The 50th anniversary of Earth Day is this year, on April 22 (a Wednesday). Join millions of people around the world for a three-day online mobilization to stop the climate […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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