City Council to Vote on Coal Storage Ban
A highly contentious decision on whether to phase out coal storage in Richmond is scheduled to be before city council on Tuesday, Jan. 14....
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Jul
Environmental and Labor Groups Clash Over Coal Ordinance
More than 150 people took to Civic Center plaza before the July 18 meeting, where planning commissioners considered an ordinance that would effectively ban the storage and handling of coal...
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Feb
After Wildfires, Air Quality Monitoring Goes Hyperlocal
This past year, the Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) received a Star Grant, allowing it to start a community air-monitoring program with nearly 30 home air monitors. ...
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Dec
Richmond: The Center of a Toxic Debate
While California leads the country in implementing environmental policy — innovating the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions through cap-and-trade — local air districts have as a result lost power over...
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Dec
Kern Needs to Widen Buffer Zone to Protect Students from Toxic Air
It is understandable why the Center on Race, Poverty, and the Environment, along with more than 100 other environmental, labor, and civil rights organizations, is calling for a 24/7,...
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Aug
As Sirens Go Off, Richmond Residents Fear the Worst
When you live in a low-income community in the shadows of Chevron, you fear the worst. Every single day we have to ask ourselves, “When is another explosion going to...
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Sep
In Asthma Plagued County, a Move Toward Prevention
Leer en Español News Report, Malcolm Marshall Richmond High School senior Maribel Navarro remembers what it felt like to have to go to the emergency room every time she had an asthma...
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Jul
Q&A: A Year After Refinery Fire, No “Culture of Safety” at Chevron”
Leer en Español Question & Answer, Nicole Hudley Editor's Note: Last August, an explosion and fire at the Chevron refinery in Richmond, Calif. sent a vaporized plume into the sky and into...
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Aug
Youth React to Chevron Refinery Disaster
(Photo by Adam Kruggel) Leer en Español First Person, Various, Posted: Aug 10, 2012 On the night of Monday, August 6, residents of Richmond, California were advised to seek shelter indoors due to a series of...
Community members provide input on Richmond’s Climate Action Plan
By: Wendi Jonassen | October 25, 2011 – Richmond Confidential Richmond hosted its first public meeting on its Climate Action Plan Monday, asking for community input about environmental and community priorities...
