Latest news:
December 2024 – We wrote a letter to Chancellor May urging UCD to officially establish targets of 75% reductions in Scope 1 and 2 emissions below the 2019 baseline by 2030, 81% by 2035, and 95% by 2040, which are the feasible potential reductions identified by our own Fossil Fuel-Free Pathway Plan (FFFPP) — among other asks. Full letter is here.

October 2024 – We initiated and co-coordinated a Special Edition of the Storer Lectureship on Climate Denial, Disinformation and Doublespeak by Big Oil. The in-person venue was filled to capacity and there were almost 600 people online, with attendees across California and beyond. You can watch the video here.

February 2024 – Following our initial meeting with Chancellor Gary May in December 2021, urging him to initiate the decarbonization of UC Davis’s campuses, and many months of work from the Campus Advisory Committee on Sustainability (CACS), UC Davis released the Fossil Fuel-Free Pathway Plan (FFFPP). The FFFPP calls for a 75% reduction of fossil fuel use on UCD campuses by 2030 and a 95% reduction by 2040.

The actions we choose or choose not to take in the next 10 years will determine the fate of the planet for the next thousand.

David Attenborough, 10/17/21

I want you to act as if the house is on fire, because it is.

Greta Thunberg, 1/24/19

The University of California at Davis is a global sustainability leader in many ways. It is a leading global university on environmental topics, has the largest photovoltaic array of any U.S. school, is building a new residential district which generates 80% of its own energy, and is in the most bike-friendly city in America.

However, UCD continues to emit more than 150,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions each year. Both Davis and Sacramento campuses burn large amounts of natural gas, much of it derived from fracked sources, for heating and cooling. Despite a 2010 Climate Action plan and steps to buy greener electricity from off-campus, on-campus GHG emissions have remained steady for a decade.

We envision our university being a global climate leader by ending its use of fossil fuels. But this will take leadership from top UCD administrators.

Contact us here: https://fossilfreeucd.org/contact-us/