Summit Recording
Climate & Fossil Fuels September 18, 2026
The second in the CEMTF 7th Virtual Summit Series: Climate, Humanity, Rights and Unity
Climate & Fossil Fuels
Climate & Global Indigenous Leadership Take 2 - Summit Recording

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Climate and Fossil Fuels

Progam:

9:00 AM

Land Acknowledgement

9:10 AM

Welcome

  • Cheryl Davila, Founder, CEMTF & Former Councilmember, City of Berkeley, Co-host, KPFZ.org “Voices of Resistance” (Tues. 4:30P),

Board member: Interfaith Council of Alameda County (ICAC) & Consider The Homeless (CTH), KPFA Local Station Board (LSB)

Speakers: Bios

9:15 AM

Carbon Capture Illusions and Bioenergy Delusions: California Goes Even Bigger on False Solutions in 2026

  • Gary Hughes, Coordinador del Programa de las Américas / Co-Director / Americas Program Coordinator, Biofuelwatch

9:45 AM

Data Centers and Democracy in California

  • Cynthia Kaufman, President, Fossil Free California Votes Board & Author

10:15 AM

Climate, Sea Level Rise & No Coal

Ms. Margaret Gordon, Community Engagement Director, Just Cities Institute, Co-Founder & Board Chair, West Oakland Environmental Indicator

10:50 AM

Fighting Fossil-Fueled Fascism

  • Zoe Jonick, Lead Organizer, 350 Bay Area & 350 Bay Area Action

11:20 AM

Fossil Fueled Fascism and the Need for Solidarity

  • Ilonka Zlatar, California Climate Justice Organizer, Oil and Gas Action Network

Announcements & Closing

  • Armando Davila Degrowth class coming soon–see Wedegrow.us
  • Cheryl Davila

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