NEWS
COALITION LETTERS TO STATE LEADERS
PRESS RELEASES
June 24, 2025
Climate and Environmental Justice Leaders Urge Lawmakers to Reject Gov Newsom’s Cap-and-Trade Plan, Prioritize Affordability and Equity for Struggling Families Over Billions More in Big Oil Handouts
Cap-and-Trade is a centerpiece of the state’s climate policy but the Governor’s plan keeps billions in giveaways for the state’s oil and gas industry while striking all funds to help communities struggling with poverty and pollution
(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Outside the State Capitol, climate, environmental justice, and sustainable agriculture leaders held a press conference urging lawmakers to reject Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal for extending Cap-and-Trade and end the program’s handouts to Big Oil (worth $890 million last year) while also releasing a list of reform demands for grounding the program’s future in affordability and equity for California’s families with low-incomes.
PRESS RELEASES
May 14, 2025
Environmental Justice Groups Urge Lawmakers to Reject Gov. Newsom’s Cap-and-Trade Proposal, Prioritize Affordability over Oil Industry Profits
Groups call for eliminating Cap-and-Trade’s $1 billion giveaway to Big Oil and redirecting these funds to affordability programs
(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Environmental justice and equity organizations across California are urging lawmakers to reject Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal for a “straight extension” of California’s Cap-and-Trade program released today as part of the May Revision and to enact program reforms to address California’s affordability crisis.
NEWS
THE FRESNO BEE
Last month, Congress overturned California’s ability to phase out gasoline-powered cars and gave oil companies a huge gift. If upheld in court, it will seriously impair our ability to protect people from pollution and eliminate the single largest source of emissions causing the climate crisis.
Gov. Gavin Newsom responded with outrage. Yet, state lawmakers are considering a multi-billion dollar giveaway to Big Oil he proposed last month when announcing plans to extend the state’s Cap-and-Trade Program for 20 years.
California must adjust Cap-and-Trade to protect resident’s health
BLOOMBERG
A coalition of groups, including the American Lung Association and California Environmental Voters, have called on lawmakers to make substantial changes, such as eliminating free allowances given to oil and gas companies that totaled almost $900 million last year by their estimate.
California Lawmakers Snub Call for Quick Cap-and-Trade Extension
CALMATTERS
A coalition of environmental justice groups said the governor, by using so much money for high speed rail and general fund expenses, is leaving inadequate money “for extreme heat impacts, affordable housing, clean drinking water, and other critical environmental programs that reduce greenhouse gasses and clean up contaminated air, water and soil that pose direct threats to public health.”