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...]
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Background and research-driven articles on fossil fuel infrastructure, climate change and environmental justice topics.
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...]
“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...]
11 Maps that Explain the US Energy System
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has a powerful new mapping tool that lets you take a detailed look at every aspect of America's energy system. You can create interactive maps show the distribution of coal, gas, hydro, nuclear, solar and … [Read more...]
Video Clips on Crude-by-Rail from Extreme Energy Forum
At the Sunflower Alliance forum, New Dangers of Extreme Energy (March 1, 2014, Richmond), Marilaine Savard from Lac-Mégantic describes how the derailment of a train carrying Bakken shale oil and the subsequent fire devastated her community in July … [Read more...]
Chemical Safety Board animation: 2012 Chevron fire and explosion
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board investigation into the Chevron Richmond yielded an animation (below) that describes the federal agency's discoveries about the immediate and longer term causes of the Chevron Richmond Refinery fire and … [Read more...]