Groundswell: CLCV Blog

This week, the state court of appeals ruled that an environmental impact report (EIR) for an expansion and modernization of the Chevron refinery in Richmond, California failed to address the additional pollution and greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the project. The ruling maintains a lower court injunction against proceeding with the project.

Valero and Tesoro...names that sound like hill towns in Tuscany rather than the monikers of two mega-polluting oil companies who put up millions to do away with California's landmark AB 32 greenhouse gas reduction law.