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
Repost from the Daily Democrat, Davis CA [Editor: Original materials: see the Abstract of the study or the 19 pages of Supporting Information. – RS] Canada oil sands have more emissions than those in US By Kat Kerlin, UC Davis News Service, 06/25/15, 3:20 PM PDT Gasoline and diesel fuel extracted and refined from Canadian oil sands will release about … Continue reading Canada oil sands: dirtier than conventional domestic crude
Repost from The Fairfield Daily Republic [Editor: Download the 152-page Update from the STA website. Although this article doesn’t mention it, significant attention is paid to crude by rail in the Update: see p. 8 on the Benicia-Martinez Railroad Bridge, p. 15 on the Valero Refinery, pp. 27-29 on Future Demand (including crude-by-rail), pp. 91-93 on Potential Projects, … Continue reading Solano County study addresses rail plans, including crude-by-rail
Repost from Western City Magazine A Growing Risk: Oil Trains Raise Safety and Environmental Concerns By Cory Golden, in the February 2015 issue of Western City More and more often, trains snake down through California from its northern borders, with locomotives leading long lines of tank cars brimming with volatile crude oil. Rail remains among the … Continue reading Western Cities Magazine: A Growing Risk – Oil Trains Raise Safety and Environmental Concerns