July 14, 2017
Capital and Main, Judith Lewis Mernit, July 12, 2017- Sprawling across nearly 3,000 acres of coastal tidelands in Richmond, California, the Chevron oil refinery sends more than 4.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year. The 250,000 barrels of crude it turns into usable fuels every …
July 12, 2017
RR Observer, Lente, July 2, 2017- In response to Ryan Cangiolosi’s opinion piece published in the June 4 Observer, I want to set the record straight about why local communities should have a voice when it comes to oil and gas rules and safeguards. What Cangiolosi either misunderstood or mischaracterized …
June 30, 2017
Oregon Public Broadcasting, Tony Schick, June 28, 2017- For the second time since 2015, the Oregon Legislature has stripped language out of a bill that would have increased the state’s regulation of oil trains. Oregon has the weakest regulations among West Coast states. A year after a Union Pacific oil train derailed and …
June 14, 2017
Lafayette News, Anthony Hahn, June 6, 2017- Lafayette City Council members could push for more local control over where and how oil and gas pipelines operate within their borders in the coming months, officials suggested Tuesday night. Following a presentation from Josh Joswick, a community organizer with the Earthworks Oil …
May 18, 2017
Star-Telegram, Max B. Baker, May 18, 2017- Sometimes it takes a little plant food to get a grassroots network to grow. Two years ago, after Texas lawmakers passed House Bill 40 limiting local control over oil and gas activity, activists pledged to form what they called the Texas Grassroots Network …