Chevron Campaign

CHEVRON'S RICHMOND REFINERY PROJECT HALTED BY CONTRA COSTA COUNTY JUDGE

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Press Release Pending (Wednesday, July 1, 2009)

Previously: TENTATIVE RULING in the community's favor!!! ABC7 News Clip

Shareholders Meeting: Re-Cap (5.27.2009)

True Cost of Chevron Report Mentions CBE/Richmond/Chevron's Refinery (page 18) See Counter-Ad about Richmond (page 9)

San Ramon CA - Chevron shareholders were given a full account of the true costs of Chevron's global operations by a delegation of representatives of Chevron affected communities from the across the nation and around the world. Outside supporters filled the entryway, closing Chevron's front gate with a vibrant rally. Representatives from Nigeria, Ecuador, Richmond and the Philippines, were joined inside by those representing communities from Burma, Kazakhstan, Iraq and Alberta to present to shareholders an alternative annual report, The True Cost of Chevron. "Chevron's response is emblematic of its approach to local communities-a systemic disregard and mockery of the communities in which it operates," said Mayor Gayle McLaughlin of Richmond, California. While O'Reilly tried to quiet deep shareholder concerns, outside members of Bay Area Iraq Veterans Against the War, Unconventional Action, Bay Area Rising Tide, Communities for a Better Environment, Asian Pacific Environmental Network, the Burmese Democratic Club, Global Exchange, Rainforest Action Network, and many more made sure their concerns could not be ignored.

MORE ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN:

The Chevron Refinery expansion project in Richmond will build the capacity to refine much DIRTIER crude oil, which means more POLLUTION, increased risk of explosions, fires, spills and releases of poisons into the air of Richmond (and greater Bay Area) residents. Its a matter of life and death for refinery workers and Richmond/Bay Area residents that Richmond define a new path with solutions that protect the community's health and environment.

Richmond City Council approved the expansion project without a decent circulation of its Environmental Impacts Report (EIR). We demand recirculation of the EIR, comprehensive oil quality condition (crude cap) that would prevent pollution by limiting the type of crude coming into the refinery, and funds for the city to community controlled in an open process (Measure T). You can read more on what has transpired in Richmond thus far by clicking here.

Listen to an interview with CBE staff about our fight to "Cap the Crude" (Jun 20, 2008) - KPFA Interview

CBE Organizer Jessica Tovar explains the Chevron Refinery Expansion's many flaws (March 15, 2008) - Richmond Protest

Watch CBE Protest on the campaign here, October 2008

Read (October 23, 2008) how CBE & Allies' lawsuit will challenge Richmond City Council's approval of Chevron Refinery Project

Access CBE's official Press Release (September 4, 2008) announcing the law suit.

Watch a short film about our work in Richmond made and delivered in mass in Europe (in French), April 2009

For more information on the current status of the Chevron Campaign, contact Jessica Tovar (510) 302-0430 x 24 or Ana Orozco (510) 302-0430 x 12, Contra Costa County Community Organizers.