by admin | Jan 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
A reception Thursday will offer the community a chance to meet Naomi Torres, the new National Parks Service chief of interpretation for the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historic Park. The gathering will be Thursday, January 31, from 6 to 8 p.m....
by admin | Jan 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
The word “tree” is not mentioned even once in the 1,355 pages (excluding appendices) of the Chevron Energy and Hydrogen Renewal Project DEIR and FER in the context of a potential mitigation for greenhouse gases or any other impact, including visual...
by admin | Jan 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
The FEIR for the Chevron Energy and Hydrogen Renewal Project did not evaluate the potential use of solar generated electricity to displace what is presumed to be a 60 megawatt demand. Here is what the FEIR said: Although the Chevron Refinery site is approximately...
by admin | Jan 26, 2008 | Uncategorized
With a scant five days before the Design Review Board hearing on the Chevron Energy and Hydrogen Renewal Project on January 31, the City of Richmond has released for the first time voluminous new documentation on the project. FINAL EIR The main document the public...
by admin | Jan 24, 2008 | Uncategorized
Despite the fact that the final EIR for the Chevron Energy and Hydrogen Renewal Project is not yet available for public review, the City of Richmond (Chevron”s New Best Friend) is pushing ahead with processing the application with a hearing scheduled before the...
by admin | Jan 23, 2008 | Uncategorized
At yesterday”s Board of Directors meeting of the Local Government Commission, I was elected chair of the board for 2008, and Councilmember Jean Quan of Oakland was elected vice-chair. Click here for a full list of the LGC Board of Directors, and click here for...
