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 late last week, the two sides highlighted their dramatically different views of the case that will decide whether Oakland’s ban on coal storage and handling can be lawfully imposed on a proposed coal export terminal at the site of the former Oakland Army Base. On Friday, February 9, the parties filed an initial round of documents urging federal judge Vince Chhabria to decide the case of Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal, LLC v. City of Oakland in their favor.  Oakland Bulk and ...

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 through downtown Oakland. With drums, tamborines, kazoos, and their voices they protested the dire pollution threatened by Phil Tagami's effort to bring coal from Utah to the Oakland waterfront. The young people were joined by about a dozen elder supporters, all marching against coal. The group of about fifty gathered at Oscar Grant plaza for their rally after marching around Phil Tagami's Rotunda building calling out: "When Oakland air is under attack what do we do? Stand Up! Fight ...