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About Martinez Environmental Group

We are a community health and environmental group located in Martinez, CA.

Local Martinez Group Needs Help to Save Alhambra Hills

Construction Could Start in April! In an email sent to supporters yesterday, the Alhambra Hills Open Space Committee (AHOSC) said that, “…when this project was approved by the Martinez City Council in early 2012, the developer agreed not to begin … Continue reading

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FBI Held 2012 Strategy Meeting with TransCanada, Industry Partners BY ADAM FEDERMAN, Contributing Editor, Earth Island Journal – MARCH 13, 2014 Agency officials refuse to discuss “politicized and controversial” issue http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/elist/eListRead/fbi_held_2012_strategy_meeting_with_transcanada_industry_partners/

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Oakland Tribune editorial © 2014 Bay Area News Group POSTED:   03/11/2014 11:41:28 AM PDT http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_25320040/oakland-tribune-editorial-consider-shutdown-if-tesoro-refinery

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Tesoro bashed for dropping worker-safety programs at Contra Costa refinery where acid spills occurred

By Robert Rogers Contra Costa Times http://www.contracostatimes.com/west-county-times/ci_25323204/tesoro-bashed-dropping-worker-safety-programs-at-contra

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Greenland Ice Melt ‘Accelerating,’ Climate Change Awakens ‘Sleeping Giant’ By Philip Ross on March 16 2014 5:45 PM

http://www.ibtimes.com/greenland-ice-melt-accelerating-climate-change-awakens-sleeping-giant-1561707

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Tesoro Intervention in Kinder Morgan Case

tesoro intervention in KM case

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ABC News: Thousands rally at Capitol to protest fracking

http://www.news10.net/story/news/politics/2014/03/15/thousands-rally-at-fracking-protest/6471383/

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Tar Sands or Bakken Crude? Which is it?

Correction – tar sands, not bakken spotted in Bay Area??? http://us3.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e71f94d8547945fe29d370ef9&id=8dcb143ffa&e=aaaced4134

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Watch KPIX News Story – Bakken Crude on the Move – Richmond to Martinez!

Trains Carrying Fracked Oil Spotted In Bay Area by Abigail Sterling and Christin AyersMarch 14, 2014 12:24 AM http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/03/14/trains-carrying-fracked-oil-spotted-in-bay-area/

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Could the ghost of John Muir save Alhambra Hills from development? by Alessandra Bergamin on August 08, 2013

http://baynature.org/articles/could-ghost-of-john-muir-save-alhambra-hills-from-development/

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