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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
Geology.com – San Francisco, Bay Area and Sacramento Valley – Sea Level Rise Map
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Are your favorite ocean waters on the watch list?
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Low-Income Area Copes with Oil Refineries, Toxic Waste. By Jane Kay and Cheryl Katz, Environmental Health News
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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
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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
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Successful initial organizing meetings in Benicia and Martinez!
by Martin MacKerel
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 Big Oil.
Benicia Call to Action: Stop Crude-by-Rail
First, on Monday, Benicians for a Safe and Healthy Community held their first meeting, a “Call to Action” public forum on the dangers of crude-by-rail (which we know so well). It was a great success, attracting over 100 people (including the Mayor) to an informational session at the public library. After hearing the presentation, the standing-room-only crowd was very concerned and supportive of the group’s efforts. In response, Valero has set up their own webpage about their project, inviting people to their own forum about it on Monday the 24th at 6:30pm. RSVP there.
For more about the meeting, read the Benicia Herald’s coverage. The group’s website is http://safebenicia.org/
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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
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Seattle passes a resolution against crude-by-rail
from blog by Martin MacKerel
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 a resolution asking the state for more study and safeguards before increasing the amount of crude-by-rail that comes through their town.
On Monday, the Seattle City Council unanimously passed a resolution asking that permits for all projects that would increase oil trains through Seattle to be put on hold until more thorough environmental and safety review can be done. The resolution also points out that
[T]he transport of large volumes of fossil fuels such as petroleum is not compatible with the City of Seattle’s role as a regional and national leader in addressing climate change or with the City’s established goal of being carbon neutral by 2050.
Seattle City Council calls for statewide moratorium on new…
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Don’t Frack CA Rally Sat. March 15
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Crude Oil Train Explosions 2013-2014
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