rachel Maddow’s new series lays bare one of the most shocking decisions in American history. It’s a story that reveals how an executive order authorizing the mass roundup of innocent Japanese Americans came to be, the powerful players who engineered it, and the burn order that tried to erase it.

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Monica Embrey @monicaembrey.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

California utilities want to boost their profits during this affordability crisis Today, 67 groups told @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and CPUC: Enough! Reject these increases and put ratepayers first by cutting profit margins. Critical as 1 in 5 Californians can't pay their bills

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Monica Embrey @monicaembrey.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

The @californiapuc is expected to decide SOON whether to grant utilities billions more in authorized profits 💰—while 1 in 5 CA families struggle to pay their energy bills💡💸. Here's what you need to know. 🧵

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Monica Embrey @monicaembrey.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Thank you Senator Sasha Perez for your leadership to demand our CPUC reject giving the utilities more profits and raise electricity bills even higher! “Eaton Fire victims deserve better than this proposal that’s overloaded with profit for utility companies,” said Senator Sasha Renée Pérez.

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Senator Pérez Calls On CPUC To Reject Proposals That Would Increase Electricity Bills | The South Pasadenan | South Pasadena News

Senator Sasha Renée Pérez is urging the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to reject the Return on Equity (ROE) proposals by the state’s investor-owned utilities

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Bill Corcoran @billcorcoran.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

So, this Sierra Club article... I worked there for 27 years and was a volunteer before that for a while. Both for the long-term effectiveness of the environmental movement and as a simple (but complex) matter of justice, the organization needed change.

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The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart.

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Monica Embrey @monicaembrey.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

The ADL just launched “Mamdani Monitor” — a website to surveil the new mayor. If they want to keep Jews scared and isolated from our allies and neighbors, their time as Jewish leaders is over. Add your name to the petition from @bendthearc.bsky.social : www.bendthearc.us/reject_adl_m...

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Add your name: American Jews reject the ADL’s racist “Mamdani Monitor”

If the ADL wants to keep Jews isolated from our allies and neighbors, their time as Jewish leaders is over.

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Monica Embrey @monicaembrey.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Thank you @governor.ca.gov for signing #AB1280: California Passes Law To Help Modernize Manufacturing in a Win for Jobs and Clean Air “Investing in clean manufacturing is a golden opportunity for California,” - Teresa Cheng, @industriouslabs.bsky.social industriouslabs.org/archive/pres...

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Press release: California Passes Law To Help Modernize Manufacturing in a Win for Jobs and Clean Air

Victory — AB 1280 establishes funding mechanism for companies to replace dirty industrial equipment with zero-emissions technologies

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Monica Embrey @monicaembrey.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

GOOD NEWS: @governor.ca.gov signed #AB1280, which will help California manufacturers shift to zero-emissions equipment like heat pumps and thermal energy storage! Next up 👉 “We hope to see Governor Newsom invest funds from cap and invest in the INDIGO program” - @lasmogguy.bsky.social

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California Passes Law To Help Modernize Manufacturing in a Win for Jobs and Clean Air

AB 1280 establishes funding mechanism for companies to replace dirty industrial equipment with zero-emissions technologies

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Monica Embrey @monicaembrey.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Yes! Clean manufacturing is a ✅ Win for workers ✅ Win for climate ✅ Win for communities by creating good paying union jobs, cleaning up pollution and keeping manufacturing businesses in California to make the products we use and love every day. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social should sign #AB1280 today

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

If you’re in California and want to register your opinion with Gov. Newsom about AB 1167 and SB 24, you can call him at (916) 445-2841.

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

If Newsom vetoes AB 1167 / SB 24, his critics will say that anyone who can’t stand up to utility lobbyists can’t be trusted to lower people’s utility bills. And they’d have a fair point.

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

The answer is old as time: PG&E, SoCalEdison and SDG&E remain very powerful lobbying forces with the Governor. It’s fair to suspect that they are mischaracterizing the bill and using all their access with the Newsom Administration to lobby for a veto.

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Vetoing the bill would undermine all of @GavinNewsom’s efforts to lower Californians’ costs of living, so it would be only natural to wonder why on earth he’s rumored to be considering it.

