South Asians Take On California’s #1 Climate Polluter, Linking it to Floods in India and Pakistan. Right in our neighborhood!

[Amrita Hazra]

This is an article on the recent protest against Chevron refining tar sands oil held this past weekend. The colorful and energetic rally was livened further by Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Gujrati and English chants and slogans, to make people aware of the effect of pollution on climate change.

Anirvan writes about it here:

www.brownandgreen.org 

"Richmond, California, August 3, 2013 - Over two dozen members of Brown and Green: South Asians for Climate Justice marched through the streets of Richmond, California today to the gates of the Chevron refinery, the most climate-polluting facility in the state of California, demanding that Chevron stop refining dirty Canadian tar sands oil, and reduce its impact on the climate—a factor in disasters like the 2010 Pakistan flood and the 2013 floods in Uttarakhand, India. The group was working with Summer Heat, a national project to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for its actions."

Read more about the movement and action here: http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/08/06/california-refinery-town-hits-chevron-with-one-two-punch/

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Anirvan Chatterjee • I tweet, lead history walking tours, cover aviation and climate, build youth leadership, and code open source.

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[Amrita Hazra]

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"Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without" -  a conservation motto from the Great Depression and WWII.