GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA ENDORSES RISE FOR CLIMATE, JOBS AND JUSTICE MOBILIZATION

PRESS RELEASE

GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA
PO Box 485, San Francisco, CA 94104

For Immediate Release: August 9, 2018

Contact: Laura Wells, 510-504-4254 Erik Rydberg, 530-781-2903

GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA ENDORSES RISE FOR CLIMATE, JOBS AND JUSTICE MOBILIZATION
JOINS SEPTEMBER 8 MARCH TO DEMAND ACTION OF GOVERNOR BROWN AND OTHER CA LEADERS

San Francisco, CA - The Green Party of California released a statement today endorsing the Rise for Climate, Jobs and Justice mobilization, and joining its September 8, 2018 march in San Francisco.

Green Party of California spokesperson Erik Rydberg said:

The Green Party of California endorses Rise for Climate, Jobs and Justice California. The Green Party will join the mobilization’s September 8 march taking place a few days prior to “The Global Climate Action Summit” at which mayors, local governments, and business from all over the planet will be meeting in San Francisco from September 12th to the 14th. The goal of the summit is to showcase climate action taking place around the world, and inspire deeper commitments from each other and from national governments. The summit will be the largest gathering of its kind to take place, and we believe it is an opportunity to pressure local leaders like California Governor Jerry Brown to step up and do far more than they are doing right now, to stop the fossil fuel industry and build 100% renewable energy for all.

The mobilization is demanding real climate leadership, which includes the following:

- Environmental, racial, and economic justice for all.

- No new fossil fuel development and a managed decline of existing fossil fuel production.

- A just transition to 100% renewable energy that protects workers, Indigenous peoples and frontline communities — both in these extractive industries and more broadly — which ensures family-sustaining jobs with the right to unionize, that are safe for people and the planet.

- Just and equitable resiliency and recovery efforts led by the communities most impacted by the climate crisis.

The Green Party of California endorses these objectives because they are in line with the following standards of our 10 key values:

Ecological wisdom
Social justice and Equal opportunity
Community Based Economics and Economic Justice
Decentralization
Respect for Diversity
Personal and Global Responsibility
Future Focus on Sustainability

For more information on the Rise for Climate, Jobs and Justice California see: http://ca.riseforclimate.org

View this release online at: http://www.cagreens.org