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Six-year-old Aubrey Bown places a red carnation to honor her uncle, James Suh, a U.S. Navy SEAL, who was shot down in Korangal Valley, Afghanistan. Cupertino hosted the annual Veterans Day ceremony at Memorial Park. (Anna Li/Peninsula Press) California held … Continue reading
Analyst: No Gas Shortages During Price Hikes
A new study says that when Californians were paying more at the pump for gas this spring and fall supply was actually increasing. Independent energy analyst Robert McCullough told a California State Senate Select Committee today he can't rule out … Continue reading
Coastal Commission to Weigh in On Diablo Canyon Test Opposed by Environmentalists
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — California coastal regulators were set to weigh in Wednesday on a utility's contentious plan to map offshore earthquake faults near a nuclear power plant by blasting loud air cannons. Pacific Gas & Electric Co., which operates … Continue reading
Calif. Chamber of Commerce Sues to Invalidate Cap-and-Trade Auctions
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The California Chamber of Commerce launched a legal torpedo at the state’s new carbon trading market, set to begin Wednesday. The group, which represents 13,000 businesses in the state, is asking the Sacramento Superior Court to invalidate the state’s first … Continue reading
Chevron Clarifies It Did Not Inform Regulators First About Unmonitored Pipe
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posted by Laird Harrison, Jon Brooks, Dan Brekke Chevron has put out a clarification of an earlier statement the company made about when and what it told air quality regulators about past emissions at a Richmond refinery that were illegally … Continue reading
Chevron Disputes Chron Report on Bypass of Monitoring Equipment
Posted by Laird Harrison and Jon Brooks Chevron on Monday took issue with a San Francisco Chronicle report that the company routed a pipe around monitoring equipment so that some emissions at its Richmond oil refinery would escape detection. Chevron … Continue reading
$200 Million? $2.55 Billion? PG&E Disputes What It Can Pay Victims
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PG&E can't afford to pay out $2.55 billion to victims of the San Bruno gas line fire, the utility's CEO said on Thursday, disputing an analyst's estimate. At a press conference, CEO Anthony Earley dismissed the figure, which, according to … Continue reading
Chevron Flare on Tuesday Called 'No Threat'
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Smoke briefly poured into the air at the Chevron refinery on Tuesday, recalling the Aug. 6 fire that damaged a crude oil facility and caused 18,000 Bay Area residents to file medical claims with the oil company. But a Chevron … Continue reading
New Photos: Chevron Refinery Fire and Aftermath
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It could have been worse. That's what the chairman of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board is saying about the Aug. 6 Chevron refinery blaze in Richmond, which sent thousands to the hospital complaining of flame-related ailments. As reported by ABC … Continue reading
Refinery Fire Probe Looks at Spark Sources
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RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) Investigators probing the cause of a blaze at Chevron's Richmond refinery in Northern California are looking at heaters and responding emergency vehicles as possible ignition sources for the massive vapor cloud that spewed from a leaky pipe. … Continue reading
