Sierra Club Members Rally Against Dodgers’ Greenwashing Sponsorship
Dodger Stadium Rally and Press Conference
Please join us on Sunday September 22nd at Dodgers Stadium! Environmental advocates will deliver an updated petition demanding the Los Angeles Dodgers cut ties to Big Oil by immediately ending the team's sponsorship deal with oil giant Phillips 66, owner of the 76 gas-station brand whose logo and ads are plastered across Dodger Stadium.
The Dodgers Campaign Origin Story
Rum and baseball don't have much in common.
But the two recently came together in a statement of outrage over the Los Angeles Dodgers' sponsorship deal with Phillips 66. The oily multinational owns the 76 gas-station brand whose logos are plastered across Dodger stadium, sending fans the dangerous, deceptive message that Big Oil is as wholesome as a beloved American pastime.
A Massive Victory Against Big Oil!
We successfully organized around the Signal Hill Community and they led us to a historic victory against Big Oil!
On June 26th, in the face of overwhelming pressure from the community and local environmental organizations, including the Sierra Club, the CA oil industry withdrew its referendum from the ballot.
Signal Hill was the largest financial backer of the proposed referendum.
"Killing Us Slowly": Environmental Justice and Grass-Roots Efforts to Achieve It
Kilynn Johnson got very sick one night and was rushed to hospital almost five years ago. Surgery to remove a tumor from her gallbladder revealed cancer that had spread from her gallbladder to some lymph nodes and to her liver. She needed six weeks of both radiation and chemotherapy. Gallbladder cancer is diagnosed in only about 3,700 Americans every year, and it mostly strikes people in their '70s and older. Johnson was only 46.
Climate change: The need for blue-green jobs
The tug of war over the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline sets the stage for an archetypal battle of tree-huggers against the economy. This is, of course, exactly the way Big Money and Big Oil hope to frame the debate, capitalizing on an economy that has been staggering along on shaky legs.
