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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
Category Archives: Fracking
Report on Healing Walk #3 – Benicia to Rodeo
Our third Connect the Dots Healing walk was a big success! Idle No More led the way as 50-60 concerned citizens walked over 14 miles from Benicia all the way to Rodeo. Composed of walkers both young and old, bicyclists, … Continue reading
BREAKING: GOV’T SLASHES CALIFORNIA OIL ESTIMATE
MAY 21, 2014 Repost from Post Carbon InstituteU.S. Department of Energy Agency Reduces Monterey Tight Oil Estimate by Over 95%Image
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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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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
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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Canada becoming launch-pad of a global tar sands and oil shale frenz
A worldwide extreme energy boom, modelled after Canada’s, is unleashing weapons of mass ecological destructionPosted by Martin Lukacs Wednesday 16 April 2014 theguardian.comhttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/16/canada-becoming-launch-pad-of-a-global-tar-sands-and-oil-shale-frenzy
Posted in Climate Change, Fracking, Health, Refineries, Shell, Tesoro
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Proposal for fracking moratorium advances in state Senate
By Patrick McGreevy April 8, 2014 LA Times http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-proposal-for-fracking-moratorium-advances-in-senate-20140408,0,5575337.story#axzz2yMkAnZVP
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Oil trains into Richmond spark lawsuit
By David R. Baker, April 5, 2014 http://beniciaindependent.com/wp/sf-chronicle-green-groups-sue-bay-area-air-quality-management-district/
Posted in Bakken Crude, Danger! Crude-by-Rail, Fracking
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