Letter to the Bay Area Air District: require strict emissions caps on refineries

Posted with permission Benicia Resident Marilyn Bardet’s letter to the Chair of the Board, Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) Direct staff to require numerical emissions caps on all refinery emissons By Marilyn Bardet, Sept 16, 2015 Dear Chair Groom, In response to the overwhelming testimony the District has received from all corners of … Continue reading Letter to the Bay Area Air District: require strict emissions caps on refineries

BENICIA HERALD LETTER: Too many ‘hitches’ to crude by rail

Repost from the Benicia Herald [Editor:  No link is provided for this letter because the Benicia Herald does not publish Letters in its online edition. – RS] Too many ‘hitches’ to crude by rail By Jan Cox-Golovich, September 9, 2015, Benicia Herald “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched … Continue reading BENICIA HERALD LETTER: Too many ‘hitches’ to crude by rail

BENICIA HERALD LETTER: Hoping RDEIR isn’t a model

Repost from the Benicia Herald [Editor:  No link is provided for this letter because the Benicia Herald does not publish Letters in its online edition. – RS] Hoping RDEIR isn’t a model By Nancy Rieser, September 10, 2015, Benicia Herald As a resident of Crockett, I can only hope Benicia’s Revised Draft Environmental Impact Report on … Continue reading BENICIA HERALD LETTER: Hoping RDEIR isn’t a model

League of Women Voters to host Benicia forum on refinery rules

Repost from the Benicia Herald Benicia forum on refinery rules set September 8, 2015 by Nick Sestanovich Air District to have 2-hour ‘open house’ at Robert Semple Elementary on Sept. 17 Debate over the Valero Crude-by-Rail Project — now well into its third year — intensified last week after the release of the revised Draft Environmental … Continue reading League of Women Voters to host Benicia forum on refinery rules