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Chevron agrees to pay $2M for Richmond refinery fire
2013-08-05 22:50:30| Energy - Topix.net
Chevron on Monday agreed to pay $2 million in fines and restitution and pleaded no contest to six charges in connection with a fire at its refinery in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Richmond.
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Chevron guilty of refinery criminal charges
2013-08-05 21:36:21| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The misdemeanor charges, alleging violations of California's health and labor codes, were filed Monday by the Contra Costa County district attorney and the state attorney general after an investigation of the fire in a crude oil processing unit on Aug. 6, 2012.
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208 Arrested Protesting Climate Chaos and Big Oil at Chevron Refinery
2013-08-05 16:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Two thousand eight hundred high-spirited and sunflower-carrying demonstrators--numbers estimated by the Richmond Police Department (RPD)--converged in front of the main gate to Chevrons refinery in Richmond Saturday to demand that the oil giant address ongoing health and safety concerns, stop processing extreme crude like tar sands, and cease its political and taxation manipulations. The sweeping, colorful protest commemorated the explosion and fire at the Chevron refinery last year on August...
Summer of Discontent: 210 Arrested at Chevron Refinery Protest
2013-08-04 19:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
San Francisco Chronicle: More than 200 people were arrested Saturday outside Chevron's Richmond refinery during a protest over safety issues at the plant and the company's global environmental practices. The arrests came hours into a protest that began with a rally Saturday morning outside the Richmond BART Station and a march west to Chevron's gates. By the time the demonstration reached the refinery, the crowd numbered into the thousands. Protesters chanted outside the gate and drew a giant sunflower using biodegradable...
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Big protest at Chevron Richmond refinery is latest example of climate ...
2013-08-04 07:54:59| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
More than 1,000 people marched Saturday through the streets of Richmond to the gates of the Chevron refinery, where at least 160 people were arrested as part of a protest against the oil giant and other fossil fuel companies.
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