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RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) Crews are working to clean up a petroleum spill in San Francisco Bay near the wharf at Chevron’s oil refinery in Richmond, authorities said Wednesday. The spill was.
Chevron Refinery leaks 600 gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay
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This file photo shows the Chevron Richmond Refinery as seen in Richmond, Calif. on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020.Jessica Christian / The Chronicle
Contra Costa County officials temporarily issued a public health advisory for portions of Richmond, North Richmond and San Pablo after an oil spill sent roughly “600 gallons of a petroleum and water mixture” into San Francisco Bay at the Chevron Refinery in Richmond on Tuesday, authorities said.
The cause of the spill was not immediately known, but officials at the scene determined that roughly 600 gallons leaked, Bay Area Air Quality Management District officials said on Twitter.
A trio of bills from local Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) were introduced in the State Legislature last week, two focusing on climate change and the other addressing gendered language in the California Government Code.
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A version of this op-ed appeared on the Biofuelwatch website. Gary Graham Hughes
February 9, 2021
The Carquinez Strait is a wonder of powerful tidewaters that connects the San Francisco Bay with the Sacramento-San Joaquín Delta. Every salmon born in the extensive Sacramento and Central Valley watersheds will make the journey through this bottleneck of coastline on their way to the Pacific Ocean. The shores of the strait, however, have been subject to intense industrial activity since colonization. In many ways Carquinez Strait is the geographical heart of the “refinery corridor” that stretches from the City of Richmond up along the north east shore of the Bay and through the strait ultimately to the last open waters of the delta in Beni