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Restore the Delta Public Meeting Tours: The Road Map to Stopping the Delta Tunnels
West Coast Deals Four Major Blows to Big Oil
Shell Martinez Refinery: “Large maintenance project” scheduled until mid-June
Air Pollution in the Bay Area’s Refinery Corridor
Twin Tunnels on Trial! BARoNA Tribunal in Antioch, April 30th
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L.A. Spill Case Has Exposed Flaw in Pipeline Safety Oversight
By Elizabeth Douglass InsideClimate News Jun 3, 2014 Company responsible for the spill (P66) didn’t know its dormant pipeline was full of oil before it leaked across a Los Angeles neighborhood. http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20140603/la-spill-case-has-exposed-flaw-pipeline-safety-oversight
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Registered Nurses Speak Out Against Doctors Medical Center Closure!
“The fate of DMC will impact not only the residents of West County, but the surrounding communities in your jurisdiction to the East, as well as nearby communities in Alameda County will be impacted if services at DMC are reduced … Continue reading
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Sign the Petition to Save Doctors Medical Center
Losing Doctors Medical Center would be catastrophic. Without it, countless West Contra Costa County residents will face serious delays in receiving emergency health care during critical moments which is dangerous and potentially life threatening. Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo … Continue reading
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Martinez Environmental Group: Wait a minute
By Guy Cooper Martinez Gazette June 5, 2014 http://martinezgazette.com/archives/15084
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The California Nurses Association is sponsoring a third town hall meeting to discuss the proposed closure of Doctor’s Hospital in Richmond. This is the emergency facility that treated the bulk of the 15,000 citizens adversely effected by the Chevron explosion and … Continue reading
Lawsuit Filed – Chevron Refinery Permit to Pollute Exposed
Today Communities for a Better Environment (CBE) filed suit against the Bay Area Air Quality Management District for the District’s illegal permitting of the Chevron (“Modernization”) Expansion Project. CBE had previously requested the District to revoke the permit that allowed Chevron to … Continue reading
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Washington City Rejects Massive Oil Train Project, Citing ‘Unacceptable Risks’
By Emily Atkin June 4, 2014 (reposted from the Benicia Independent) http://beniciaindependent.com/wp/breaking-vancouver-city-council- votes-to-oppose-crude-oil-train-terminal-unacceptable-risks/
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Northwest Region Averaging Nine Freight Train Derailments Per Month
Mapping freight train mishaps over the last two-and-a-half years.By Eric de Place and John Abbotts May 13, 2014 Sightline Daily http://daily.sightline.org/2014/05/13/northwest-region-averaging-nine-freight-train-derailments-per-month/
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Martinez Environmental Group: Martinez could become hazardous rail car choke point
By JIM NEU May 29, 2014 http://martinezgazette.com/archives/14896
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Health and Safety Issues Posed by the Transportation of Crude Oil by Rail Through the Martinez Community
From: Martinez Environmental Group (MEG) To: City of Martinez City Council Subcommittee on Public Safety for the meeting of June 9, 2014 Subject: Health and Safety Issues Posed by the Transportation of Crude Oil by Rail Through the Martinez Community
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