No Coal in Oakland

Trump Resistance Tuesday - No DAPL, No Coal
2017-03-07 11:45 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 12th & Broadway, 12th & Broadway, Oakland, United States
NCIO is taking part in #ResistTrumpTuesday, on March 7, to protest attacks on climate and environmental justice — from the Dakota Access Pipeline to the ongoing push to export coal from Oakland.
WHEN: 11:45 am, Tuesday, March 7
WHERE: 12th St & Broadway
This march through downtown Oakland will visit Wells Fargo, Citibank, and Chase to tell them to divest from the Dakota Access Pipeline AND target the office of developer Phil Tagami to demand that he drop his lawsuit against Oakland for banning coal exports.
Phil Tagami’s lawyers filed a suit in federal court on December 7 to try to overturn Oakland’s hard-won ban on coal. Taking a page out of the Trump Administration’s legal agenda, Tagami claims his Constitutional right to ship coal has been violated by Oakland’s ban. Click here to learn more about the fight back against Tagami’s suit.
Outside Tagami’s office in Oscar Grant Plaza, we will present our demand that Tagami find a better use for the West Gateway property and stop suing the City for protecting the health of people in West Oakland and averting climate disruption.
We’ll end up at City Hall to thank the City Council for its resolution asking the California Employee Retirement System to divest from the pipeline.
At each stop, there will be a boxing match between the Earth and the Corporate Investors to determine the future of the planet, as well as speakers representing indigenous people, labor, and youth. We need you to cheer loudly for a people’s planet and against the profiteers.
Join us in downtown Oakland for the Tuesday March 7 action.

NCIO Meeting (Again!)
2017-01-12 17:00 - 18:30 | West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, 349 Mandela Parkway, Oakland, CA, United States
On December 7, Phil Tagami filed suit against the City of Oakland seeking to overturn the City of Oakland’s ban on storage and handling of coal at the new shipping terminal to be built on public land near the foot of the Bay Bridge.
No Coal in Oakland and our allies have vowed to support the City in its fight to keep coal out of Oakland.
We need to show up. Only through continued mobilization and a strong alliance with our neighbors in the labor, faith, environmental, social justice, climate justice, racial justice, public health, and business communities can we ensure defeat of the plan to build the coal terminal.
There will be a general meeting of No Coal in Oakland on Thursday, January 12, at 5 p.m. at the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, 349 Mandela Parkway.
Come learn about the lawsuit and share ideas on the role community activists can play in defeating Phil Tagami in this new phase of the struggle.

No Coal Victory Celebration
2016-07-30 16:00 - 19:00 | City Slicker Farm Park, 2847 Peralta St., Oakland, CA, United States
Celebrate!
Join Us for a Rousing
NO COAL VICTORY CELEBRATION

Saturday, July 30, 2016, 4 pm – 7 pm
West Oakland Farm Park – City Slicker Farms
2847 Peralta St., Oakland, CA
On July 19, the Oakland City Council cast its second and final vote to ban coal. The No Coal Ordinance is now law! Oakland is on record! No one can store or handle large quantities of coal anywhere in Oakland, including at the former Oakland Army Base.
It took 15 months of hard work by all of us to achieve this victory for the residents of Oakland, the Bay Area, and the planet. No Coal in Oakland invites you to join us in celebration on July 30 at the new West Oakland Farm Park. There will be food, music, dancing and Open Mic where you can share with us highlights of the campaign for you.
This is a community potluck. Please bring hors d’oevres, snacks, desserts, or non-alcoholic drinks to share.

Photo credit: MG_4072 via photopin (license)

City Council: 2nd Reading and Final Vote on Coal Ban
2016-07-19 17:00 - 19:00 | Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland , CA, 94612, United States
The Oakland City Council voted unanimously on June 27 for two measures to prohibit storage and handling of coal in Oakland. City of Oakland rules require that the measures approved at that meeting be given a second reading and vote before becoming final.
The second reading of both measures is scheduled for Tuesday, July 19, 2016. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m.
The coal measures are item 7.16 on the council’s agenda for July 19. The re-reading and vote is on the “consent calendar,” which means that the items are likely to come up early in the evening.

