CBE PRESS RELEASE: Communities for a Better Environment (CBE) accepted a local government invitation to join in the “root cause analysis” of the Richmond refinery crude unit fire that occurred on August 6, 2012. The analysis will be performed under the Industrial Safety Ordinance adopted by Contra Costa County and the City of Richmond. This would mark the first direct community group participation in a root cause investigation under the Ordinance.  Read more here.

A report released Tuesday by the state is an attempt to study where California is most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change… Read more.

Read our correspondence published by the American Chemical Society.  For more details read our notes on the response by proponents of a proprietary refinery emissions model. You can also read other scientific reports by CBE here.

Click here to view the LA Times article.

AB 1990, the Solar for All bill, sponsored by CBE and the other members of the California Environmental Justice Alliance, was passed by the Assembly by a vote of 49-29. If you made a call or donation or signed a petition to support this campaign, thank you!

This important legislation, which includes a local hire ordinance that would bring the “green economy” to communities where it is needed most, is now headed to the California Senate.

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Great job, CBE energy team and CEJA!

(Oakland, CA, May 22, 2012)—Oakland Tribune covers the fight by CBE and the community to ensure community has a voice in whether a crematorium moves in to East Oakland