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Newsom has already shown leadership this session on lowering customers’ bills. SB 254, which he championed and signed, “reins in utility profits” by making sure the utilities don’t earn profits on the next $6 billion they spend to reduce wildfires. www.latimes.com/environment/...

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Commentary: Decent work on climate, Gavin Newsom. I still hope California's next governor is better

Here's what the the Legislature passed last week — on electric bills, renewable energy, oil refineries and more.

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

California’s utilities are telling Newsom the bills are unnecessary because they don’t charge customers for politics. But we know that’s not true, because they keep getting caught doing it. Whoops! www.sacbee.com/news/politic... www.sacbee.com/news/califor...

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SoCalGas fought a key California climate solution for years. It cost customers millions

The nation’s largest gas company has diverted millions in customer dollars to lobby for gas in homes and buildings. Its regulator has done little about it.

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Unsurprisingly, the policies that make up AB 1167 / SB 24 are also overwhelmingly popular: “93% of California voters agree that utilities should not charge customers for wasteful spending, including lobbying, PR, and marketing campaigns.” www.turn.org/press-releas...

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California residents demand Governor and Lawmakers control skyrocketing utility bills, according to new poll — TURN

Sacramento, CA — California utility consumers are demanding lawmakers rein in skyrocketing rates and hold for-profit investor-owned utilities (IOUs) accountable…

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

California would be the 7th state in recent years to pass a law like this. These laws are already saving ratepayers money! Connecticut customers have been spared from footing the bill for up to $10 million of their utilities’ spending. energyandpolicy.org/new-laws-cur...

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Here’s how it works. The bill would: 1) Stop utilities from baking the money they spend on political influence into rates; 2) Establish new transparency reforms to ensure they follow the law; 3.) Mandate penalties if they break the rules. energyandpolicy.org/california-l...

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California passes bill curbing utilities use of ratepayer money for political spending

State lawmakers last week made California the seventh state to pass a bill limiting investor-owned utilities from using customer money to pay for political and lobbying costs.

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

The bill (AB 1167/SB 24) would take the painfully obvious step of stopping monopoly utilities from charging customers for their lobbying and PR campaigns. Signing it into law would cement Newsom as a national leader on utility accountability and affordability. energyandpolicy.org/california-l...

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California passes bill curbing utilities use of ratepayer money for political spending

State lawmakers last week made California the seventh state to pass a bill limiting investor-owned utilities from using customer money to pay for political and lobbying costs.

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

A bill is sitting on @GavinNewsom’s desk that would lower Californians’ utility bills – all he has to do is sign it. But rumors are swirling that he plans to do the opposite - a move that could prove disastrous for California and for Newsom. A 🧵:

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Monica Embrey @monicaembrey.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Coffee shouldn’t come with a side of smog. On #InternationalCoffeeDay, join us to urge the Bay Area Air District to cut pollution from fossil-fueled roasters & boilers. Clean heat is here. Let’s use it. Sign here: act.sierraclub.org/actions/SanF...

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Clean Up Industrial Pollution in the Bay Area -- Advance Rule 9-7 Now

Tell the Bay Area Air District: Prioritize Rule 9-7 to cut industrial pollution and protect community health. Send your letter today.

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Monica Embrey @monicaembrey.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

California's INDIGO program was created to both help decarbonize industrial facilities and benefit the grid. @industriouslabs.bsky.social's Teresa Cheng details to @volts.wtf how Gov. Newsom can sign AB1280 today to expand this program, benefiting biz & consumers www.volts.wtf/p/how-to-cle...

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How to clean up beer brewing and other low-temperature industries

Teresa Cheng and Richard Hart join me to discuss how to decarbonize industries that run on industrial boilers, like beer and paper.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Big Oil spent nearly half a BILLION dollars in last year’s election cycle. Now, they’re coming to collect — and they’re getting a big return on investment. Watch. youtu.be/aDQXiNlM5iM?...

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The Secret Behind High Gas Prices

YouTube video by Robert Reich

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Welfare for an industry that makes hundreds of billions in profits and ravages the climate is civilizational self-harm. End it now. Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column about the new study from @collinrees.bsky.social & @oilchange.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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The US Is Giving Away $35 Billion a Year to Cook the Planet

Fossil-fuel producers should be taxed to defray the cost of climate change, not be given even larger subsidies.

