UPDATED Mar 24, 2016 – Here’s a great song by Andy Shaw of Benicia (DrewBobBanjo on SoundCloud). For more movement songs about oil trains, see our Arts Page. The Oil Trains Tune: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, by Gordon Lightfoot Words: Andy Shaw LYRICS (download here): The Oil Trains Lyrics by Andy Shaw Tune: Gordon Lightfoot’s The Wreck … Continue reading THE OIL TRAINS – to the tune of “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”→
Repost from STAND (Stand.earth, formerly ForestEthics) [Editor: Apologies for not posting this sooner – great wrap-up of the February Benicia Planning Commission hearings by our friend Ethan Buckner. – RS] Derailing Big Oil’s Plans for San Luis Obispo and Benicia By Ethan Buckner, Extreme Oil Campaigner, February 18, 2016 In early February, two California planning commissions held hearings … Continue reading ETHAN BUCKNER: Derailing Big Oil’s Plans for San Luis Obispo and Benicia→
Repost from the Redding Record Searchlight [Editor: Mr. Elias mentions the Phillips 66 San Luis Obispo oil train proposal but fails to takes note of the Valero Crude By Rail proposal in Benicia. His argument is magnified by the potential addition of two 50-car oil trains traversing the rails every day in Northern California on their way … Continue reading Light rail doing fine; not so for bigger trains→
By Roger Straw, February 9, 2016 [Editor: UPDATE – Note additional hearing date of Monday, April 18. This new date is IN ADDITION TO the previously scheduled hearings. – RS] Benicia announces City Council dates for hearings on Valero Crude by Rail appeal Hearings will begin on March 15 and continue for public comment on … Continue reading Benicia City Council public comment will be on April 4, 6, 18 and 19→