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About Martinez Environmental Group

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

Geology.com – San Francisco, Bay Area and Sacramento Valley – Sea Level Rise Map

http://geology.com/sea-level-rise/san-francisco.shtml

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Are your favorite ocean waters on the watch list?

http://www.nrdc.org/oceans/acidification/

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Low-Income Area Copes with Oil Refineries, Toxic Waste. By Jane Kay and Cheryl Katz, Environmental Health News

http://www.climatecentral.org/news/one-low-income-community-copes-with-oil-refineries-and-toxic-waste-sites

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Koch Brothers’ Political Activism Protects Their 50-Year Stake in Canadian Heavy Oils Long involvement in Canada’s tar sands has been central to Koch Industries’ evolution and positions the billionaire brothers for a new oil boom. By David Sassoon, InsideClimate News

http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20120510/koch-industries-brothers-tar-sands-bitumen-heavy-oil-flint-pipelines-refinery-alberta-canada

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Tar Sands in the East Bay? Fossil fuel companies deny that they’re preparing to bring dirty tar sands oil from Canada to the Bay Area, but environmentalists say it’s only a matter of time. By Jean Tepperman

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/tar-sands-in-the-east-bay/Content?oid=3745204

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Successful initial organizing meetings in Benicia and Martinez!

Originally posted on Pittsburg Defense Council:
The Carquinez Strait is poppin’! On Monday in Benicia and on Tuesday in Martinez, we saw people get together to strategize how to protect their communities and fight back against the dangerous plans of…

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A Call to Action: A Preliminary Report on Current Air Quality Levels and the Impacts of the Proposed WesPac Oil Terminal in Pittsburg

Click to access pittsburgairsamplesreport.pdf

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Seattle passes a resolution against crude-by-rail

Originally posted on Pittsburg Defense Council:
Many cities in Washington state are concerned about the huge increase in oil being transported by train, the transport of explosive Bakken shale oil, and the need to address climate. Spokane has already passed…

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Don’t Frack CA Rally Sat. March 15

http://act.credoaction.com/event/dfca_2014/3407/?akid=9966.4833224.6WXFBx&rd=1&t=2

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Crude Oil Train Explosions 2013-2014

Crude Oil Train Explosions 2013-2014

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