Author Archives: Fossil Free Mid-Peninsula

FFMP recently gathered to express opposition to Wells Fargo’s funding of fracking and other dirty energy. The signing event took place at the Redwood City downtown branch of Wells Fargo, joining other Bay Area groups taking action against big banks like Wells Fargo that fund climate destruction.

Redwood City has a million dollar budget, to be decided by the community: The People’s Budget. The deadline for submissions has already passed, however, several members of FFMP have submitted proposals. Between March 19 and May 9, ranked-choice voting will be open to all members of the Redwood City community. Check out our members’ submissionsContinue reading “Redwood City People’s Budget”

Despairing over the climate crisis? It’s been hard to hold onto hope, especially the past two years. But this article from The Guardian encourages us to find hope – in ten different ways. Ten ways to confront the climate crisis without losing hope And speaking of facts, per point number one, here’s John Oliver onContinue reading “Hope”

On Saturday, April 17, 2021, members of FFMP joined Redwood City’s Earth Week Cleanup by picking up trash and displaying signs on Woodside Road.

The Silicon Valley chapter of the Sunrise Movement is working on a concept called #WeRiseWithTheSea to demonstrate how sea level rise impacts flooding, particularly on days with King Tides. The below video shows their first timelapse recorded in Redwood City on a King Tide day.

Climate activists at work along El Camino in Redwood City. We will be demonstrating each Saturday at noon to keep climate change top-of-mind for the public. If you’d like to join us, please get in touch!

On September 21st, 2020, the City Council of Redwood City voted unanimously to pass all-electric reach codes with eight exceptions, as recommended by staff. Reach codes are legally required to be as or more strict than state codes, which are updated every three years, most recently going into effect on Jan 1, 2020. This articleContinue reading “All-Electric! …with exceptions”

Tomorrow, September 14th, the Redwood City Council will consider all-electric reach codes after months of delays. In light of this finally coming before council, we’re posting another past comment on reach codes from one of our FFMP members. The following statement was originally made by Laurel Bergman on December 9, 2019. At the time, IanContinue reading “Reach Codes in Redwood City”

Our mission statement includes our goal to “advocate for swiftly and equitably transitioning to renewable energy.” A few of our members wrote the following statement that specifies what this goal means to us, and helps to tie our advocacy and education work to environmental and social justice. We believe that the transition from a fossilContinue reading “An Equitable Transition”

From the FFMP archive of statements to Redwood City Council Members, December 2019. This statement was originally made by Carol Cross, and easily applies to a number of crises we see today. First, Let me add my congratulations to you, Madame Mayor, for becoming mayor. And my thanks to Council Member Bain for your supremelyContinue reading “This is An Actual Crisis”