Exxon to Challenge Ark. Oil Spill Fine at Hearing, but Public Not Allowed to Listen

‘What gets everybody really suspicious is that you don’t have access to watch it, which raises all kinds of issues about transparency.’
By Elizabeth Douglass   InsideClimate News    Jun 11, 2014
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http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20140611/exxon-challenge-ark-oil-spill-fine-hearing-public-not-allowed-listen

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Third Healing Walk – Benicia to Rodeo – This Weekend, Sat. June 17

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https://actionnetwork.org/events/connect-the-dots-refinery-healing-walk-3

 

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Tar Sands Healing Walk June 27-29, 2014, Fort McMurray, Alberta

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http://www.healingwalk.org/

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Crude-by-rail transportation provides Bakken Shale production access to major markets

From U.S. Energy Information Agency website, June 10, 2014

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http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=16631#

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Catching Up

By Guy Cooper   Martinez Environmental Group   6/10/2014

http://martinezgazette.com/archives/15216

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Long-awaited Valero crude-by-rail EIR delayed again

By Donna Beth Weilenman   June 9, 2014 

http://beniciaindependent.com/wp/long-awaited-valero-crude-by-rail-eir-delayed-again/

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Martinez Environmental Group: Catching up …

By Guy Cooper    June 10, 2014    Martinez Gazette

http://martinezgazette.com/archives/15216

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Freight train derails in McKeesport

CSX train left dangling over Youghiogheny River

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By David Pierce   Jun 09, 2014
http://beniciaindependent.com/wp/latest-derailment-mckeesport-pennsylvania-near-pittsburgh/

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ATTORNEY GENERAL CONFIRMS CBE CONCERNS OVER CHEVRON REFINERY

Letter asks Richmond to revise EIR

Attorney General Confirms CBE Concerns over Chevron Refinery

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Council unanimously bans single-use plastic bags

Rick Jones   Martinez Gazette   June 8, 2014
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http://martinezgazette.com/archives/15150

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