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Tag Archives: pollution
Aging, Polluting School Buses Remain on Calif. Roads
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Kendall Taggart, California Watch Tens of thousands of California schoolchildren ride aging school buses that emit harmful pollutants, an analysis of state data shows. Unlike many states, California does not require bus owners to take buses off the road after … Continue reading
Chevron Air Monitoring Program Languishes
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By Jennifer Gollan, The Bay Citizen Six air monitoring stations that Chevron agreed to install at its Richmond refinery in 2010 were not put in place, which might have slowed warnings about the danger of pollutants released during the refinery’s … 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
3,500 Seeking Compensation from Chevron After Fire
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Update 4:17 p.m.: KQED's Aarti Shahani Tweeted updates this afternoon from the community center where Chevron was offering help to local residents wishing to file claims stemming from Monday's refinery fire. You can find her Tweets here. Original post: "Near … Continue reading
Richmond's Burden: Life in the Shadow of a Refinery
If you live next to an oil refinery, are you just out of luck? Last night's fire at the Chevron plant showed that having a belching stack of chemical processing equipment as your neighbor ranges from inconvenient to downright hazardous. … Continue reading
