Oaklanders attending an NCIO meeting for the first time joined longtime activists on Thursday evening April 19th at the West Side Missionary Baptist Church on ...
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Along with the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, 350.org, Rainforest Action Network, Friends of the Earth U.S., and Friends of the Earth Canada, No ...
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United States District Judge Vince Chhabria is close to a decision in the case seeking to overturn the City of Oakland’s ban on coal storage and handling.
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Photo: Oakland youth-led march against coal, 31 Jan 2018. Credit: Rhonesha Victor.
In the first flurry of post-trial papers filed in federal court ...
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Organized and led by youth activist Mykela Patton of Oakland Tech, a spirited group of young people marched from the Emiliano Zapata Street Academy high school ...
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Post-Trial Briefing Schedule Order
The three-day trial of developer Phil Tagami’s lawsuit against the City of Oakland ended Friday without a clear signal from ...
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Judge Challenges City to Explain Health Conclusions Without Air Quality Modeling
Judge Vince Chhabria ended day two of the Oakland coal trial by challenging the ...
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Before the trial got underway, the judge reiterated his guidance from last week’s summary judgment hearing: “The question in this case is whether substantial evidence supports the City’s decision. It either does or it doesn’t.”
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Before a packed courtroom of No Coal in Oakland supporters, Judge Vince Chhabria today ordered a trial on whether the City breached its agreements with the develo...
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The Attorney General's office released the following statement on the filing of the State of California's brief in support of the City of Oakland and Sierra ...
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On December 7, Center for Biological Diversity filed an amicus brief on behalf of itself, Asian Pacific Environmental Network, and Communities for a Better ...
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On Tuesday, December 5, the City of Oakland and Sierra Club/S.F. Baykeeper filed two powerful motions calling on U.S. District Court Judge Vince Chhabria to ...
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“It has come to my attention, that there are community concerns about a purported plan to develop a coal plant or coal distribution facility as part of the Oakland Global project. This is simply untrue…. [My company] is publicly on record as having no interest or involvement in the pursuit of coal-related operations at the former Oakland Army Base.” - Phil Tagami, December 2013
