Carbon dioxide, Carbon emissions, Carbon sequestration, Solano County CA

Join the Movement to Stop Dangerous Carbon Capture and Storage in Solano County

The Montezuma NorCal Carbon Sequestration Hub imagines a new carbon dioxide pipeline system in the Bay Area.

BenIndy Contributor Kathy Kerridge, July 18, 2024. Images added by BenIndy.

Hi All,

I am reaching out to invite you to an upcoming Info-Session & Petition Training to stop the Bay’s first proposed carbon dumping scheme. The project is a grave threat to our communities, wetlands, and way of life, and is a dangerous distraction from real climate solutions.

The Montezuma NorCal Carbon Sequestration Hub proposes to drill an injection well near the Montezuma wetlands, across Suisun Bay from Pittsburg & Antioch. Dangerously compressed carbon dioxide (CO2) from fossil fuel facilities around the Bay would be collected and transported by barge and pipeline to the injection site, ultimately expanding the lifespan of the dirty facilities and putting our communities at risk. Large enough quantities of CO2 can be fatal.

Join Communities Against Carbon Transport & Injection (CACTI) for an Info-Session & Petition Training on Wednesday, July 31 at 6pm over Zoom to learn more about the project and sign up to petition in your community! 

We need all hands on deck to get the word out and stop this dirty and dangerous project from being built in our backyards! See event details and RSVP here.

We hope to see you there!

Satartia victim Debrae Burns, with oxygen tank, about one week after the 2020 Satartia, MS  pipeline explosion. On February 22, 2020, a pipeline carrying carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide exploded, causing cars to stop and some victims to lose consciousness due to lack of oxygen; 45 were hospitalized, 200 were evacuated, and three people nearly died. | DeSmog.com / Dan Zegart.

Learn more about Carbon Capture in Solano County

Read More on BenIndy>> Click for coverage of this project and other dangerous pipeline projects in the United States.

Listen on KPFA >> Terra Verde is joined by guests Dr Marjaneh Moini of PSR-SF and Kathy Kerridge of 350 Bay Area Action to discuss the public health risks and environmental concerns arising from an emerging proposal to establish a carbon capture and sequestration injection site at Montezuma Hills in Solano County to ostensibly address carbon pollution from the electricity generating facilities, hydrogen plants and refineries operating in the San Francisco Bay Delta area.

Watch on YouTube >> “Carbon Pipelines: Stories from Satartia.” On Monday, January 24, Food & Water Watch and the Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club brought together Satartia residents and a first responder to the incident in a discussion moderated by Dan Zegart, the investigative journalist who broke the story nationally in 2021. Additional speakers include Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17), Food & Water Watch Senior Iowa Organizer Emma Schmit, and Jessica Mazour of the Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club.

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Largaespada and Macenski Apparently Enter Benicia City Council Race (We Guess? Kind Of?)

[BenIndy: To our knowledge, neither current Council Member Trevor Macenski nor former member Lionel Largaespada has officially announced their candidacy. However, we can infer a few things from the labor council’s announcement. First, we can guess that these two intend to run. That’s an easy one, and not surprising at all.  Second, the filing period hasn’t closed yet, indicating that the council is not interested in considering a full field of candidates before anointing their favorites. (To be fair, early endorsements aren’t uncommon, but frequency and equitability aren’t the same thing.) Third, this suggests that neither Macenski nor Largaespada plans to challenge Mayor Steve Young in his reelection bid. Fourth, it shows that the labor group is willing to endorse GOP candidates, assuming Largaespada has not changed parties since this 2018 SF Chronicle profile. While labor unions sometimes endorse conservative candidates, it is rarer due to the GOP’s history of blocking minimum wage increases, weakening safety and health protections, cracking down on union activity, and ignoring violations of workers’ rights to benefit mega-corporations. Although the labor council may have stolen some of the apparent candidates’ precious potential thunder by preempting their actual announcements, we’ll share them when we see them.]

Napa-Solano Central Labor Council announce endorsements for election

They include Largaespada for Benicia City Council, Dr. LaTanya Young for Vallejo School Board

Vallejo Times-Herald, by Thomas Gase, July 20, 2024

The Napa-Solano Central Labor Council, representing workers across both Napa and Solano counties, announced its early November election endorsements on Saturday.

Officials say the candidates were interviewed by the United Workers for Local Government, which consists of representatives from the Napa-Solano Central Labor Council and the Napa-Solano Building Trades Council, as well as workers from across all parts of the local economy, from the public sector to construction, and from manufacturing to teachers, nurses, and the service sector.

The endorsements:

  • Michael Silva, Vacaville City Council
  • Trevor Macenski, Benicia City Council
  • Lionel Largaespada, Benicia City Council
  • Ana Petero, Fairfield-Suisun School Board
  • Dr. LaTanya Young, Vallejo School Board
  • Scott Sedgley, Napa Mayor
  • Beth Painter, Napa City Council, District 2
  • Bernie Narvaez, District 4
  • Measure G, Napa City Bond Measure

Following in-depth interviews, these candidates were evaluated based on their track record of support for workers’ issues. Additionally, ballot measures in the City of Napa (Measure G) and the City of Benicia (Measure F, also known as the Save Our Streets measure) were evaluated and endorsed based on their impact on workers and broader communities.

Over the coming weeks, the Napa-Solano Central Labor Council will interview candidates in all other races across these two counties.

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