Chevron Oil Refinery Fire in Richmond, California Forces Over 900 Residents to Hospitals

DemocracyNow.org - More than 900 people have sought medical treatment following a massive fire at a Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, California. Tens of thousands of area residents were ordered to stay in their homes with the windows and doors closed after a series of blasts Monday sparked blazing fires that sent huge plumes of smoke. Chevron now says the situation is under control. We talk with Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin, a member of the Green Party, who is seeking a full investigation into the blaze. "We have a community that has been fighting chevron for a long time, and I'm proud to and honored to stand for that community," McLaughlin said. We're also joined by Andres Soto, the Richmond organizer for Communities for a Better Environment, an environmental justice group that has previously sued Chevron over what it says was a shoddy environmental impact report. "They refuse to sit at the table, they refuse to negotiate in good faith with the community over a wide range of issues, whether it's fair taxation or whether it's environmental safety and environmental justice," Soto said.
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[@Boolfrawg]

I used to work for Chevron research and you are more correct than you can possibly imagine.

[@Boolfrawg]

Actually, Chevron has been in Richmond for almost 120 years...long before there were any housing developments around it. No one has ever lived or moved to that area not knowing there was a refinery there.

[@Boolfrawg]

Make no mistake, when it finally becomes impossible to rely on oil, whatever power/fuel sources you and I will be using will be sold to us by the same companies that are selling us power/fuel now...provided the whole system doesn't collapse by then.

[@goemon9378]

maybe if chevron did something with all the battery patents they hold...oh wait, that would cut into profits

[@demarcos69]

Smh