Chevron Oil Spill Is Under Investigation
Supervisor John Gioia said Chevron will be held financially responsible for leaking hundreds of gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay off Point Richmond....
10
Feb
06
Oct
Crowd Marches to Chevron Refinery in Support of Prop. 15
Protesters marched Sept. 30 to the Chevron refinery to urge people to vote for Proposition 15, which would tax commercial property according to current value....
11
Sep
Q&A: Gayle McLaughlin Wants to Build on ‘Major Progress’
Former mayor Gayle McLaughlin explains why she is making a bid to add on to her more than a decade on the Richmond City Council in our interview series....
19
Aug
“Chevron Is On Fire” Again. Change Is Long Overdue.
The 2012 Chevron fire sent me and thousands of others to the hospital. Then, this month, I saw flames and smoke spewing from the refinery again....
26
May
Poor Air Quality in Richmond Increases COVID-19 Risk
Many Richmond residents may be especially vulnerable to COVID-19....
26
Feb
Council Calls for Transparency on Chevron Flaring
The Richmond City Council voted Tuesday to send a letter to the agency that oversees air quality in the Bay Area that requests it releases reports on the causes of...
28
Jul
Día Internacional de Protesta se Centra Sobre el Impacto Ambiental de Chevron
Para protestar por lo que ven como la historia de injusticia de la Corporación Chevron en Richmond y el mundo, los activistas se reunieron el 21 de mayo en la...
01
Jun
International Day of Protest Centers on Chevron’s Environmental Impact
To protest what they see as the Chevron Corp.’s history of injustice in Richmond, activists gathered May 21 at the Castro Street entrance of the refinery, as part of International...
29
Oct
Chevron to Pay $160 Million in Settlement with EPA, DOJ
Chevron U.S.A Inc. has reached a $160 million settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other agencies, requiring it to make safety improvements at all of its domestic...
24
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...
17
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...
21
Jun
Chevron Protesters Confront Oil Giant in San Ramon
It was a gloomy Wednesday morning when I met up with about 20 people at a Peet’s Coffee in San Ramon. I had been asked to be one of the...
25
Mar
Richmond Tiene un Problema de Humo
Un nuevo estudio ha encontrado que mientras que menos adolescentes están empezando el hábito de fumar, el tabaquismo pasivo sigue siendo un gran problema para ellos....
03
Feb
Richmond Has a Smoke Problem
A new study has found that while fewer teens are taking up smoking, secondhand smoke remains a big problem for them. Beyond the effort to remove smoke from residential areas, however,...
12
Aug
Three Years Later
By Tania Pulido The memory is a vivid one for me. It was a beautiful day in Richmond; I was hanging out in my backyard in Richmond Annex when I heard...
