Environmental & Climate Justice
[Op-Ed] Beyond Extraction: Funding the Fight Against Oil Drilling in Los Angeles and the Future Communities Are Building
For decades, neighborhood oil drilling has fueled harm, pollution, and disinvestment. But frontline communities have always imagined something better.
In a powerful new SoCal Grantmakers Op-Ed, Liberty Hill Senior Director of Environment & Climate Justice Angelo Logan reflects on the fight to end neighborhood oil drilling, the future of sites like the Inglewood Oil Field, and why philanthropy must invest not only in stopping harm, but in building what comes next.
A just transition means more than ending extraction. It means community power, land repair, public health, climate resilience, and resources for residents to shape a future rooted in health, belonging, and shared prosperity.
