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Tag Archives: Chevron fire
Air Quality Agency Detected Contaminant After Chevron Richmond Refinery Fire
The question of how Monday's fire at the Chevron refinery affected Bay Area air remains, shall we say, murky. On Thursday the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, which is charged with monitoring what we breathe, backtracked on an earlier … Continue reading
A.M. Splash: Investigators Suspect Error Caused Chevron Fire; 49ers to Get Half of Disputed Tax Fund; History of Chevron Fires
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Chevron response to fire threat probed (SF Chronicle) Investigators looking into the fire at the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond suspect that heat insulation around a leaking pipe contributed to the disaster by masking the extent of the danger until … Continue reading
Did the Chevron Fire Affect Your Health? Contra Costa County Answers Questions
Did the fire at Chevron's Richmond oil refinery affect your health? The Health Services department of Contra Costa County has posted answers to frequently asked questions on the topic. It has also posted the Bay Area Air Quality Management District … Continue reading
A.M. Splash: Richmond Air Reported Fine After Fire; Hundreds File Claims in Chevron Fire; Marin Breast Cancer Gene Investigated
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Richmond air quality safe, analysis says (SF Chronicle) Regulators say the black cloud that wafted over the Bay Area during Monday's fire at the Chevron oil refinery had no obvious negative effect on Richmond's air quality, a claim that raises … Continue reading
BAAQMD Finds 23 'Potentially Toxic Pollutants' in Air Around Chevron Fire, Says 'Well Under Exposure Levels'
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Statement from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District on air quality samples the agency took around the Richmond fire: The Air District had inspectors at the scene of the August 6 Chevron fire, collecting air quality samples from the … Continue reading
Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin on Chevron Fire: 'We Live With This Risk Day In and Day Out'
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Richmond's Mayor, probably the highest-ranking Green Party government official in the country, released this statement today: Richmond mayor seeks transparency on Chevron fire
