The Movement For Black Lives: Sign the Petition

At Fossil Free Mid-Peninsula, we advocate for a clean environment for ALL people, recognizing that pollution of local environments and economic disparities are disproportionately affecting people of color and other marginalized groups. Racial justice is inextricable from climate justice!  Please join us in signing The Movement For Black Lives’ petition, here: https://m4bl.org/join-our-movement/

What are the lessons from the COVID-19 experience?

Here’s an excellent article by FFMP’s Debbie Mytels on six important lessons from the COVID-19 experience, and how we can take what we’ve learned to approach the urgent threat of climate change. We are all interdependent Planning ahead for disasters (including climate change) is essential The racial and economic inequalities in U.S. society are nowContinue reading “What are the lessons from the COVID-19 experience?”

Statement on Reach Codes

From the FFMP archive of statements to Redwood City Council Members, January 13th, 2020. This statement was originally made by Jim Ilnicki. The report is now out: 2019 was the hottest year world-wide on record. The permafrost is melting 95 years earlier than scientists predicted. The Himalayan glacier is melting twice as fast as predicted.Continue reading “Statement on Reach Codes”

Statement on Climate Emergency

October 14, 2019  – Karen Fine We all know there is a human-made climate crisis in the world.  Every day, we hear evidence to support the facts:  hottest five years on record, excessive rain and flooding, fires, extra-strong hurricanes, drought, extinction of species, melting glaciers, melting Arctic Sea ice, sea level rise, climate crisis refugees. AndContinue reading “Statement on Climate Emergency”

Looking Back: Statement to Redwood City Council

August 26, 2019 – Jim Ilnicki Good evening Mayor Bain and Council Members.  I am Jim Ilnicki, Redwood City resident and a member of Fossil Free Mid-Peninsula. We know that we are in a climate crisis. The Greenland glacier is melting at a rate of billions of gallons a day. Scientists have confirmed that JuneContinue reading “Looking Back: Statement to Redwood City Council”