Category Archives: updates
Air pollution causes lung cancer, World Health Organization says
A win for clean energy at the CPUC
EIR Comment: Pittsburg, CA Oil Transfer Facility
Read how tar sands could get to the Bay Area to explode emissions and refineries now (Read CBE’s EIR comment).
US refiners don’t care if Keystone XL pipeline gets built
Railroads are carrying soaring amounts of crude from Canada down to refineries along the US Gulf Coast, reducing the need for the TransCanada project… (Read more).
Help pass AB 1330: Environmental Justice Act
Executive Director transition at CBE
Hazardous emissions from Exide facility
South East LA has been concerned about toxic emissions from Exide’s Vernon facility for over fifteen years. CBE has been calling public attention to the health and safety risks that this facility’s operations pose to the surrounding community… read more.
CBE is Hiring
East Oakland Community Organizer (Deadline Friday Aug, 30): The Community Organizer position will be responsible for executing our organizing and outreach plans to build CBE’s base through strategies of building healthier and greener communities. Read more.
CBE and Allies File Suit to Demand a Smarter Growth Plan from Agencies
CBE, Earthjustice and Sierra Club challenge Bay Area transit agencies for failing to protect the health of vulnerable communities along the Bay Area’s transportation corridors, for failing to ensure access to affordable housing for Bay Area residents, and for failing to adequately address the displacement of low income communities and communities of color. Read the press release here. Read the legal petition here.