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Benicia Planning Commission, Take Action, Valero Crude By Rail

We’ve Waited A Year For This – Thursday, 7/10, Benicia Planning Commission – BE THERE!

For survivors in Lac-Mégantic, for all of us here – This Thursday, Planning Commission meeting – BE THERE! Benicia Independent Editor Roger Straw, July 7, 2014 A year ago, a runaway crude oil train exploded at 1am in downtown Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, killing 47, virtually destroying their downtown, and fouling the land, air and the river running through … Continue reading We’ve Waited A Year For This – Thursday, 7/10, Benicia Planning Commission – BE THERE! →

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Crude By Rail protest at rail station in Davis, CA

Repost from Fox40 TV Sacramento / Stockton / Modesto [Editor:  Thank you, Davis!  Thank you, Assemblyman Roger Dickinson!  Thank you Fox40!  – RS] Crude Oil by Rail Opponents Stage Protests July 9, 2014, by Lonnie Wong SACRAMENTO – Activists concerned about the danger of crude oil train shipments through populated areas took part in a … Continue reading Crude By Rail protest at rail station in Davis, CA →

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Vallejo Times-Herald: Why the rush on crude?

Repost from The Vallejo Times-Herald, Letters Why the rush on crude? By Kathy Kerridge, Vallejo Times-Herald, 07/08/2014 The Benicia Planning commission will take public comments tonight at City Hall on the Draft Environmental Impact Report for Valero’s Crude by Rail project. Written comments are due by Aug. 1. This project would bring 100 rail cars a … Continue reading Vallejo Times-Herald: Why the rush on crude? →

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Crude oil train protests planned in Sacramento and Davis

Repost from The Sacramento Bee [Editor:  Check this out – Benicia’s uprail friends are getting out on the tracks, and they are getting the media’s attention.  Thanks to everyone who is following this story.  Benicia is in the “crosshairs” of a nationwide – worldwide – focus on this dangerous and dirty money grab by the oil and … Continue reading Crude oil train protests planned in Sacramento and Davis →