‘An impassioned Harrison Ford told a crowd in San Francisco Thursday to “stop giving power to people who don’t believe in science, or worse than that, pretend they don’t believe in science for their own self-interest.”‘

Source: At SF event, Harrison Ford begs voters to ‘stop electing leaders who don’t believe in science’ | SFGate

Related: video of quoted Ford’s speech posted by Conservation International:

“We know that we only have the possibility of avoiding a looming climate catastrophe if people like us refuse to give up.” – Harrison Ford, Conservation International Vice Chair

‘On Thursday, a bipartisan alliance of 17 governors announced a new set of policies aimed at combatting climate change and working around Trump-led rollbacks. They have promised to better manage natural land; to blunt the effect of solar-panel import tariffs; and to restrict the release of “short-lived climate pollutants,” gases like methane that can trap enormous amounts of heat in the atmosphere.’

Source: 17 Bipartisan Governors Vow to Fight Climate Change—And President Trump | The Atlantic

‘But at Gov. Jerry Brown’s global climate summit this week, some of the world’s biggest companies are in the spotlight as partners in tackling global warming. The private sector has emerged as a growing player in the alliance of cities, states and other institutions pledging to uphold emissions cuts of the Paris climate agreement, which has been disavowed by President Trump.’

Source: As Trump retreats, businesses assume new prominence in fighting climate change | LA Times

‘Anyone who says we can’t meet the new goal of 60% renewable electricity by 2030 isn’t paying attention; California’s large utilities expect to hit the previous goal (50% by 2030) 10 years ahead of schedule. SB 100’s target of 100% carbon-free electricity by 2045 just reinforces the fact that investing in fossil-fueled power is no longer wise.’

Source: Committing to 100% renewables proves what we already know: It’s pointless to invest in fossil fuel | Los Angeles Times

San Francisco’s Rise for Climate march, part of an international day of climate events and estimated to be 30,000 strong, was led by large indigenous groups including many Native Americans, some who danced in ceremonial regalia, along with many other groups and individuals making up a diverse, musical, and creative crowd of all ages on the sunny Saturday before the upcoming San Francisco Climate Summit. The colorful event included a plethora of expressive signs, banners and even messaged tee shirts, many with various calls for Jerry Brown to stand up to big oil. A group called “Brown’s Last Chance” chanted “Jerry Brown – keep it in the ground, if you don’t do it we’ll shut it down”.

“Stand Up to Big Oil”

Excerpt:

“We are part of the Brown’s Last Chance campaign. We’re marching, we’ve got a message that Jerry Brown – if he wants to be a real climate leader – it’s not enough just to say we just got build up renewables or create energy efficiency. We have to keep fossil fuels in the ground. We have to start a just transition from all fossil fuel production, beginning with protecting the front line communities in California that are being poisoned by toxic neighborhood oil drilling right now. We need a 2500 foot setback, a health and safety buffer zone to protect those communities, and if Jerry won’t do that, after California scientists three years ago gave us the information that we needed that it needed to be done, then his legacy is of a failure to protect our communities, a failure of the climate – not leadership. That’s our message, this is Jerry Brown’s last chance.” ~ Kai Newkirk, part of the Brown’s Last Chance campaign.

The song from the end of the event “When We Rise” is featured at that end of the video above, but here is a shorter video with just the song:

Report by James George

‘California solidified its role as a world leader on climate action as Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Monday to shift the state to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2045. He also issued an executive order establishing a target for the state to become carbon neutral by the same year.’

Source: California Ups Its Clean Energy Game: Gov. Brown Signs 100% Zero-Carbon Electricity Bill | insideclimatenews.org

‘WASHINGTON — The Trump administration, taking its third major step this year to roll back federal efforts to fight climate change, is preparing to make it significantly easier for energy companies to release methane into the atmosphere.’

Source: Trump Administration Wants to Make It Easier to Release Methane Into Air | The New York Times

‘Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Monday that puts California – the world’s fifth largest economy if it was an independent country – on an ambitious path: using 100% clean electricity by 2045.’

Source: California Gov. Jerry Brown Signs 100% Clean Energy Bill | Time

‘All of California’s electricity will come from clean power sources by 2045 under legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday, the latest in a series of ambitious goals set by the state to combat the effects of climate change.’

Source: California to rely on 100% clean electricity by 2045 under bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown

‘…To wit, while Brown warns often in speeches that one-third of the world’s oil reserves must remain untouched to avert climate catastrophe, the governor has not done much to keep California’s reserves in the ground. To the contrary: In 2011 Brown flagrantly axed two state regulators for holding drillers to account for their environmental infractions. In 2013, he inserted last-minute amendments into a bill to regulate hydraulic fracturing and acidizing — dissolving rock with toxic chemicals to access trapped oil. And while he managed to extend California’s greenhouse-gas trading market, cap-and-trade, as far out as 2030, he did so in collaboration with oil lobbyists, who saw many of their demands included in the bill.’

Source: WILL CALIFORNIA’S DIRTY OIL BUSINESS SOIL GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN’S CLIMATE LEGACY?  | Newsweek