Skip to content
Search
  • Home
  • Benicia Black Lives Matter
    • Benicia Black Lives Matter – Our Voices
    • Benicia’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative
    • Anti-racism letters in the Benicia Herald
  • BENICIA – WHERE TO WRITE & CALL!
  • About the BenIndy
  • ARCHIVES
    • Coronavirus (Apr2020-May2022)
      • Excellent daily summary at CovidActNow
      • CA.gov COVID-19 data for Solano County
    • Kari Birdseye for Benicia City Council 2022
    • 2020 Benicia Election
      • The BenIndy on our 2020 Election
      • Valero PAC Financial Disclosures
      • Valero smears Steve Young to promote it’s preferred candidate
    • Kari Birdseye for Benicia City Council 2018
    • ISO
    • CRUDE BY RAIL
      • About Crude By Rail
        • Resources
        • Marilyn Bardet interviews
        • Valero CBR Background
      • CBR – Take Action Now!
        • Day After the NEXT BIG ONE – Take Action!
      • CBR – Local Media Coverage
      • CBR – Links
      • Stop the oil trains – Poetry, Song, etc.
      • CBR – CBR Official Project Documents
        • Valero appeal to City Council (and STB)
        • Final EIR
        • REVISED EIR
        • Draft EIR and Mitigated Negative Declaration
      • CBR – 2016 Project Review
        • Formal Comments by Benicians for a Safe & Healthy Community
        • 2015 – Public comments DEIR, RDEIR
        • Highly critical reviews at close of DEIR public comment period
        • 2014 – Public comments DEIR
        • 2013 – Public Comments MND & Scoping
      • Kamala Harris letters
Crude By Rail, Local land use authority, Phillips 66 Nipomo Mesa refinery, Public permitting, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Maria Refinery

San Luis Obispo victory: media roundup

October 6, 2016 Roger Straw
In an email from Ethan Buckner…

SLO victory: media roundup

By Ethan Buckner, STAND.earth, 10/6/2016 2:23 PM

Sacramento Bee: California rejects another oil company’s plan to ship oil on trains

San Luis Obispo Tribune: SLO Planning Commission rejects Phillips 66 oil-by-rail proposal

KSBY News:

  • Phillips 66 Oil Train Plan Rejected
  • Phillips 66 Oil Train Project Rejected by County Planners
  • Phillips 66 Will Review Its Right to Appeal Rejection of Oil by Rail Proposal

KCBX: SLO County Planning Commission votes to deny Phillips 66 rail spur project

Lompoc Record: SLO County Planning Commission votes down oil-by-rail proposal

CalCoast News: SLO County Planning Commission denies Phillips 66 rail spur project

Pacific Coast Business Times: Phillips 66’s crude-by-rail proposal denied

Post navigation

Previous PostBREAKING NEWS: San Luis Obispo Planning Commission Denies Phillips 66’s Oil Trains ProjectNext PostBREAKING NEWS: City of Benicia releases final Resolution to Deny Valero Crude by Rail

SUBSCRIBE TO BENINDY NEWS & VIEWS

Enter your email address to subscribe and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 1,490 other subscribers

The occasional BenIndy Newsletter

Sign up for the OCCASIONAL Benicia Independent newsletter.  The newsletter comes out once a month on average, by email.

CLICK HERE to join over 1,300 other Newsletter subscribers…

Recent Posts

  • Keep Hate Out of California’s Official Voter Materials April 30, 2026
  • Benicia Independent to go dark at midnight tonight – MAY DAY STRONG! April 30, 2026
  • KQED: California’s Fuel Fears Threaten Benicia’s ‘Just Transition’ to Green Economy April 30, 2026
  • 2026 CEQA Ballot Initiative Briefing April 30, 2026
  • Valero fined another $3.25 million for 118 air quality violations at Benicia refinery April 29, 2026
  • Benicia Fire Chief interview – On the ISO and Valero’s transition April 26, 2026
  • Swings will soon return to downtown’s Playground of Dreams April 26, 2026
  • The US Justice Department Sides With the Ku Klux Klan April 25, 2026
  • Benicia Independent to go dark on May 1 April 23, 2026
  • BENICIA HERALD Editor Galen Kusic on Antisemitic Letter April 22, 2026
  • Benicia’s Black Poetry Celebration – Next week Wednesday! April 22, 2026
  • Antisemitic letter in the Benicia Herald April 20, 2026
  • Valero Benicia Refinery delayed reporting the March flare tower incident that caused shelter-in-place April 18, 2026
  • Valero laid off its Benicia firefighter crew, hopes for outside aid in case of tank fire April 18, 2026
  • End of Era: Valero has closed Benicia refinery, plans total exit April 16, 2026
  • Dr. Richard Fleming: Public Health Risks of Tank Farms April 15, 2026
  • NBC: Two Dozen Valero Benicia refinery workers went to the emergency room with burns April 11, 2026
  • Benicia has a rare deep water port. Here’s what it would take to fix it April 11, 2026
  • Benicia’s solar panels are broken. The fix is $480k April 11, 2026
  • Stephen Golub: Israel-US At War with Iran April 5, 2026
  • Is Benicia Next? Prosecutors charge parents with child abuse following e-moto crash April 3, 2026
  • NO KINGS Protest in Benicia – massive turnout! March 28, 2026
  • Eleven Reasons why this NO KINGS DAY is more important than ever March 26, 2026
  • Constance Beutel – On Planned Giving in Benicia March 25, 2026
  • Stephen Golub: Steve Kerr, the Oscars, Gun Violence and All the Empty Rooms March 25, 2026

Categories

Archives

Proudly powered by WordPress