Clean Air, Clean Lungs, Clean Buses Campaign

Fundraising for the Wilshire Bus-Only Lanes Campaign

Channing Martinez — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:58:20 -0800

This year we're working on raising $10,000 to build support around the Wilshire Bus-Only Lanes Campaign which is so close to victory. To kick off our fundraising effort, we had our first event on Saturday January 30th--Clean Air Campaign Yard Sale.

Clean Air Campaign highlights from 2009

Sunyoung Yang — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:19:37 -0800

2009 marks an important harvest of our last 5 years of hard work organizing bus riders, local businesses, public health and community allies and the local elected officials like former councilmember Wendy Greuel and Bill Rosendahl, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard. With the full $23.3 million of federal funding secured, the tide has turned to move the Wilshire Bus-Only Lanes Project into reality.

Climate Justice in Review: Early Lessons Fighting Market Driven Environmentalism

Sunyoung Yang — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:46:42 -0800

Many of the key lessons of the environmental justice movement from the 80s and 90s fighting market driven policies in local campaigns can illuminate how we can re-shape the discussions around climate solutions in Congress this year.

Cap and Trade Delusion

Sunyoung Yang — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:54:15 -0800

Ever heard of cap and trade or carbon trading? Here's a helpful animated video to help you navigate the basics of market driven false solutions like cap and trade and why ithey should be rejected as a climate change policy.

Jose Bravo: On the betrayals of Copenhagen and the continuing struggle for climate justice

Eric Mann — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:01:16 -0800

The Director of the San Diego-based Just Transition Alliance, just returned from a US grassroots environmental and climate justice delegation to Copenhagen, breaks down why the deal brokered by President Obama in the 11th hour is really no deal at all. What opportunities lie ahead for social movements and government fighting for climate justice?

Interview with Bolivian Climate Change Ambassador Pablo Erick Solon Romero Oroza

Duyen Tran — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:01:55 -0800

Bolivian Climate Change Ambassador Pablo Erick Solon Romero Oroza speaks about an environmental justice platform that Bolivia and many Latin American nations are demanding for as real solutions on climate change.

How Bus-Centered Transit Works in Bogotá

Sunyoung Yang — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:04:55 -0800

There is an excellent 7-minute film that travels to Bogotá, Colombia to show you how the city runs a bus-centered transit system that is modern, inexpensive and efficiently moves 1.3 million people a day, integrating bicycles and auto free zones--and all without relying on rail or subways.

One Step Forward Towards the Bus-Only Lane on Wilshire Boulevard

Gabriel Strachota — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:53:00 -0700

On Tuesday October 13th, the last of the four public scoping meetings was held regarding the Wilshire Bus-Only Lanes Project to hear from the public around their thoughts and concerns around this project.

LA bus riders speak out on why they support the Wilshire Bus-Only Lanes Project

Duyen Tran — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:36:36 -0700

The Bus Riders Union surveyed LA's bus riders on the Wilshire Bus-Only Lanes. LA riders overwhelmingly support the Bus-Only Lanes project for its anticipated reduction and greater efficiency in bus travel time and improvements in the city's air quality.

"CRUDE": Indigenous Communities In Ecuador Fight Against Chevron Texaco

Sunyoung Yang — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:58:14 -0700

Clean Air, Clean Lungs, Clean Buses Campaign organizer Sunyoung Yang promotes "CRUDE" for its excellent portrayal of Ecuador's indigenous groups and colonial rainforest dwellers' fight against U.S. oil giant Chevron Texaco.

Wilshire Bus-Only Lanes Moves Forward with Environmental Impact Report

Sunyoung Yang — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:47:41 -0700

There are two major breakthroughs for the Wilshire Bus-Only Lanes Campaign this month. First on Wednesday September 22nd the city council approved the recommendations made by L.A. Department of Transportation and the MTA to conduct a full Environmental Impact Report for the Wilshire Bus-Only Lanes Project. Secondly, Congress has approved the 2010 budget for transportation which includes the second installment of $13.5 million, awarding a total of $23.3 million of federal funding for the Wilshire Bus-Only Lanes Project.

Cecil Corbin-Mark & Dan Lashof: Breaking down the American Clean Energy and Security Act

Tammy Bang Luu — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:41:02 -0700

Two leading environmental and climate policy advocates break down the American Clean Energy and Security Act. Passed by the House in July, the most important climate bill in a generation moves to the Senate with the backing of the President and energy industry lobbyists. A discussion about what works and what doesn't about the bill.

