Author Archives: Martinez Environmental Group

http://www.contracostatimes.com/News/ci_26735323/Bay-Area-air-board-wants-to-cut-refinery-emissions-20-percent By Denis Cuff    Contra Costa Times   10/16/2014 SAN FRANCISCO — Pushing the envelope on reducing air pollution, Bay Area air quality officials said Wednesday they want to cut oil refinery emissions by 20 percent. Environmentalists called the … Continue reading →

http://online.wsj.com/articles/california-finally-to-reap-frackings-riches-1412700677? By ALISON SIDER and CASSANDRA SWEET For the past decade, the U.S. shale boom has mostly passed by California, forcing oil refiners in the state to import expensive crude. Now that’s changing as energy companies overcome opposition to forge ahead with … Continue reading →

Where is it? The Acme Fill Corporation’s hazardous waste site is located at 950 WaterBird Way – east of 680, next to the Waterbird Preserve and less than a quarter mile from a densely populated neighborhood. The entire facility and … Continue reading →

http://www.sacbee.com/2014/10/08/6770306/california-attorney-general-kamala.html By Tony Bizjak and Curtis Tate   Oct. 8, 2014    Sacto Bee The battle over crude oil trains in California intensified this week, reaching into the legal sphere with potential national repercussions. The state’s two major railroad companies, Union … Continue reading →

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/10/07/major-train-derailment-in-saskatchewan?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=recommend-button&utm_campaign=Oil+tanker+explodes+after+major+train+derailment+in+ Saskatchewan A freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed and caught fire in Saskatchewan on Tuesday, sending plumes of black smoke into the sky. Several farms near the community of Clair, about 200 km east of Saskatoon, were evacuated, affecting … Continue reading →

Upgrades: Projects to allow flexibility to respond to changing energymarkets, but environmentalists raise concerns By Tom Lochner and Robert Rogers The East Bay’s first oil refinery opened in 1896 near the site of Porkopolis-of-the-West, a defunct stockyard and slaughterhouse in … Continue reading →

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