Rally and Council Vote on Coal
2016-06-27 16:00 - 22:00 | Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland , CA, 94612, United States
The Oakland City Council’s long-awaited vote on coal may finally be coming at a special meeting set by the Council for Monday, June 27.
The Oakland City Council has called the special session to “conclude and present information from the public hearing on the health and safety impacts of coal in Oakland and options for action, including whether to adopt a prohibition on the storage, loading, import and export of coal in Oakland.”
No Coal in Oakland supporters will be present in large numbers to demand that the City Council pass a ban on coal that night. We expect the Council to place no other items on the agenda. This is the night that we demand our elected leaders say “No” to developer Phil Tagami. They need to understand that the people of Oakland will not stand for anything less than a ban on coal.
No Coal will be holding a rally in Frank Ogawa/Oscar Grant Plaza before the meeting. The special meeting will begin at 5 p.m.
SAVE THE DATE! DEMAND A BAN ON JUNE 27!
Print the flyer (PDF) and bring your neighbors.

Ban Coal Rally
2016-06-25 13:00 - 16:00 | Frank Ogawa/Oscar Grant Plaza, Oakland City Hall, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
On June 27, the Oakland City Council will finally decide what to do about coal. Will the City Council ban coal or will it sentence us to a 66-year-long compromise with the developer that would make Oakland the biggest coal exporting city on the West Coast?

Although public opposition is great, powerful forces are working behind the scenes to make the coal deal a reality. Gov. Jerry Brown has remained silent while his friend and business partner Phil Tagami plots to ship millions of tons of coal through Oakland to be burned overseas. It’s time for the greedy one percent to back off on this scheme that endangers the health and safety of Oaklanders and and would add to climate change throughout the world. We can stop them but only if we let the City Council know that we will stand for nothing less than a ban on coal.
Join No Coal in Oakland on Saturday, June 25, for a large rally at City Hall starting at 1 p.m.
Print the flyer (PDF) and bring your neighbors.

Weekly NCIO Meeting
2016-06-23 05:00 - 18:30, 2016-06-16 17:00 - 18:30, 2016-06-09 17:00 - 18:30, 2016-06-02 17:00 - 18:30, 2016-05-12 17:00 - 18:30, 2016-05-05 05:00 - 18:30, 2016-04-28 17:00 - 18:30, 2016-04-14 17:00 - 18:30 and 1 more date | West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, 349 Mandela Parkway, Oakland, CA, United States
Our weekly planning meetings are jam-packed with ideas and energy. Newcomers are welcome; come one-half hour early and we’ll be happy to give you a brief personal orientation on No Coal in Oakland and our various activities.

City Council Open Forum, June 21
2016-06-21 17:30 - 18:00 | Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland , CA, 94612, United States
Please come out for a half hour on Tuesday May 21, 2016 to remind the City Council that we want a ban on coal. New faces and new voices at this week’s Open Forum will go a long way to helping the council understand how broadly Oakland wants a ban on coal. You only have to speak for one minute, and it’s at the beginning of the agenda: you can arrive at 5:30 and leave by 6:00.
Sign up for Open Forum in advance at
http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/CityClerk/s/SpeakerCard/SpeakerCard/OAK032373
For Item, enter “Open Forum” (or either word if it doesn’t accept both). Bring the confirmation number with you to the meeting.
You may already have your own “elevator speech” about coal based on your own experience. Please consider that it’s important to keep making the point that there is no way to mitigate the impact of coal dust on the West Oakland community or the impact of burning coal anywhere on our climate crisis everywhere. We need a ban, not regulations. You can also advocate the proposed inclusion of crude oil, fuel oils and gasoline in the ordinance — but please tell the council that these additional inclusions must not delay a coal ordinance!

Celebrate People's Community Market coming to West Oakland
2016-06-18 13:00 - 17:00 | Site of future People’s Community Market, 3129 San Pablo Ave., Oakland, CA, United States
An event celebrating the forthcoming People’s Community Market will be held on Sat., 6/18, from 1-5 pm. The celebration will be at 3129 San Pablo Ave., where the market will be located. People’s Community Market believes that “grocery stores can be run as social enterprises that have explicit health, economic and social impact objectives,” including community building. There will be food, entertainment, speakers, and information tables. Input will be solicited on the groceries and services the community wants the market to offer.
The site for the People’s Community Market is directly downwind from the OBOT, where developers propose to ship coal through Oakland and on to Asia. No Coal in Oakland will be present at the event.
See the People’s Community Market flyer (PDF) for more information.

