City Council unanimously passed a 180-day extension for the Emergency Ordinance that requires any new crematoriums in Oakland to first, obtain a Major Conditional Use Permit. Click here to read more. Para Espanol has clique aqui. CBE testifies on dirty crude versus inherently safer technology at landmark federal hearing on Chevron’s 2012 Richmond refinery fire. Read Senior Scientist, Greg Karras’s testimony. View the CSB’s animated video of last years refinery fire. CBE and the Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) petitioned the Richmond Planning Commission today to declare parts of the Chevron Richmond refinery “dangerous building conditions”… Read this news release. Read the petition to the Richmond Planning Commission. Read the fact sheet about corrosion at the Richmond refinery. Help bring more media attention to this story today by adding your comments in this LA Times article. Friday, March 8, Communities for a Better Environment (CBE), the City of Huntington Park, the Los Angeles Unified School District, elected officials and the community will celebrate the ribbon cutting of Linda Esperanza Marquez High School. Read more. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) and the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) released a technical evaluation report on piping samples taken from the Chevron Refinery in Richmond, California, where a hydrocarbon release and massive fire occurred… Read more. Despite mounting political divisions over the issue, nearly two-thirds of Californians continue to consider global warming a serious threat that needs to be addressed. Read more.
East Oakland gains another victory for Environmental Justice
Chemical Safety Board unanimously approves refinery safety recommendations
Chemical Safety Board Calls for Tougher Rules on Refineries
Community groups seek Chevron refinery corrosion repairs for clean, safe jobs
Groups seek probe into low-grade crude shipments to LA refineries
Ten Things Big Oil Doesn’t Want You to Know About California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard
Community Celebrates New School and Park Opening on the Site of a Former Toxic Concrete Mountain
CSB Report on Chevron 2012 Pipe Rupture and Fire; Extensive Sulfidation Corrosion Noted
Sen. Michael Rubio resigns from Cal. Legislature to work for Chevron
Poll on climate change: Most Californians consider it a serious threat