Phil Tagami's Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal OBOT initially sued the City in December 2018 for breach of contract, an action which the city contends is a “strategic lawsuit against public participation” (SLAPP suit).  You can read about the stay of this lawsuit issued by Superior Court Judge Jo-Lynne Lee at https://nocoalinoakland.info/court-puts-developers-quest-for-damages-on-hold/. The hearing begins […]

A hearing in the case City of Oakland v OBOT & CCIG will be held at 2:00 pm on Tuesday August 4, 2020. Information about how members of the community can watch & listen to this hearing, which is expected to be conducted online, will be posted here when it becomes available.

Youth vs Apocalypse has called a "No to Coal, Yes to Life" march and rally at Oscar Grant Plaza on Friday Sept 23, 2022 as part of the Global Climate Strike & Fridays for the Future. From YvA's call: West Oakland has been dealing with the threat of coal, which would worsen already terrible pollution, […]

Come Join No Coal in Oakland Tomorrow as Oakland Community Leaders Rally to Oppose Injection of Toxic Money into the Mayor’s Race Two Weeks Before Election When: Thursday, October 27 at 4:00 PM Where: Rotunda Building, 300 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612 Speakers: Ms. Margaret Gordon, No Coal in Oakland and West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project; […]

New research comparing particulate emissions from trains in Richmond documented significantly more PM2.5 pollution from trains containing coal than from empty coal trains, passenger trains, and other freight trains, as NCIO reported late last month. The three scientists who conducted this study will hold an online (Zoom) meeting with community members to explain their findings […]

OBOT & OGRE v. City of Oakland is set to go to trial in Alameda County Superior Court on July 10, 2023 at 9:00 am. Judge Noël Wise, Department 514, will preside over the case at the Hayward Hall of Justice, 24405 Amador St. The trial consolidates a suit brought by would-be coal developer Phil […]

OBOT & OGRE v. City of Oakland began on July 10, 2023; the testimony phase of the trial ended on August 31, 2023. A "Courtroom Diary" post on this website gives informal reports (some detailed, others not) of this phase of the trial. The bench trial is being heard by Alameda County Superior Court Judge […]

For years, developer Phil Tagami has been pushing to build a massive coal terminal in West Oakland. Tagami was first backed by a coal company, then by a former coal company executive, and now by a hedge fund managed by Vikas Tandon. The people and City of Oakland have always opposed siting a coal terminal on […]

Arguments before Alameda County Superior Court Judge Noël Wise (Department 514, Hayward Hall of Justice) on foundational issues briefed by the opposing parties in OBOT v. Oakland

Closing arguments in OBOT v Oakland are scheduled to be heard before Alameda County Superior Court Judge Noël Wise (Department 514, Hayward Hall of Justice). UPDATE: Due to limited seating, the court has announced public access to the closing arguments will not be in-person, but only via a video streamed to Department 1 at Rene […]