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Make Polluters Pay on Earth Day
Be part of this historic campaign!
- When: Tuesday April 22, 6pm – 7:30pm
- What: Make Polluters Pay Phone Bank
- Why: This year California is going to make the polluters pay for the climate devastation they’ve caused (because we’ve paid enough!). Thousands of Californians are calling on the California legislature to pass the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act to get the fossil fuel companies to pay their fair share.
Benefits of the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund
The Polluters Pay Climate Superfund bill requires the state to carry out a study to quantify the costs of climate damages in California and establishes a fund into which fossil fuel polluters must pay to cover their fair share of those costs. Just a few specific examples of where funds could go include:
- Helping cover costs of rebuilding homes and programs for small businesses hit by climate disasters
- Investing in air conditioning for schools and home-hardening to protect from fire
- Funding public transportation and electric vehicle chargers
- Programs to distribute air filters to homes in wildfire prone areas
What can you do to help?
We are asking people to call Senator Ashby and ask her to pass SB 684 during Earth week. Our local State Senator is on a key committee for this bill: the Judiciary Committee, and the meeting for that committee is soon. There are two ways you can help.
1) First, check your district here. If you are in Senator Ashby’s district, call her at 916-651-4008.
- You can leave a message.
- You can also call your Assemblymember.
- Please let us know if you made the call!
If you’re not in Ashby’s district, it is still a good idea to contact your own State Senator.
2) No matter your district, let’s contact Sen. Ashby’s constituents together on Earth Day!
- Topic: Phone bank for Make Polluters Pay
- Time: April 22, 2025 6:00pm (Pacific)
- Place: Zoom
- Meeting ID: 882 5724 6445
- Passcode: 647610
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