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Biological resources, Climate Change, Cumulative impacts, Environmental Impacts, Uprail communities

Latest Benicia DEIR comments: Center For Biological Diversity, Communities for a Better Environment, Natural Resources Defense Council

On December 16, the City of Benicia released yet another document highly critical of the Valero Crude-by-Rail Draft EIR.  The massive report was submitted for the record on December 5 by the Center for Biological Diversity, Communities for a Better Environment, and Natural Resources Defense Council.  The document focuses on biological resources and climate change.  Many thanks … Continue reading Latest Benicia DEIR comments: Center For Biological Diversity, Communities for a Better Environment, Natural Resources Defense Council →

Bay Area Refineries, Benicia Industrial Park, Crude By Rail, Derailment, Explosion, Fracking, Oil spill, Valero Crude By Rail

Faces of Fracking – Ed Ruszel of Benicia, California

Repost from Faces of Fracking [Editor – This is much more than a story about our friend Ed Ruszel.  Author Tara Lohan packs background and detail into this piece like a great storyteller.  Another MUST READ, including almost everything you need to know about crude by rail in Benicia….  (This story also appears on Grist and … Continue reading Faces of Fracking – Ed Ruszel of Benicia, California →

Crude By Rail, Homeland Security, Rail Safety, Risk Assessment

Obama gets Thompson rail security and safety legislation

Repost from The Benicia Herald Obama gets Thompson rail safety legislation December 12, 2014 by Donna Beth Weilenman President Barack Obama is poised to sign legislation from U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Napa, that would require security assessments of American oil refineries, including Valero Benicia Refinery, and railroad infrastructure, such as Union Pacific that has tracks … Continue reading Obama gets Thompson rail security and safety legislation →

Bakken Crude, Crude By Rail, Oil prices, Tar sands crude, Valero Crude By Rail

Falling oil prices: what impact on North American crude by rail?

In Benicia, some are wondering about implications for and against Valero’s crude-by-rail proposal By Roger Straw, November 29, 2014 The business news pages of mainline media are repeatedly trumpeting the dramatic decline in the price of oil.  Regular folks here are happy to see gas prices at the pump at or below $3/gallon.  Business Insider … Continue reading Falling oil prices: what impact on North American crude by rail? →