L.A. City Council takes step toward fracking ban
Under the state law, “We’re basically telling people, ‘Let yourself be guinea pigs and we’ll study this. If this is a problem, we’ll tell you after the fact,'” said Brenna Norton, Southern California organizer for the environmental group Food & Water Watch. Read complete Los Angeles Times article
By Shan Li February 14, 2014, 10:43 a.m.
Occidental Petroleum, the longtime Los Angeles-based energy giant, announced Friday that it would move its headquarters to Houston and spin off its California assets into a separate company.
The concern that has caused me to request an item be placed on our agenda for the next City Council meeting next week on March 4th calling for this Oxy project to be shelved and stopped in its tracks is that we have absolutely no idea who we will be dealing with in the operations and management of this Project. The City of Carson is completely clueless and in the dark as to who, what company or what individuals will be managing the operations of this so-called Oxy Project. In fact the only thing we know for sure about who will be managing the operations of the Oxy Project – is that it will not be Oxy.
Carson councilman Albert Robles calls on city to kill proposed Occidental oil drilling project
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Citizens, Residents, Friends
We need Volunteers to help get our community to attend the:
Joint Planning Commission and Environmental Commission Workshop
Tuesday, February 11, 2014, 6:30 PM
Helen Kawagoe Council Chambers,
City Hall 701 East Carson Street Carson, California 90745
Wilmington refinery flare causes black plume in South Bay San Jose Mercury News, From staff reports POSTED: 09/15/2012 06:07:32 PM PDT | UPDATED: ABOUT A YEAR AGO
State plans cleanup of groundwater in CarsonBy Sandy Mazza, Daily Breeze Posted: 08/26/13, 6:53 PM PDT | Updated: on 08/26/2013
Video: Carson declares emergency over Shell contamination in housing tractBy Christine Mai-Duc 11:19 AM PDT, July 30, 2013
Please sign petition regulating new drilling to unpopulated areas.
NOT IN OUR BACK YARDS Benzene and methane was detected in the Carousel Tract here in Carson, CA in 2008. This community was built on top of a retired oil tank farm that was improperly cleaned up. And even though Shell was found to be the responsible party, the families residing in this community have not witnessed adequate action taken by Shell to correct this problem. Continue reading
Carousel Tract Neighbors & Erin Brockovich Community Support Rally
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Carousel Tract Neighbors & Erin Brockovich Community Support Rally
Friday, March 8, 3013 ~ 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Come support our Carousel Tract Community Join us as we walk from Dolphin Park to the Shell (Approximately ½ mile) Since 2008 the residents of the carousel tract have been knowingly living with benzene. The American Petroleum Institute in 1948 stated that
“it is generally considered that the only absolutely safe concentration for benzene is zero”. Benzene targets liver, kidney, lung, heart and the brain and can cause DNA strand breaks. Benzene causes cancer in both animals and humans. Continue reading
Former Shell Oil site: Tests for toxic contamination under homes in Carson (MAP)
KPCC, Molly Peterson | November 9th, 2012, 6:00am
Video: Carson residents concerned over oil in groundAn environmental controversy surfaces again in Carson, where the city is locked in a legal battle with an oil giant.
August 30, 2012 2:33:03 AM PDT | abc7.com
