[full report] The State’s Interagency Working Group on Refinery Safety released its draft report outlining steps and recommendations to improve public and worker safety at and near the state’s oil refineries. Communities on the frontlines of the impacts of climate change are all too aware of the urgency President Obama articulated in framing the Climate Action Plan… Read more. CBE stands OPPOSED to AB 26 (Bonilla). AB 26 as amended would prioritize refineries for public money from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund… (Read more) On June 19th, the Los Angeles City Council voted 12-0 to direct the City Planning Department to research, analyze and draft Clean Up Green Up policy recommendations for Boyle Heights, Pacoima and Wilmington. Clean Up Green up will help create more green businesses, green spaces, and reduce the pollution harming the health of residents. Read more about this victory. For the first time refinery workers and community groups have proposed a specific approach to preventing the potentially catastrophic impacts from increased emissions caused by refining “dirtier” grades of oil. Read more. Concerned public denied constitutional rights to challenge California Energy Commission permits. Read the press release. 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.
Draft state report outlines steps to improve safety
Response to Obama’s Climate Action Plan
CBE Analysis of AB 26 Amendments
Toxic Hotspots Closer to a Cleaner and Greener Reality
Workers and community comment on BAAQMD dirty oil rule
CBE urges California Senate to vote no on AB 26
Lawsuit Filed to Help Communities Fight Power Plant Air Pollution
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