We contributed to a Notice of Intent to Sue a plant in Pittsburg, California, for Burning Hazardous Waste and Releasing Illegal Air Pollution into the surrounding communities.
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Mayor Eric Garcetti Releases L.A.’s Green New Deal
“As the City begins to implement this plan, we urge Mayor Garcetti and the City Council to prioritize environmental justice issues such as: putting in place a 2,500-foot health and safety buffer for new and existing oil drilling operations; mandating Valero refinery in Wilmington that uses extremely dangerous and deadly modified hydrofluoric acid in its refining process to switch to safer alternatives; and continuing to work with community-based organizations for aggressively reducing cumulative impacts of pollution in Clean Up-Green Up Communities such as Wilmington.”
VISIÓN Advocates for a Future Free of Oil & Gas Extraction in Our Communities
Full Press Release HERE.
“California needs to show leadership in creating good policies that protect the health of communities near fossil fuel operations, and this health and safety buffer zone proposal is a real solution which also demonstrates that Sacramento cares about our communities,” said Ashley Hernandez a Youth Organizer with Communities for a Better Environment who lives across the street from Warren E&P, one of the largest drilling sites in Wilmington, in Los Angeles County.
We Won our Constitutional Case Against the California Energy Commission!
FULL Center for Biological Diversity press release here: http://bit.ly/2XobbF0
“‘Over the last two decades, CBE has had to fight new polluting power plants in our communities again and again,’ said CBE legal director Shana Lazerow. ‘Based on our experience, the Energy Commission is completely confident that it need never justify its decisions in any court of law. This decision ends the unconstitutional bar to Superior Court review, opening the door for communities who would have to pay the price with their health and safety.’”
New Fact Sheet: Scrub Chevron’s Catalytic Cracking Emissions to Save Lives in Richmond Now
In this new Fact Sheet, CBE documents feasible, immediately needed action to cut air pollution from Chevron’s refinery.
Join #CBERichmond to demand that the Bay Area Air Quality Management District strengthen its Rule 6-5 to require Chevron’s fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) emission cuts that can be achieved by wet scrubbing NOW.
Act now: Contact Andrés Soto (510.282.5363; andres@cbecal.org) or Zolboo Namkhaidorj(510.495.7959; zolboo@cbecal.org).
CBE is hiring a new Development Associate!
Click here to see job application. Position will remain open until filled.
Press Release on 3/7/2019 TownHall in Rodeo to discuss Tar Sands Expansion Proposal
CLICK HERE for the press release. Community members engaged in a very important discussion regarding the proposed tar sands expansion of the Phillip’s 66 San Francisco Refinery.
Huntington Park Special Election. March 5, 2019
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Voters will cast an advisory vote for Measure C and vote for a candidate to fill the LAUSD District 5 Board seat. Vote No on Measure C. Vota No el la Medida C.
Settlement Wins Protections at Bakersfield Oil Train Terminal
Read the FULL press release HERE.
This settlement will reduce air emissions and increase safety at the largest crude-by-rail terminal operating in California!
WE WON! “Court Rejects Oil Industry’s Retaliatory Lawsuit Against L.A. Youth Groups”
Read the full Press Release HERE.
Youth presides over oil industry! A lot of work went into this! Thank you to everyone that worked with us to make this a reality.