We all know it: transportation speed and convenience come at a high price. It’s a price paid out in billions of barrels of petroleum, and billions of metric tons of CO2. But really big numbers are hard to grasp. This web page gives a graphic and … [Read more...]
Archives for 2015
GHG Mapping Tool from the California Air Resources Board
The California Air Resources Board has unveiled an update of its Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mapping Tool. The tool enables users to locate, view, and analyze emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from nearly 800 facilities in California that each emit … [Read more...]
What Does BAAQMD Do and Why We Should Care
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District regulates a wide range of air pollutants. This presentation lists them by type and describes their effects on human health. It also identifies their sources and links them to refinery processes. The key … [Read more...]
Legal Protections for Photographing at Refineries
This document outlines your 1st Amendment rights when photographing the exteriors of buildings from a public place, such as a public street, sidewalk, or park. The author, attorney Bill Simpich, recommends keeping the referenced documents in your … [Read more...]
Non-violent Direct Action: Why and How
“Those who profess to favor freedom yet deprecate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing; they want rain without thunder and lightning; they want the ocean without the roar of its many waters.” —Frederick Douglass. This … [Read more...]
New Climate Metrics
The methods for measuring effects of climate change are critical to dialogues about climate change. These methods are at the heart of treaty negotiations and government policies. However, the currently used metrics date back to the Kyoto Protocol in … [Read more...]
Interactive Toxics Map of California
A new map from the state Environmental Protection Agency ranks all 8,000 census tracts in California, evaluating each neighborhood and the people who live there to determine their vulnerability to environmental risks. The map enables you to view … [Read more...]
Crude-by-Rail Reports and Presentations
From California Fuel Overview and Crude Oil Trends, California Energy Commission Oil by Rail Safety in California (PDF) Report prepared by the Interagency Rail Safety Working Group, June 10, 2014. The Report recommends 12 steps the state should … [Read more...]
A Coaltastrophe Threatens Oakland
Terminal Logistics Solutions, the developers of City-owned land at the former Oakland Army base, announced last week that it has received $53 million dollars from four Utah counties to export up to six million tons of Utah coal out of Oakland each … [Read more...]
What is Climate Justice
Climate Justice is a global movement to redress the material inequities created by climate change. A form of environmental justice, climate justice demands the fair treatment of all people and freedom from discrimination, and requires the creation of … [Read more...]
“What is Climate Justice?” Richmond’s Battle with Chevron (video)
“What is Climate Justice?” illustrates the concept of climate justice through the story of Richmond's political battle with Chevron in the aftermath of the 2012 refinery explosion. The 2-½ minute video mines locally-shot footage, the U.S. Chemical … [Read more...]