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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
Author Archives: Martinez Environmental Group
Shell’s Big Dirty Secret – Insight into the world’s most carbon intensive oil company…
“[Shell] is the largest oil operator in Nigeria, and [Shell] holds more acreage in Canada’s oil sands than any other corporation. Because of these facts, and several others, Shell is also the most carbon intensive oil company in the world. In short, … Continue reading
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Study: 4.6M children attend schools near chemical facilities
http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/energy-environment/203704-study-10000-schools-near-chemical-facilities By Tim Devaney April 16, 2014, 03:12 pm TheHill.com Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/energy-environment/203704-study-10000-schools-near-chemical-facilities#ixzz2zCF84e4G
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America’s deadly racial gap: Minorities are exposed to nearly 40 percent more air pollution than whites
A new study highlights dramatic environmental injustice in the U.S. By Lindsay Abrams Salon.com Thursday, Apr 17, 2014 http://www.salon.com/2014/04/17/americas_deadly_racial_gap_minorities_are_exposed_to_nearly_40_percent_more_air_pollution_than_whites/
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Despite Rise in Spills, Hazardous Cargo Rides Rails in Secret
By JAD MOUAWADAPRIL 15, 2014 Jodi Ross, town manager in Westford, Mass., did not expect she would be threatened with arrest after she and her fire chief went onto the railroad tracks to find out why a train carrying liquid … Continue reading
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Rally at Civic Center Plaza before Public Comment Hearing on Chevron EIR Tomorrow!
ALL HANDS ON DECK! Note new time: Thursday, April 17, 2014 at 5pmThe first Public Comment Hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Chevron “modernization” project will be Thursday, April 17th. We’re kicking the event off with … Continue reading
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Mendocino County: Charting a new course for water protection?
Blog post by Shannon Biggs, Global Exchange http://www.globalexchange.org/blogs/peopletopeople/2014/04/01/mendocino-county-charting-a-new-course-for-water-protection/
Posted in Climate Change, Health, SF Bay Delta
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Political Rifts Slow U.S. Effort on Climate Laws
By CORAL DAVENPORT APRIL 14, 2014 “Experts also note that a shift at the national level could come as more states enact climate change policies. Currently California and several Northeastern states, including New York, have enacted state-level programs to … Continue reading
BAAQMD Stationary Source Committee Meeting
April 21, 2014 at 9:30am – 12:30pmSupport CBE, APEN, NRDC, Sierra Club, the Sunflower Alliance and groups in the fenceline communities lobbying for a halt to refinery project permits and commenting on the draft Refinery Emissions Tracking rule. http://www.350bayarea.org/baaqmd_ssc_4-21-14?recruiter_id=2801
Posted in Come to Meetings, Refineries, SF Bay Delta, Tesoro
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SF International Film Festival – The Overnighters – April 28th & May 3rd
SF International Film Festival – The Overnighters – April 28th & May 3rd Documentary As our national Great Recession deepens and extends further on and farther out, Williston, North Dakota, is an honest-to-God boomtown. Flush with jobs from hydraulic fracturing … Continue reading
Up To 1,000 Times More Methane Released At Gas Wells Than EPA Estimates, Study Finds
BY ARI PHILLIPS ON APRIL 15, 2014http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/04/15/3426697/methane-vastly-underestimated/
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