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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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Celebrate Earth!
Ira Einhorn at the first Earth Day celebration on April 22, 1970
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PEOPLE’S EARTH DAY 2014
Environmental Justice Walk Against Cancer and Pollution Saturday, April 26, 2014 – 11 am Martin Luther King Jr. Park 5700 block of 3rd Street at Carroll Bayview Hunters Point, San Francisco 415-447-3904 greenaction@greenaction.org http://www.greenaction.org Let’s march together in memory of our … Continue reading
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Shell’s Role in Tar Sands & Climate Change
WHAT ARE TAR SANDS? Because fossil fuels are a finite resource, petroleum companies are now resorting to more extreme forms of oil extraction, including tar sands, fracking, and Arctic exploration. The “tar sands” are deposits of heavy crude oil trapped in sand … Continue reading
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Next Community MEG Meeting (updated August 15, 2014)
Join the Martinez Environmental Group at our next community meetingDate and topic to be announced soon! Location:First Congregational Church, Mayflower Room1229 Court Street at Susana StreetMartinez, CA 94553
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What’s that giant pile of black dust near that unmarked facility near Franklin Canyon Road?
Why, that’s a Conoco-Phillips 27.3 MW generating power plant that runs on petroleum coke! So, those loose piles of black dust off to the side of Hwy 4 are piles of petroleum coke. Pet coke is a by-product of bitumen processing … Continue reading
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STOP CRUDE OIL BY RAIL SHIPMENTS TO RICHMOND!
Stop Pollution of our Communities and Climate! SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2014 AT 1 PM PROTEST AT KINDER MORGAN’S RAIL YARD 520 CASTRO STREET, RICHMOND, CA The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a permit to Kinder Morgan … Continue reading
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No Re-Zoning Without an EIR! Respond Now!
Help protect our open space. The Martinez City Council has already approved 3 major high density projects in our city that are being built now. There is no need for this project, and it will make open space a target forever … Continue reading
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TESORO REQUESTING RENEWAL OF 30-YEAR LEASE AT THEIR AVON MARINE OIL RECEIVING TERMINAL NEAR MARTINEZ
April 22, 2014 3 PM and 5:30 PM Martinez City Hall 525 Henrietta Street Martinez Ca 94553 Tesoro is applying to the California State Lands Commission to renew its 30 year lease on the Avon marine terminal, which currently … Continue reading
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Notice of a Public Workshop, Waterfront Park Renovation, A Measure “H” Project
Notice of a Public Workshop, Waterfront Park Renovation, A Measure “H” Project The Parks, Recreation, Marina and Cultural Commission (PRMCC) is hosting a public workshop. The goal of the workshop is to help guide the planning and design process for … Continue reading
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State Department To Delay Keystone XL Pipeline Decision Until After November
BY RYAN KORONOWSKI APRIL 18, 2014 http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/04/18/3428625/keystone-delay-midterms/
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