Marathon's Martinez Refinery facility has applied for a permit to allow conversion from the processing of crude oil, to the processing of renewable feedstocks. These are expected to include biological based oils (i.e., soybean oil and corn oil), … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2021
Victory! BAAQMD Refinery PM Regulation Vote, July 21
In a 19-3 vote, on July 21 the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) Board of Directors overwhelmingly approved Rule 6-5, the “cat cracker rule,” to rein in refinery pollution. Andres Soto, Richmond Organizer for Communities for a Better … [Read more...]
Introduction to the Green New Deal, April 20
Grandmothers for a Green New Deal, a small group of elder women (members of 1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations), invite you to a 90-minute, interactive zoom workshop to examine the Green New Deal as a blueprint toward a sustainable … [Read more...]
Cap and Trade and Offsets: California’s Climate Policy at a Crossroads
Should oil refineries in California be allowed to emit extra greenhouse gases if they “offset” their effects by paying hog farmers in Iowa to reduce methane from animal waste? Or by paying landowners to promise to take better care of their trees? In … [Read more...]
Just Transition Town Hall: Decommissioning Refineries in the Bay Area, March 18
Join Communities for a Better Environment, Asian Pacific Environmental Network, and the Richmond Our Power Coalition (ROPC) at the first of a series of ROPC Just Transition town halls. At Decommissioning Refineries in the Bay Area, imagine the … [Read more...]