May 1, 2014 | by Roger Straw, BenIndy Editor The City of Benicia announced today that the Draft Environmental Impact Report on Valero’s Crude By Rail proposal will be released for public review and comment on June 10, 2014. The Report, originally scheduled for release in January, 2014, was pushed back to sometime in March, … Continue reading Valero Draft EIR to be released June 10, 2014; Planning Commission hearing on July 10→
Repost from KTXL FOX40 Sacramento/Stockton [Editor: This is an excellent video report, but I can’t post it to run here because it runs commercial ads ad nauseum. My apologies but you really should click on the image which takes you to the KTXL page where you can view this video. It has footage from Valero’s … Continue reading Sacramento area mayors, emergency responders to send letter of concern to Valero→
Repost from Corporate Watch [Editor: It may be helpful to set out some facts – complete with footnotes – concerning Valero Energy Corporation’s abysmal record on Biofuels, Environmental Racism, Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Safety and Wrongful Deaths, Anti-Competition, Iraq, Property Assessment Challenges, and CEO Pay. Note that these facts pertain to the international corporation, not … Continue reading Valero – A Critical Look at the Corporation’s many failures→
Repost from The Contra Costa Times [Editor: These fines are for violations in 2010. In October of 2013, Valero agreed to pay $300,300 in fines for violations occurring in 2011 and 2012 (see SFGate story, Benicia Herald story). At that time, Mayor Patterson and I asked the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (independently) to … Continue reading Valero fined $183,000 for 2010 incidents→
