Climate Justice (News)
How to kill a coal plant
Mirant Agrees to Shut Down Potrero Power Plant by 2010
Obama’s Cap and Trade Carbon Emissions Bill – A Stealth Scheme to License Pollution and Fraud
Bill does nothing to address environmental issues, lets corporate polluters reap huge windfall profits, and paves the way for a new bubble through carbon trading derivatives speculation. Polluters love it.
Luke Cole - Environmental Justice Lawyer Dies
Luke Cole, a San Francisco attorney who was one of the pioneers in the field of environmental justice - filing lawsuits for poor plaintiffs or people of color whose communities were being ravaged by corporate polluters - died in a head-on car crash Saturday in Uganda. He was 46.
Court rules against Chevron, city of Richmond in environmental review
By Katherine Tam
West County Times
Teens show their urban planning prowess
DEVELOPERS, PLANNERS, city officials and community members have tried for years to devise a cohesive and appealing plan for the area along San Pablo Avenue at the Del Norte BART station in El Cerrito. Now, 10 students from Kennedy High School in Richmond have come up with their own ideas for the area as the culmination of their summer internship in a program sponsored by the West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee.
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