City Slicker Farm Park Grand Opening
2016-06-11 11:00 - 17:00 | City Slicker Farm Park, 2847 Peralta St., Oakland, CA, United States
The City Slicker Farm Park is a new 1.4 acre public park and urban farm in West Oakland. A full weekend of celebration on 6/11 and 6/12 (details here) will mark the Grand Opening of this rare new park and urban farm.
A free community meal, the formal dedication, and an afternoon of family-friendly activities will take place at the site on Sat. 6/11, from 11 am – 5 pm. No Coal in Oakland will be there to celebrate alongside the community. The Farm Park is located less than a mile directly down wind from the proposed coal terminal (OBOT).
The City Slicker Farm Park is located at 2847 Peralta St., between Helen St. and Hannah St.

City Council Open Forum, June 7
2016-06-07 17:30 - 18:00 | Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland , CA, 94612, United States
Please come out for a half hour on Tuesday June 7, 2016 to remind the City Council that we want a ban on coal. New faces and new voices at this week’s Open Forum will go a long way to helping the council understand how broadly Oakland wants a ban on coal. You only have to speak for one minute, and it’s at the beginning of the agenda: you can arrive at 5:30 and leave by 6:00.
Sign up for Open Forum in advance at
http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/CityClerk/s/SpeakerCard/SpeakerCard/OAK032373
For Item, enter “Open Forum” (or either word if it doesn’t accept both). Bring the confirmation number with you to the meeting.
You may already have your own “elevator speech” about coal based on your own experience. Please consider that it’s important to keep making the point that there is no way to mitigate the impact of coal dust on the West Oakland community or the impact of burning coal anywhere on our climate crisis everywhere. We need a ban, not regulations. You can also advocate the proposed inclusion of crude oil, fuel oils and gasoline in the ordinance — but please tell the council that these additional inclusions must not delay a coal ordinance!

Prod Gov. Brown to Oppose Oakland Coal Terminal
2016-06-02 07:45 - 09:00 | Westin St. Francis – Union Square, 335 Powell St, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Governor Jerry Brown is speaking at the “Clean Energy Ministerial“, a “public-private action summit” of energy ministers and business executives from major energy-consuming countries. Brown presents himself as a climate leader, but in addition to allowing fracking in California, he has not spoken up to oppose Phil Tagami’s proposed coal export terminal in Oakland.
Join No Coal in Oakland and friends to prod Brown to speak out against the terminal and to remind the attendees of Brown’s real record! Coffee will be provided.

Weekly NCIO Meeting
2016-05-26 17:00 - 18:30 | West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, 349 Mandela Parkway, Oakland, CA, United States
This week’s meeting will focus on planning for a large rally on Saturday, June 25, two days before the City Council will be voting on whether to ban coal. We encourage allies to join us in this effort to demonstrate strong community support for a complete ban on coal. Our weekly planning meetings are jam-packed with ideas and energy. Newcomers are welcome; come one-half hour early and we’ll be happy to give you a brief personal orientation on the No Coal in Oakland campaign and our various activities.

Community Picnic for Environmental Justice
2016-05-21 13:00 - 16:00 | De Fremery Park, 1651 Adeline St., Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
NO COAL | NO EVICTIONS
We have the right to clean air.
We have the right to safe neighborhoods.
We have the right to stay in our homes.
Join No Coal in Oakland, SEIU Local 1021, and the Bay Area Chapter of Sierra Club for:
a community picnic dedicated to our struggle for a safe, clean and affordable West Oakland
Saturday May 21, 2016 – 1pm to 4pm
De Fremery Park | 1651 Adeline St, Oakland
West Oakland can make it happen. We can make our community healthy and safe for everyone and find ways to make it affordable for friends and family to stay. But not if we don’t Stop the Coal Trains from coming through Oakland, one more bad idea pushed on us by greedy developers. We need a livable West Oakland, not one polluted with toxic coal dust and diesel exhaust. And we need to fight for Renters Protections.
We hope to see you at De Fremery Park on Saturday afternoon, May 21st — to meet neighbors, enjoy fun, music, and food, and learn about solutions to these crises and how we can fight the powerful forces that threaten to make West Oakland less livable.
There will be activities for everyone:

Kids are invited to draw a chalk mural of what a safe and clean Oakland would look like.
Hear from members of the faith community, labor leaders, West Oakland residents, and elected officials including Sen. Loni Hancock who is leading the fight against coal in Sacramento.
Make video testimonials to let your elected official know your feelings on coal and housing in West Oakland.
Meet neighbors and make new friends.

Here’s a flyer about the picnic (PDF) you can print and distribute to friends and neighbors:

NO weekly meeting on May 19 2016
2016-05-19 17:00 - 18:30 | CA
No Coal in Oakland will not meet on 19 May. Please join us next Thursday!

