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CRPE is a national environmental justice organization that combines community organizing with legal skills to create empowered and healthy communities.

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10/20/2026

EJ is voting NO on Prop 45 and here's why you should join us ✊❌

09/29/2026

EJ communities are leading the No on 45 campaign, because it allows oil, gas, utility, data center giants & corporate polluters to build what they want, where they want
Prop 45 rolls back the California Environmental Quality Act, a key environmental protection passed in 1970. CEQA is the strongest tool environmental justice communities can use to protect our health and neighborhoods from industrial polluting projects. We oppose Prop 45 because it weakens clean air and clean water protections in California while the federal administration rolls back critical environmental protections. This initiative will make it easier to build polluting projects – including data centers and warehouses – and could cost taxpayers $100 million or more per year.

🚫 Vote NO on Prop 45 so Environmental Justice communities can protect public health, air and water from pollution.

Las comunidades de justicia ambiental lideran la campaña No al 45, porque permite que los gigantes del petróleo, gas, servicios públicos, centros de datos y los contaminadores corporativos construyan lo que quieran, donde quieran
La Proposición 45 supone un retroceso a la Ley de Calidad Ambiental de California, una protección ambiental clave aprobada en 1970. CEQA es la herramienta más fuerte que las comunidades de justicia ambiental pueden utilizar para proteger nuestra salud y vecindarios frente a proyectos industriales contaminantes. Nos oponemos a la Proposición 45 porque habrá menos revisión ambiental, menos transparencia y divulgación por parte de las empresas, y desmantelará la supervisión gubernamental y la participación ciudadana en el futuro de nuestras comunidades. Esta Proposición facilitará la construcción de proyectos contaminantes —incluidos centros de datos y almacenes— y podría costar a los contribuyentes 100 millones de dólares o más al año.

🚫 Vota NO a la Proposición 45 para que las comunidades de Justicia Ambiental puedan proteger la salud pública, el aire y el agua de la contaminación.

环境正义社区正在领导反对第 45 号提案的行动，因为该提案允许石油、天然气、公用事业、数据中心巨头及企业排污者在任何地方随意开展建设。
第 45 号提案回滚了《加利福尼亚州环境质量法》(CEQA)，该法是 1970 年通过的一项

09/28/2026

AB 1457 (Bryan) was signed into law by Governor Newsom! The bill’s passage ensures that jurisdictions with disadvantaged communities adopt an environmental justice element by June 30, 2031. CONGRATULATIONS to community members, our statewide EJ and environmental allies, Assemblymember Bryan and staff, and the Office of Attorney General Rob Bonta for all their efforts in securing this incredible achievement!

09/18/2026

BLM has a legal phrase for leasing 36,000 acres of California’s public lands to oil companies: “no significant impact.” 🛢️
That is the finding the agency published with its draft environmental assessment for a December oil and gas lease sale:

— 44 parcels across Kern, Kings, Fresno, and San Luis Obispo counties. A Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) is how a federal agency skips the full environmental impact statement.

Here is what is being called insignificant:
- Land inside California’s 3,200-ft Health Protection Zones buffers keeping oil wells away from homes, schools, and hospitals
- Land inside Areas of Critical Environmental Concern that BLM itself designated for rare species
- Thousands of acres bordering Carrizo Plain National Monument home to the San Joaquin kit fox, giant kangaroo rat, blunt-nosed leopard lizard
- The ancestral homelands of the Chumash, Yokuts, and Salinan peoples, where BLM has preliminarily found “no historic properties affected”

Starting bid: $10 an acre. The federal minimum.
175,000 people commented against the plan that made this sale possible. BLM finalized it unchanged. This comment period is on the specific parcels — the stage where BLM still has the discretion to defer them.

Comments close September 20. Submit your comment today!

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-blm-no-drilling-near-neighborhoods-and-sensitive-ecosystems

09/12/2026

Your Vote Matters! Su Voto Cuenta!

09/11/2026

SB 954 was built with input from community groups, local governments, manufacturers, and environmental organizations, all working to close a toxic loophole together. That's the kind of bill Gov. Newsom should be proud to sign. Protect your legacy, Governor Newsom.

07/30/2026

🚨 Chemical disasters are on the rise, and California must act.
SB 883 by Senator Umberg strengthens oversight of chemical plants to better protect communities, workers, and first responders. By improving safety regulations, increasing transparency, and strengthening emergency planning, and, this bill will help prevent catastrophic chemical disasters before they happen.
📊 A new analysis from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) found that chemical accidents, explosions, fires, and other emergencies releasing chemicals into the atmosphere have increased by at least 51% since 2021.
California has the opportunity to lead the nation with stronger safeguards that protect people while supporting responsible economic growth.
📞 Call your legislators in the Assembly Appropriations Committee and urge them to VOTE YES on SB 883. Our communities deserve stronger protections from chemical disasters.

07/30/2026

Watch. Then act. 🎥
Fernando Gaytan (Earthjustice), Rabeya Sen (California Environmental Justice Alliance), and Luz Hernandez and Gustavo Gutierrez (Communities for a Better Environment) stand up for our right to know what's being built next door.
This week and next are critical. Watch the video, then contact your Assemblymember and tell them: Close the toxic pollution loophole. Pass SB 954, and move it to a floor vote now.
👉 Take action: https://righttoknow-sb954.org/go/yes

05/28/2026

Oakland resident and ACCE member Shekinah Samaya-Thomas joined the Affordable Energy Campaign in Oakland to speak out about rising PG&E bills forcing families to make impossible financial choices every month.

“It is a constant struggle to decide every month as the PG&E bills go up what’s going to get sacrificed this month when there’s already not much left.”

California families need a break from skyrocketing bills – CA leaders have to take action to rein in massive utility profits and overspending.

05/27/2026

After 19 years working for PG&E, Brenda Pierre joined the Affordable Energy Campaign to call out rising utility bills that are eroding her retirement security and impacting her family. PG&E is making it harder for both retirees and working families to get by. We need to cut massive utility profits and lower bills for California residents.

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