State Legislature passes AB40: to require environmental review of coal projects

"Today, the California legislature passed Assembly Bill 40, the Community First Coal Review Act by Assemblymember Mia Bonta, a bill to protect Californians from dusty, toxic coal pollution. The bill now heads to the Governor’s desk to await his signature. If signed into law, developers of enormous bulk coal facilities, like the one proposed in West Oakland, will have to fully disclose their projects’ impacts and develop effective mitigation measures before they are granted approval." That's today's great news, courtesy of Earthjustice's press release. The bill was co-sponsored by Earthjustice and the West Oakland Environmental Indicators ...