advisory committee.: thenewinquiry: Go inside. Close All windows and doors. Turn off all... →

thenewinquiry:

Go inside. Close All windows and doors. Turn off all heaters. Air conditioners and fans. If not using the fireplace. Close fireplace dampers and vents. And cover cracks around doors and windows with tape or damped towels. Media news networks will continue to carry updated…

Remember. Remain indoors. Take shelter in your home. Keep duct tape on hand. In case a refinery explodes. Have a home. The homeless have only themselves to blame. Take shelter in a Community. Without refineries. Stay off the Phone. Do not go out in public. Close your windows and await instructions. The people of Richmond. Have only themselves to Blame. Trust. It is Important that you do not politicize a tragedy. Do not politicize a tragedy. Do not politicize a tragedy. Do not politicize a tragedy. Do not politicize a tragedy. The fire is contained.

"I had the benefit of a middle class education and employers who gave me the benefit of the doubt even when my experience and qualifications didn’t quite meet their requirements, most likely because I looked and sounded like someone they could trust. I’ve never had to work in dangerous conditions producing a toxic product in order to survive. Sure, I’ve been poor, but it was poverty by choice. I’ve always known I could “sell out” and get a job making a bunch of money if I wanted to."

Beth Terry, “Get a Bag and a Receipt: When Social and Environmental Justice Collide”

(Source: myplasticfreelife.com)

nrdc:

Lakotas Launch Hunger Strike Against Tar Sands Pipelines
In the Dakotas, members of the proud Lakota Nation rose in protest last week to join a 48-hour hunger strike in opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline—and all tar sands pipelines—they say will destroy precious water resources and ancestral lands in the U.S and in Canada.  Read more.

Photos: Rocky Kistner/NRDC

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a-chupacabra:

This has pissed me off since I learned of the Exxon Valdez.

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Colorlines: Obama Rejects Keystone Oil Sands Pipeline Application →

Sweet. Keep on keepin’ on.

Is there a tar sands refinery near you? →

Los Angeles has Tesoro Refinery & ConocoPhilips Los Angeles Refinery, both in Wilmington. 

"Giving away government money accidentally on purpose" to Oil Companies →

IN THE first three quarters of 2010,Chevron earned $13.73 billion in profits. A substantial portion of those profits came from oil drilled in the Gulf of Mexico. Other profits came from oil drilled on private land. If Chevron drills oil on private land, it has to pay royalties to the owners of the land for the right to drill there. Normally, when Chevron drills oil on public land, it would pay royalties to the government, ie the taxpayer. But when Chevron drills oil on certain deepwater wells in the Gulf of Mexico, it doesn’t have to pay royalties to anyone. That’s because back in 1996, Congress decided it would be a good idea to encourage deepwater drilling by offering royalty-free leases in certain areas that wouldn’t be otherwise commercially interesting.

(Source: Mother Jones)