Communities for a Better Environment http://www.cbecal.org Thu, 23 May 2013 20:37:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.cbecal.org/3423/ http://www.cbecal.org/3423/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 22:04:25 +0000 steven http://www.cbecal.org/?p=3423 Stayed tuned in for more events in the near future.

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]]> http://www.cbecal.org/3423/feed/ 0 East Oakland gains another victory for Environmental Justice http://www.cbecal.org/east-oakland-gains-one-victory-for-environmental-justice/ http://www.cbecal.org/east-oakland-gains-one-victory-for-environmental-justice/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 23:07:48 +0000 Diana http://www.cbecal.org/?p=3409 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.

]]> 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.

]]> http://www.cbecal.org/east-oakland-gains-one-victory-for-environmental-justice/feed/ 0 http://www.cbecal.org/3401/ http://www.cbecal.org/3401/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:27:17 +0000 steven http://www.cbecal.org/?p=3401 Sign up for our next toxic tour.

For Northern California toxic tours contact Nile Malloy, Northern California Program Director, (510) 302-0430 ext.11

In Southern California contact Roberto Cabrales, Community Organizer, (323) 826-9771 ext.107

]]> Sign up for our next toxic tour.

For Northern California toxic tours contact Nile Malloy, Northern California Program Director, (510) 302-0430 ext.11

In Southern California contact Roberto Cabrales, Community Organizer, (323) 826-9771 ext.107

]]> http://www.cbecal.org/3401/feed/ 0 Chemical Safety Board unanimously approves refinery safety recommendations http://www.cbecal.org/chemical-safety-board-unanimously-approves-refinery-safety-recommendations/ http://www.cbecal.org/chemical-safety-board-unanimously-approves-refinery-safety-recommendations/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:18:14 +0000 steven http://www.cbecal.org/?p=3390 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 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.

]]> http://www.cbecal.org/chemical-safety-board-unanimously-approves-refinery-safety-recommendations/feed/ 0 Chemical Safety Board Calls for Tougher Rules on Refineries http://www.cbecal.org/chemical-safety-board-calls-for-tougher-rules-on-refineries/ http://www.cbecal.org/chemical-safety-board-calls-for-tougher-rules-on-refineries/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:31:55 +0000 steven http://www.cbecal.org/?p=3348 Read this San Francisco Chronicle article.

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]]> http://www.cbecal.org/chemical-safety-board-calls-for-tougher-rules-on-refineries/feed/ 0 Community groups seek Chevron refinery corrosion repairs for clean, safe jobs http://www.cbecal.org/community-groups-seek-chevron-refinery-corrosion-repairs-for-clean-safe-jobs/ http://www.cbecal.org/community-groups-seek-chevron-refinery-corrosion-repairs-for-clean-safe-jobs/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:52:28 +0000 steven http://www.cbecal.org/?p=3335 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.

]]> 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.

]]> http://www.cbecal.org/community-groups-seek-chevron-refinery-corrosion-repairs-for-clean-safe-jobs/feed/ 0 Groups seek probe into low-grade crude shipments to LA refineries http://www.cbecal.org/groups-seek-probe-into-low-grade-crude-shipments-to-la-refineries/ http://www.cbecal.org/groups-seek-probe-into-low-grade-crude-shipments-to-la-refineries/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:11:55 +0000 steven http://www.cbecal.org/?p=3267 Help bring more media attention to this story today by adding your comments in this LA Times article.

]]> Help bring more media attention to this story today by adding your comments in this LA Times article.

]]> http://www.cbecal.org/groups-seek-probe-into-low-grade-crude-shipments-to-la-refineries/feed/ 0 Ten Things Big Oil Doesn’t Want You to Know About California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard http://www.cbecal.org/ten-things-big-oil-doesnt-want-you-to-know-about-californias-low-carbon-fuel-standard/ http://www.cbecal.org/ten-things-big-oil-doesnt-want-you-to-know-about-californias-low-carbon-fuel-standard/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:32:13 +0000 steven http://www.cbecal.org/?p=3081 Read this fact sheet.

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]]> http://www.cbecal.org/ten-things-big-oil-doesnt-want-you-to-know-about-californias-low-carbon-fuel-standard/feed/ 0 Community Celebrates New School and Park Opening on the Site of a Former Toxic Concrete Mountain http://www.cbecal.org/community-celebrates-new-school-and-park-opening-on-the-site-of-a-former-toxic-concrete-mountain/ http://www.cbecal.org/community-celebrates-new-school-and-park-opening-on-the-site-of-a-former-toxic-concrete-mountain/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:55:04 +0000 steven http://www.cbecal.org/?p=3019 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.

]]> 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.

]]> http://www.cbecal.org/community-celebrates-new-school-and-park-opening-on-the-site-of-a-former-toxic-concrete-mountain/feed/ 0 CSB Report on Chevron 2012 Pipe Rupture and Fire; Extensive Sulfidation Corrosion Noted http://www.cbecal.org/csb-releases-report-on-chevron-2012-pipe-rupture-and-fire/ http://www.cbecal.org/csb-releases-report-on-chevron-2012-pipe-rupture-and-fire/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:26:56 +0000 steven http://www.cbecal.org/?p=3011 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.

]]> 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.

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