Criminal investigation at Chevron refinery
Federal authorities have opened a criminal investigation of Chevron after discovering that the company detoured pollutants around monitoring equipment at its Richmond refinery for four years and burned...
View ArticleCorrosion blamed in 2011 Chevron refinery fire
Unchecked corrosion, the suspected culprit in the August blaze that destroyed part of Chevron’s Richmond refinery, was responsible for another fire at the plant last year that prompted workers to...
View ArticleChevron fire moves governor to form task force
Gov. Jerry Brown has formed an interagency working group on refinery safety after questions emerged following a fire at Chevron's Richmond refinery about whether California is diligently inspecting oil...
View ArticleChevron firefighters may have gouged pipe
The pipe that fed a huge fire at Chevron's Richmond oil refinery in August appears to have been punctured from the outside, possibly by company firefighters trying to get at a small leak before the...
View ArticleGas exports will boost solar industry, exec says
CEO Arno Harris said Recurrent Energy's new solar plants will sell power for as low as 7 cents a kilowatt-hour, nearly as cheap as natural gas-fired plants. He favors gas exports because they could...
View ArticleBridge-crash tanker’s last-minute shift
The pilot of the oil tanker that hit the Bay Bridge last week apparently decided at the last minute to change course and head between a different set of bridge towers, a tricky maneuver that may have...
View ArticleBar pilot panel slow to act on complaint
San Francisco -- The California commission that polices bar pilots who navigate ships through San Francisco Bay has gone nearly a year without acting on an extraordinary complaint against a captain...
View ArticleObama faces angry liberals over pipeline
President Obama is barreling toward what one Bay Area activist predicts could be "all out warfare" with environmentalists who want him to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline.
View ArticleTactics divide agencies in Chevron probe
A grand jury probe targeting Chevron in last year's Richmond refinery fire has created a rift between the federal agency investigating the incident and environmental regulators seeking possible...
View ArticleCommentary: Battle lines forming on carbon tax
For a political non-starter, a carbon tax is generating an awful lot of activity on Capitol Hill. Texas Reps. Joe Barton and Jeb Hensarling will headline a press conference Wednesday slamming the idea.
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