Thanks to Lesley McClurg for her article and podcast of NOVEMBER 21, 2016 shining the light on our fight to keep Vallejo moving forward. Our fight to not slip backwards to the last century’s vision of heavy industry. Thanks to Michael Krasny for hosting Fresh Air Vallejo on his morning FORUM program on NOVEMBER 23, 2016. Click […]
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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 […]
Sign the Petition
Please sign this petition and email it around to all your friends! https://www.change.org/p/vallejo-city-council-and-planning-division-please-help-stop-vallejo-from-cementing-a-toxic-future Note: A legal petition is not yet needed, this petition is open to Vallejo, Benicia, American Canyon area residents. Two other groups also started petitions against the project. https://www.change.org/p/mayor-cityofvallejo-net-stop-orcem-cement-factory-from-contaminating-the-air-we-breathe-with-soot-dust-traffic https://www.change.org/p/mike-thompson-green-cement-factory-in-vallejo-california-to-not-go-into-business-to-save-salmon Please share !
How Many People Does it take to decide how to spend $8 Million?
The irony is hundreds of people spent thousands of hours with two(?) city staff and a city wide vote to decide how to spent 1 million dollar under PB while 8 million dollar of rent money and 60 years leases were quietly signed away in the backroom with no discussion and fanfare! Please share !
Bay Area Air Quality Management District – A False Sense of Security
regional v.s. localized regulation is playing the catch up game Worst Bay Area Polluters Being Let Off The Hook? Worst Bay Area Polluters Being Let Off The Hook? Please share !
City Lost All Control over Active Train Track
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/article/NH/20160316/NEWS/160319886 Valero appeal letter: blatantly false opening statement Valero appeal letter: blatantly false opening statement Please share !
More Jobs, Safe Jobs
With developers scrambling to grab land in San Francisco, Oakland and Alameda for new mixed use residential+retail, Vallejo must hold our waterfront as precious and valuable. The convergence of ferry, highway and light rail gives us an amazing advantage in the North Bay—Vallejo could become the next growth hub. Even a modest waterfront promenade with tourism, […]