City Council Open Forum, May 17th
2016-05-17 17:30 - 18:00 | Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland , CA, 94612, United States
Please come out for a half hour on Tuesday May 17, 2016 to remind the City Council that we want a ban on coal. New faces and new voices at this week’s Open Forum will go a long way to helping the council understand how broadly Oakland wants a ban on coal. You only have to speak for one minute, and it’s at the beginning of the agenda: you can arrive at 5:30 and leave by 6:00.
Sign up for Open Forum in advance at
http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/CityClerk/s/SpeakerCard/SpeakerCard/OAK032373
For Item, enter “Open Forum” (or either word if it doesn’t accept both). Bring the confirmation number with you to the meeting.
You may already have your own “elevator speech” about coal based on your own experience. Please consider that it’s important to keep making the point that there is no way to mitigate the impact of coal dust on the West Oakland community or the impact of burning coal anywhere on our climate crisis everywhere. We need a ban, not regulations. You can also advocate the proposed inclusion of crude oil, fuel oils and gasoline in the ordinance — but please tell the council that these additional inclusions must not delay a coal ordinance!

Council Hearing on Crude Oil, Fuel Oils and Gasoline
2016-05-09 17:00 - 20:00 | CA
The City Council is holding a hearing regarding banning additional fossil fuels at OBOT, the marine terminal that is the focus of the campaign to keep coal out of Oakland. This hearing will consider crude oil, fuel oils and gasoline. Come to show community support for the banning of all of these fossil fuels.
To read the City’s notice of the hearing, click here. To sign up to speak, click here. For item, you can enter “oil.” There is only one item on the agenda.

City Council Action On Coal
2016-05-03 17:30 - 22:30 | Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland , CA, 94612, United States
Please show up for the next chapter in the campaign to keep coal out of Oakland! On Tuesday, May 3, the City Council will be voting whether to hire Environmental Science Associates to review and synthesize the extensive evidence regarding the health and safety dangers of coal.
It is time for the City Council to set a date to vote on the ordinance banning coal. They have promised this vote before the summer recess, but this may not be possible within the timetable ESA proposes. Let’s insist that the City Council put the vote for the ordinance on their calendar. We have had more than enough delays in this process!
The proposed contract with ESA does not include any public health experts or reflect any public health expertise. The Council wants a review of the evidence in order to substantiate an ordinance banning coal from OBOT, the bulk marine terminal to be built at the former Oakland Army Base. They should have hired public health experts for this task. The ordinance requires findings that coal would place residents and workers “in a condition substantially dangerous to their health or safety.” The absence of public health experts in the review process is a critical deficiency.
No Coal in Oakland pushed the City to hire public health experts rather than ESA. But even if the City does hire ESA, an independent panel of civic-minded public health experts will be reviewing the evidence, preparing their own report and correcting any inadequacies or inaccuracies in the report from ESA. Nationally-respected public health experts in and close to Oakland have formed a panel to do this work at no cost to the City.
At the council meeting, speakers can support the independent panel and criticize the City for not hiring such experts themselves.
BACKGROUND
The initial proposal from ESA was strongly criticized by No Coal in Oakland and allies because it was expensive and time consuming, and because ESA has frequently minimized public health concerns, most recently in the Environmental Impact Report they wrote for the Valero refinery in Benicia, which was widely criticized in a campaign against refinery expansion that is still going on.
In response to our concerns, the city asked ESA to modify their proposal for a shorter and less expensive review. We criticized this scope of work because it did not include any public health experts.
On April 14, public health experts, led by Health Impact Partners (HIP), submitted to city officials an outline of a proposal to do their own review of the evidence. Based in downtown Oakland, HIP is a national leader in the field of health impact assessment. They proposed to work with PSE Healthy Energy, an Oakland-based energy science and policy institute, and to create a panel to review their work, consisting of Bay Area public health experts with a variety of backgrounds, including environmental health (air quality, water quality and noise), environmental justice, occupational health and medicine, and epidemiology.
The City rejected this extremely thoughtful proposal.
Given this response, the public health experts decided to create their own independent panel. This group has already begun to meet and review the evidence submitted on and after September 21. They will write a report substantiating the danger to health and safety, and will be prepared to critique any inadequacies and inaccuracies in the ESA report.
There was some discussion by city officials of the possibility of hiring one public health expert on a fee-for-service basis. However, this offer stalled. After more than a week, there was no response to his effort to contact the City to discuss the possible role he could play. Given this impasse, we understand that the organizers of the independent panel have decided to move forward on their own. Time is short and the process cannot wait.
As a result, at this point we are not asking the City to hire any public health experts. This essential review will be done by the experts who have stepped forward on their own to protect the health and safety of Oakland residents. We appreciate their initiative and will be supporting them to do this essential work.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING
The public can speak on City Council agenda items, although each speaker gets only one minute. It is possible for others to “cede time” to allow a speaker an additional couple of minutes. We encourage our supporters to sign up to speak and cede time at the meeting.
Use this link:
http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/CityClerk/s/SpeakerCard/SpeakerCard/OAK032373
On the form enter your name, the date of 5/3/16, ‘13’ in the “Item Number,” ‘City Council’ as the choice for “Comm/CouncilName.”
You can indicate you wish to speak, name a person to whom you will cede your time or leave this blank. You can always cede time at the council meeting if you have submitted this form.
After entering your speaker card form, you will get a confirmation number. Bring this with you to the meeting.
Note that the lot behind City Hall on Clay Street has free parking after 4:30 p.m. on City Council meeting nights.