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Manzanar Committee @manzanarcommittee.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Over 500 people gathered on Saturday August 23rd in Little Tokyo to take a stand against the Trump administration’s attacks on truth, justice and democracy. Check out the video by Alan Kondo of Nikkei Progressives here on the Manzanar Committee YouTube: youtu.be/e9lc3FF-UdU?...

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Never Again Day of Action 2025

YouTube video by manzanarcommittee

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Manzanar Committee @manzanarcommittee.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

"At a protest last weekend at Manzanar, where his mother was once incarcerated, Embrey and about 100 others decried censorship attempts and voiced support for the site’s mission to tell an unvarnished version of this chapter of American history." #ProtectEveryPark www.kcrw.com/news/shows/k...

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Protest over history at Manzanar Japanese internment camp

Amid fears that their history will be erased by new Trump administration guidelines, Japanese Americans and others protested at Manzanar National Historic Site.

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Economic Policy Institute @epi.org · 26/08/2025

BREAKING: DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says Trump and DOGE are putting YOUR data at risk. As we said in May, working people will pay the price. Identity theft could cost working people $39.4 BILLION/year Learn more: www.epi.org/publication/...

New York Times headline reading: "DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says; DOGE team members uploaded a database with the personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans to a vulnerable cloud server, according to the agency’s chief data officer."

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Manzanar Committee @manzanarcommittee.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Check out the full program at the #ProtectEveryPark Day of Action at Manzanar National Historic Site where about 125 people gathered on Saturday August 23, 2025 to demand #NoErasure #NoRaids #NeverAgainisNow youtu.be/1stqDWr2Uas?...

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Protect Every Park - Day of Action

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State Senator Jesse Arreguin @jessearreguin.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Coffee is a popular drink in California, yet the process of roasting coffee beans can be expensive and environmentally damaging. I took a tour of Berkeley's Bellwether Coffee, which is leading clean tech innovation with the development of an all-electric, ventless coffee roaster.

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Manzanar Committee @manzanarcommittee.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Manzanar Committee is hosting an event for #ProtectEveryPark Day of Action on Saturday, August 23, 2025, 2-4pm at Manzanar National Historic Site to denounce the Trump Administration attacks on our history and rights. Join us! #neveragainisnow #Manzanar #NoMoreManzanars

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Manzanar Committee @manzanarcommittee.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

What: #ProtectEveryPark Day of Action When: Saturday, August 23, 10am -11:30am Where: Japanese American National Museum Democracy Plaza 100 N Central Ave, Los Angeles CA 90012 FMI Contact gkitayama@manzanarcommittee.org @protectparks.bsky.social @jamuseum.bsky.social @jacl-national.bsky.social

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Manzanar Committee @manzanarcommittee.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Join us for a Day of Action to defend the truth of WWII Japanese American incarceration history. Hear from WWII incarceration survivors, community activists, and allies to honor the people and places that shaped our history and demand that this injustice never happens again. #NeverAgain

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Evan @evangillespie.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

We had a great time talking about decarbonizing manufacturing with Bellwether Coffee and reps from CARB, CEC, CPUC, the legislature, and BAAQMD on Monday. Coffee may be a small part of our manufacturing base, but it's definitely one that many of us interact with every day.

Teresa with Industrious Labs and Ricardo from Bellwether welcome everyone to the tour.

Candice and others smelling the fresh, unroasted coffee beans.

Industrious Labs, Earthjustice, and Sierra Club staff standing with State Senator Arreguín and Bellwether CEO Ricardo Lopez.

Different prototypes of Bellwether's coffee roasters. Coffee companies can deploy in a single shop to roast and sell coffee/beans, or use several for larger-scale manufacturing.

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Monica Embrey @monicaembrey.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

NEW VIDEO - climate advocates are calling out fossil fuel corporations for blocking common sense climate policy that would bring down costs and protect Californians, not profits #FightTheGreed www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YXV...

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Californians Deserve Affordable Energy | Fight the Greed

YouTube video by California Environmental Voters Education Fund

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Monica Embrey @monicaembrey.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

200 advocates gather this morning to call on the South Coast AQMD Board to vote yes on rules for clean air and healthy homes 1111 and 1121. #cleanair #heatpump #buildingelectrificiation

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