Repost from KPIX 5, CBS SF Bay Area Lawsuit Filed Over Fracked Oil Trains In The Bay Area After KPIX 5 Report March 28, 2014 RICHMOND (KPIX 5) — Two weeks ago, KPIX 5 discovered trains carrying explosive fracked crude oil have been rolling into the Bay Area under everyone’s radar. On Thursday, four environmental … Continue reading Environmental groups sue Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Repost from East Bay Express Richmond and Berkeley Oppose Fracked Oil and Tar Sands Rail Shipments Jean Tepperman — Wed, Mar 26, 2014 The city councils of both Berkeley and Richmond unanimously passed resolutions last night calling for tighter regulation of the shipping of crude oil by rail through the East Bay. The Berkeley resolution … Continue reading East Bay Express: Richmond and Berkeley oppose oil by rail
Repost from The Contra Costa Times [Editor’s note: Please understand the significance here, involving the Union Pacific rail line THROUGH BENICIA and across the BENICIA BRIDGE. Of course, this is also of great importance to our friends uprail in Sacramento, Davis, etc., and across the Carquinez Strait in Martinez, Crockett, and Rodeo and downrail through … Continue reading Important issues affecting Benicia to be heard tonight in Berkeley, Richmond
Repost from The Peoples’ Vanguard, of Davis, CA Transport of Crude-by-Rail Puts Davis at Risk February 3, 2014 By Lynne Nittler, Milton Kalish, and Matt Biers-Ariel Background: North Dakota Bakken crude oil production is booming, and oil companies are looking for a fast, convenient way to transport their sweet light crude oil to refineries across the … Continue reading Urgent concerns of our “uprail” friends & neighbors in Davis, CA