Will Parrish

Will Parrish

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Tar Sands

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

Recent Posts

  • Anti-Terror Center Helped Police Track Environmental Activists (The Guardian, Oct. 2, 2019)
  • Interview: The Real News Network
  • Interview: Oregon Public Broadcasting
  • The US Border Patrol and an Israeli Military Contractor Are Putting a Native American Reservation Under Persistent Surveillance (The Intercept, Aug. 25, 2019)
  • Emails Raise Ethical Questions Over Trump Official’s Role in Gas Project

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