State-wide Call-in to Call-out Gov. Brown
2016-04-25 08:00 - 17:00 | CA
Please call Governor Jerry Brown, Oakland’s former mayor, on Monday, April 25th, to join our daylong Call-in to Call-out Governor Brown!
Last July at the Vatican, Governor Jerry Brown said to the Pope that 90% of coal must stay in the ground to avoid climate disaster.
But what is our professed climate leader doing to stop coal trains from coming through his hometown?
Nothing!
Let Brown know that lofty proclamations are not enough.
PLEASE JOIN US IN A STATE-WIDE CALL-IN to CALL OUT BROWN
Monday, April 25 between 8 am and 5 pm
Call: 916-445-2841
Fax: 916-558-3160
Twitter: @JerryBrownGov
Email: https://govnews.ca.gov/gov39mail/mail.php
Let Gov. Brown know that he can no longer remain silent.
Remind Gov. Brown that, in the words of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., “The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.”
We are calling on Brown to:

Publicly oppose the export of coal from the new bulk terminal being built in West Oakland. We are asking Gov. Brown to defend his fellow Oaklanders who already suffer the health consequences from the worst air quality in all of Alameda County.
Affirm his support for Senator Loni Hancock’s two bills about coal and use the power of his office to promote and pass them.

Please visit NoCoalinOakland.org or contact nocoalinoakland@gmail.com for more information.

Interfaith Community Meeting On Coal
2016-04-11 18:00 - 19:30 | Westside Missionary Baptist Church, 732 Willow Street, Oakland
The Rev. Ken Chambers, pastor of West Side Missionary Baptist Church, will host a Community Meeting on Coal at the church one half block from Main Post Office off of 7th Street near the West Oakland BART station.

No Coal Tabling at Oakland Earth Expo
2016-04-06 10:00 - 14:00 | Frank Ogawa/Oscar Grant Plaza, Oakland City Hall, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
We’ll have an NCIO Table at the annual EarthExpo. Come by to chat or to staff our effort anytime. There’ll be food, fun, giveaways, and “how to” demonstrations from dozens of environmental & social change organizations, green businesses, artists, community groups, local food purveyors AND US!! HELP SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT NO COAL IN OAKLAND

City Council Open Forum
2016-04-05 17:30 - 18:30 | Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland , CA, 94612, United States
Many of our No Coal In Oakland activities occur at the Oakland City Council’s Open Forum. Since coal will not be on the agenda on April 5, this is an opportunity to speak to council members at Open Forum and remind them of our opposition to coal. Open Forum is always the first item on the agenda. We need you to speak. You can sign up to speak by filling out the form at this link:
http://tinyurl.com/OaklandSpeakerCard/
On the form enter your name, the date of 4/5/16, ‘open’ in the “Item Number”, ‘City Council’ as the choice for “Comm/CouncilName” and finally ‘Yes’ as the choice for “Wish to Speak Concerning this Item.”
After entering your speaker card form, you will get a confirmation number that you should bring with you to the meeting. Only 15 people usually have a chance to speak at the beginning of the meeting. If more are signed up they will be able to speak when Open Forum continues at the end of the agenda.
There will be many interesting topics on the council agenda April 5.
PLEASE SPEAK. We need as many people as possible letting the Council know how many of us are concerned enough to come to the Council Meeting.
Coal may be on the agenda of the 4/19 meeting of the City Council.
