• 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 many months of work from the Campus Advisory Committee on Sustainability (CACS), UC Davis releases 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.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, including attendees across California and beyond. You can watch the video here.
• Nov 15, 2023: The UC Davis Institute for the Environment hosted “The Prospects for Large-Scale Carbon Removal via Direct Air Capture Technology.” Billed as a ‘fascinating discussion with carbon capture experts’, this event platformed fossil fuel company representatives touting non-solutions used to perpetuate fossil fuel use that exacerbate the climate crisis. See “Why direct air carbon capture and storage (DACCS) is not scalable and ‘net zero’ is a dangerous myth” and our one-page flyer here:
  https://fossilfreeucd.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/uc-davis-institute-for-the-environment-greenwashesfossilfueltalkingpoints.pdf
• In October 2022, the statewide UC established a Pathways to a Fossil Free UC taskforce to address the necessary challenge of decarbonizing our campuses.
• In March 2022, Stanford University opened a 63-megawatt solar power plant and 200-megawatt hour battery storage system, making the university plus-energy. More info is here.
• Following our group’s 12/15/21 meeting with Chancellor May, Provost Croughan and others, the Chancellor informed us on 1/4/22 that he has directed staff to prepare a plan by the end of 2022 for ending UCD fossil fuel use. See followup articles here (UCD press release), here (Fossil Free UCD op ed), and here (Davis Enterprise article).
• 2021/11/05 – Fossil Free UCD campaign featured in the Davis Enterprise
• Despite very limited publicity, the Fossil Free UCD gained 433 signatures from the UC Davis community in the first 24 hours after its 11/1/21 launch.
• 2021/11/1 Press release – Activists Launch Fossil-Free UC Davis Campaign