We Need GREEN HOUSE GAS Caps,
Not Massive Emissions Increases!
Wed June 21st 8:30 AM – 1 PM
@ BAAQMD
11th-hour Air District staff changes to Rule 12-16, scheduled for a vote this coming Wednesday, effectively sabotage what was to be the first-in-the nation rule to regulate local refinery-emitted greenhouse gases. In a stunning reversal, the Air District is now trying to grandfather in horrendous emission increases. Staff’s history of reckless permitting is causing them to propose a total gutting of the caps by raising permissible emissions levels by 25%—the equivalent to adding a whole other Chevron or Shell refinery to our air load! We must pack the house and express our outrage.
We need the GHG emission limits that were in Rule 12-16 when the staff proposed it at the continued adoption hearing on May 31, and which Board voted to direct staff to bring for adoption on June 21.
The Board must resist staff chicanery and stay the course. Now more than ever the community needs to stand up in support of meaningful caps on refinery GHGs, not faux-caps that allow massive emissions increases.
Read the Sunflower Alliance update at http://www.sunflower-alliance.
Wednesday, June 21st, 8:30 AM – 1 PM
BAAQMD Offices
375 Beale St., 1st Floor Board Room
San Francisco 94105
(Between Folsom & Harrison)
Please arrive no later than 8:30 AM so that we can fill the hearing room. There will be massive oil industry & building trades turnout, so come early to stand at the head of the line.