In the Media Spotlight: BRU Rally at Mayor's Inauguration

Anson Stewart — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:50:35 -0700

BRU's rally at Mayor Villaraigosa's Inauguration yesterday received extensive media coverage. Along with our allies from the South Asian Network, and the Los Angeles Community Action Network, we were calling on the mayor to reduce his prioritization of police funding over social services.

Clean Air Economic Justice Plan

Nicole Eng — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:39:53 -0700

The Bus Riders Union’s Clean Air and Economic Justice Plan is a proposal to greatly expand Los Angeles County’s public transportation infrastructure and to advance a new bus-centered model for urban transportation and economic development. Document download is available now.

Daphne Wysham, Cecil Corbin-Mark, Tom Goldtooth: The American Clean Energy and Security Act and Climate Justice

Tammy Bang Luu — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:03:23 -0700

Three leaders in the climate justice movement breakdown the American Clean Energy and Security Act under consideration in Congress right now. Why dangers does this bill, also known as Waxman-Markey, present? What policy alternatives exist and what can activists for climate justice do about it?

Interview with Laura Flanders, Grit TV--Transit operations crisis, 80/20 and the climate future

Francisca Porchas — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:17:27 -0700

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Reflections from the World Social Forum, Belem, Brazil

Sunyoung Yang — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:41:46 -0800

The World Social Forum officially opened with a march. In the heat, in the pouring rain, it was confusion, excitement, celebration, thousands of people packed together in the street. People of all ages danced to the rhythms of the bantucada players (Brazilian street drum corps) while other groups such as the Indigenous delegations from the Andes and the Amazon marched waving the rainbow colored Wiphala flags.

New EPA Chief At WE ACT Conference, What's Our Next Move?

Francisca Porchas — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:49:15 -0800

To understand how monumental it is for Lisa Jackson to be the new EPA chief, you have to look at history. Traditionally, heads of the EPA have been for the most part white men praised for how much money they saved industry....

Organizers Speak at 20th Anniv WE ACT Conference

Daniel Kim — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Cecil Corbin-Mark: The climate crisis and obama

Eric Mann — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

WE-ACT for Environmental Justice climate policy expert and environmental justice organizer Cecil Corban-Mark asks whether or not the free market solutions that created the climate crisis should be used to fix it.

Victor Wallis: Capitalist and socialist responses to the ecological crisis

Eric Mann — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

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Winona Laduke: Indigenous Peoples and the necessity of clean energy

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:30:20 -0800

Nationally recognized indigenous environementalist, Winona Laduke, breaks down the impacts of dirty energy on indigenous peoples throughout the US

Clayton Thomas-Mueller: Extracting Canada's tar sands to the core

Tammy Bang Luu — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Member of the Indigenous Envrionmental Network, Clayton Thomas-Muelle, talks about how does Alberta's tar sandsfeeds our oil addiciton.

Sunyoung Yang: Bus only lanes and climate change

Sunyoung Yang — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:39:54 -0800

Bus Riders Union and Strategy Center Clean Air, Clean Lungs, Clean Buses campaign organizer, Sunyoung Yang, talks about Bus Only Lanes VS LA's Auto Addiction.

Penny Newman: California's transportation bond measure Prop 1B and environmental racism

Lisa Adler — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700

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Beverly Wright: Struggle to rebuild post-Katrina Black New Orleans

Mon, 19 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Long time scholar and activist in the environmental justice movement, Beverly Wright speaks on the struggle for the right of return for Katrina Survivors and the remaking of New Orleans.

Clayton Thomas-Mueller: UN climate change conference, 2005 and the future of climate policy

Mon, 12 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800

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Tom Goldtooth: UN climate conference in Montreal, 2005

Damon Azali-Rojas — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:28:58 -0800

Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network, Tom Goldthooth, challenges market-based solutions and grassroots movements at the UN Conference.

Sunita Narain: Kyoto Accords and the future of global climate policy

Damon Azali-Rojas — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:26:01 -0800

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Ed Avol: Air pollution and the health of children in Southern California

Mon, 13 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0700

USC Medical Professor, Ed Avol, exposes the impacts of air pollution on the health of children and issues a call to action