CALL TO ACTION Monday, March 10, 7pm, Benicia Library

CALL TO ACTION COMMUNITY MEETING Stop Valero Crude By Rail! Monday, March 10, 7pm Dona Benicia Room, Benicia Public Library  Benicia, CA – Benicia residents and business owners, along with concerned citizens of neighboring communities, have been following with growing alarm, the proposal of Benicia’s Valero Refinery to import dangerous crude oil by rail.  The … Continue reading CALL TO ACTION Monday, March 10, 7pm, Benicia Library

Panel of Experts meeting in Martinez Feb. 26

On Facebook: facebook.com/events/834097813284056/ Download, print and distribute the FLYER Big Oil Trains: Derailing Community Safety A forum about increased rail accidents, refinery dangers, and climate change. How will refinery expansions and transportation of crude oil by rail affect YOUR town? A panel of experts and activists will inform residents of Benicia, Martinez, Rodeo, Crockett and Port … Continue reading Panel of Experts meeting in Martinez Feb. 26

Martinez City Council and public invited to forum on Big Oil

Repost from the Martinez News-Gazette Big Oil In Our Midst forum scheduled Dear Editor, In 2013, Lac Megantic, Quebec, a town in Canada structured much like Martinez with a railway running through its downtown, suffered a devastating explosion and fire from derailed tank cars destroying much of the downtown and killing 47 people. Three proposed … Continue reading Martinez City Council and public invited to forum on Big Oil