🎉 #SB1259 passed its first committee! Thank you to Sens. Blakespear, Allen, Gonzalez, & Menjivar for standing w/ frontline communities. Now on to the Senate Energy & Utilities Committee on April 21st — contact your lawmakers now & keep up the pressure! @apen4ej.bsky.social
refinerytransparency.org
"Our community does not have the luxury of decades to let the site's future play out in slow motion, while viable opportunities slip away." - Kari Birdseye on why communities like Benicia deserve to know the costs of cleanup. #SB1259
"I grew up here. My skyline was the refineries… I think we owe it to our communities who've been pollution burdened for so long. This is one thing I think the refiners — you could do." @senatorgonzalez.bsky.social speaking in support of #SB1259 👏
"In the entire energy sector, everyone else has to do planning. Solar, wind, etc. This is the only entity in the energy sector that does not have to do any planning." @carolinemenjivar.bsky.social cutting through Big Oil's spin at the #SB1259 hearing.
"Preparing your will doesn't mean you want to pass away any sooner — it just means you want those who survive you to live well once you're gone." Sen Blakespear on why #SB1259 isn't about forcing refineries to close — it's about getting our affairs in order before we're forced to act in an emergency
At the #SB1259 hearing: "You think that these report requirements will influence someone shutting down? Just reporting on the environmental impacts of decommissioning?"
Oil industry rep: "I cannot speak to that."
Thank you, @benallenca.bsky.social, for asking the questions that need to be asked.
🎉 #SB1259 passed its first committee! Thank you to Sens. Blakespear, Allen, Gonzalez, & Menjivar for standing with frontline communities. Now on to the Senate Energy & Utilities Committee on April 21st — contact your lawmakers now and keep up the pressure: refinerytransparency.org
Breaking: 50+ community organizations and local elected officials across California have sent a letter to the Senate E&U committee in support of #SB1259, which would make refineries disclose toxic cleanup costs before closure.
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🎉 #SB1259 passed its first committee! Thank you to Sens. Blakespear, Allen, Gonzalez, & Menjivar for standing with frontline communities. Now on to the Senate Energy & Utilities Committee in less than 2 weeks — contact your lawmakers now and keep up the pressure: refinerytransparency.org
Refineries have profited off the backs of our communities for decades. Now, CA has the opportunity to plan for refinery closures so Californians aren't left paying the price of cleanup. #SB1259 protects frontline workers, communities, and California – find out more at refinerytransparency.org 🔎
