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Fresh Air Vallejo Win’s Baykeeper 2021 Blue Rivet Award

Fresh Air Vallejo has received the San Francisco Baykeeper 2021 Blue Rivet Award for the nonprofit’s work in successfully organizing against the Vallejo Marine Terminal and Orcem Cement factory. The Blue Rivet Award, presented at Baykeeper’s annual dinner on Sunday, March 21, 2021, at an annual gathering, held virtually this year, recognizes Bay Area community […]

Comments on the VMT/Orcem Revised Operational Alternative Air Quality and Health Risk Assessment

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Town Hall Meeting

Town Hall: AUGUST 12, 12-2, 332 Georgia Street When it comes to stopping Orcem/VMT… Do you have two hours to make a real difference? What we do now counts for 65 years: The brief history of the Orcem/VMT proposal – They asked the city of Vallejo to change a land use designation to heavy industry in an area adjacent to a residential area with two […]

Can you really eat slag as Orcem claimed?

Orcem CEO Steve Bryan said that slag is so safe that he can eat it. Huh??? I guess he is too busy to read the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) for slag. Here are MSDSs for several materials that Orcem/VMT would be handling on site. Take a look and decide for yourself if these materials […]

Is Slag Toxic?

Is slag toxic? Here is the answer for you. Taken from a Material Safety Data Sheet for the primary material used in Orcem’s “Green Cement” products.- GBFS Section 2 – Hazards Identification Granulated Blast Furnace Slag is hazardous according to the criteria specified in European Directives 67/548/EEC, EU directive 1999/45/EC and OSHA Hazard Communication Standard […]

Town Hall Meeting, Sunday Feb 19 2-4 PM

Town Hall Meeting Sunday February 19th, 2-4 PM Norman King Center 359 Sonoma Blvd, Vallejo, CA 94590 Rally with neighbors fighting the Orcem cement plant.Co-hosts Fresh Air Vallejo & Voices of Vallejo will outline what to expect from the City of Vallejo hearing process. Hear from local/regional organizations on how to protect ourselves from asthma and […]

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Fresh Air Vallejo Win’s Baykeeper 2021 Blue Rivet Award
Fresh Air Vallejo has received the San Francisco Baykeeper 2021 Blue Rivet Award for the nonprofit’s work in successfully organizing against the Vallejo Marine Terminal and Orcem Cement factory. The Blue Rivet Award, presented at Baykeeper’s annual dinner on Sunday, March 21, 2021, at an annual gathering, held virtually this year, recognizes Bay Area community […]
Attorney General’s Letter to COV questioning VMT/Orcem’s CEQA process
For background info, please read : DOJ sends letter, states reports on Orcem/VMT project are misleading For more details, please read: Comments on the VMT/Orcem Revised Operational Alternative Air Quality and Health Risk Assessment Please share !
The nagging question of fairness
By : Jeff Carlson/Vallejo We keep hearing that turning down the VMT/Orcem waterfront terminal and slag cement plant project would somehow be unfair to the applicants, or give Vallejo a reputation as unfriendly to business. Really? What’s fair about locating heavy industry in residential neighborhoods — polluting their air and filling their streets with a daily […]
Port of Richmond – Diesel Fallout Cited as Hazard to Residents
Big rigs that rumble through North Richmond neighborhoods, freight trains that idle for hours on train tracks and in rail yards, and cargo ships delivering thousands of foreign cars to Richmond’s port are spewing so much diesel exhaust that nearby residents could face serious health problems Click on the picture to read more. Please share […]
Camden, New Jersey – a Tragic Case Study of a “GREEN” Cement Mill
The St. Lawrence Cement Company in Camden, New Jersey is doing the same thing that ORCEM proposes to do in Vallejo. It would ship in blast furnace slag and grind it into a very fine powder for use as a cement additive. However, it never called itself a GREEN business or Green Cement. The cement […]