66 results for month: 06/2016
Hundreds rally in Oakland to demand No Coal – No Compromise
Hundreds came out to City Hall (Oscar Grant Plaza) to call for "No Coal - No Compromise" on a sunny Saturday afternoon two days before the Oakland City Council takes up a proposed ban on coal storage and handling at the city's export terminal at a special meeting, Monday 27 June at 5pm.
No Coal in Oakland activist Michael Kaufman reminded the crowd of Monday's special meeting of the City Council, and outlined what each Oaklander can do to influence the council vote -- whether they were able to attend the rally or not. Details on how to phone and e-mail your support for a ban on coal in Oakland in advance of Monday's 5pm meeting is included at the ...
Call for federal investigation of Oakland coal terminal financing
A letter sent by conservation, health, and good-government organizations to Attorney General Loretta Lynch on June 20, 2016 calls for a federal investigation into potential legal and ethical violations in Utah's $53 million publicly funded loan to fund a coal export terminal in Oakland. The letter was sent on behalf of Earthjustice, the Sierra Club, Alliance for a Better Utah, HEAL Utah, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, the Grand Canyon Trust, Living Rivers, and the Center for Biological Diversity.
As the Salt Lake City Tribune reports:
The groups allege Utah leaders are brazenly circumventing common-sense limits on ...