Repost from Sierra Club, Santa Lucia Chapter SLO Planning Commission Bows Down to Oil By Rail By Andrew Christie, Chapter Director, May 16, 2016 For a moment today, as the SLO County Planning Commission was getting ready for its lunch break, it looked as though sanity might prevail. As they commenced deliberations on the Phillips 66 oil-by-rail project after … Continue reading SAN LUIS OBISPO: Planning Commission Bows Down to Oil By Rail→
By Roger Straw, May 13, 2016 Placer County is planning a mass casualty training exercise related to oil train explosions on May 18th in Roseville, California. The exercise will take place at PFE Road and Hilltop Circle in Roseville. Union Pacific Railroad’s J.R. Davis Yard in Roseville is the the largest rail facility on the West Coast, and … Continue reading OIL TRAINS: Mass casualty exercise planned for May 18 in Roseville CA→
Repost from Bloomberg [Editor: Note 3 mentions of crude by rail, and in the final paragraph a reference to local opposition to CBR in Santa Maria, Pittsburg and Benicia. – RS] California Isn’t Feeling U.S. Oil Boom as OPEC Dependence Grows By Robert Tuttle, May 4, 2016 9:01 PM PDT • State sourced a record 52% of its … Continue reading BLOOMBERG: Local opposition to crude by rail is succeeding in California→
With permission by the author. (Published in the Benicia Herald, 5/3/16, no online presence, thus no link…) Time to Shed the Company Town Label By Grant Cooke, April 29, 2016 I have a great deal of respect and gratitude toward municipal politicians, particularly those who toil on the city council and commission level. The hours are … Continue reading GRANT COOKE: Time to Shed the Company Town Label→
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