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Oil refineries

Brown Administration Supports Proposal That Would Block Increased Bay Area Tar Sands Refining

I co-authored this April 18th East Bay Express blog post with Jean Tepperman: The California Air Resources Board has announced support for a proposal that would block the increasing use of Alberta tar sands and other extra-polluting crude oil at the Bay

May 19, 2017 Big Oil, Climate change, Environmental Justice, Oil refineries, Tar Sands, Updates

How California’s Oil Refining Sector Became, Proportionately, the Most Carbon-Intensive in the World

[Check out my new story in East Bay Monthly…] California is one of the world’s most important political arenas for climate change policy. In contrast to the Trump administration, which has begun to dismantle the federal government’s existing climate change

March 31, 2017April 5, 2017 Big Oil, Climate change, Environmental Justice, New Articles, Oil refineries, Tar Sands

Brown Administration Weighing In on Proposal to Stop Bay Area Tar Sands Refining

On May 17, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District will consider a proposal that would make the San Francisco Bay Area the world’s first region to place limits on oil refineries’ overall greenhouse-gas and particulate-matter emissions. This new regulation,

February 22, 2017February 22, 2017 Big Oil, Climate change, Jerry Brown, New Articles, Oil refineries, Updates

This Bay Area Proposal Would Strike a Huge Blow Against Dirtier Oil Production (The Nation)

As I noted in a December post, I am preparing new stories on efforts by Bay Area climate justice activists who are mobilizing for the first-ever overall limits on oil refinery greenhouse gas and particulate matter emissions, thus dealing a major blow to

February 3, 2017 Big Oil, Climate change, New Articles, Oil refineries

First-Ever Overall Limit on Oil Refinery Climate Pollution? The Bay Area Could Adopt It

For those concerned about climate change, all eyes are on California as it braces for the Trump era, particularly in the wake of Governor Jerry Brown’s fiery speech to the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco two weeks ago. Within the

December 29, 2016December 29, 2016 Big Oil, Climate change, Jerry Brown, Oil refineries, wpreports exclusive

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