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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: Tesoro
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
OPPOSE TRANSPORT OF CRUDE BY RAIL THROUGH MARTINEZ AND THE EAST BAY
Sign our petition to convince the Martinez City Council to support the MEG resolution against crude by rail transport! We urge the Martinez City Council to adopt a resolution opposing the transport of hazardous crude by rail along the Union Pacific … Continue reading
Posted in Bakken Crude, Danger! Crude-by-Rail, Health, Tar Sands, Tesoro
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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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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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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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Environmental groups look to halt shipment of crude by rail
By Rick Jones April 1, 2014 “If the BAAQMD board knew nothing about the permit, it should be embarrassed, and it should actually exercise its authority and hold its staff accountable to the community,” Communities for a Better Environment … Continue reading
Posted in Bakken Crude, Danger! Crude-by-Rail, Tar Sands, Tesoro
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Standing on Sacred Ground – Profit and Loss…Film & Discussion, April 4th
UC Berkeley – Dwinelle Hall 142 Berkeley, CA 94720 April 4, 2014 – 7:00pm Free – Donations Accepted From Papua New Guinea rainforests to Canada’s tar sands, Profit and Loss exposes industrial threats to native peoples’ health, livelihood and cultural … Continue reading
Posted in Featured Events, Shell, Tar Sands, Tesoro, Uncategorized
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East Bay and South Bay passenger rail corridor proposed to move crude oil
By Tom Lochner Contra Costa Times POSTED: 03/24/2014 http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_25412227/east-bay-and-south-bay-passenger-rail-corridor-proposed-to-move-crude-oil
Posted in Bakken Crude, Danger! Crude-by-Rail, Fracking, Refineries, Tar Sands, Tesoro
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Kinder Morgan, air quality district sued by environmental groups over crude oil by rail shipments to Richmond
By Tom Lochner Contra Costa Times POSTED: 03/28/2014 http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_25442826/kinder-morgan-air-quality-district-sued-by-environmental-groups-over-crude-oil-by-rail-shipments-to-richmond
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