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HAPPENING NOW: Local residents in the SF Bay Area are holding a regional town hall to address Phillips 66's plan to expand tar sands refining at their Rodeo plant.
Watch here: facebook.com/standearth/vid…
#TarSands #TarSandsFreeBay #KeepItInTheGround

Jan Kirsch M.D., M.P.H and member of @350BayArea is laying out some of the health concerns around tar sands, including birth defects, cancers, and mental impairment.
Watch now: facebook.com/standearth/vid…

@350BayArea Greg Karas senior scientist for @CBECal in Richmond:
"The refinery’s latest plan to expand dilbit imports, cracking of that bitumen, and recovery of those diluent oils threatens to lock in a worst-case future for our climate, air, health, safety, and Bay."

@350BayArea @CBECal Sejal Choksi-Chugh, Executive Director of @SFBaykeeper talked about how tar sands oil is heavier than most other oils— and how once it spills it will sink to the bottom of the Bay and be almost impossible to clean up.

@350BayArea @CBECal @SFBaykeeper "They are gambling with the Bay and gambling with our health." We couldn't agree more @sejalc!

We must stop this harmful refinery expansion and keep additional #tarsands out of the bay!

@350BayArea @CBECal @SFBaykeeper @sejalc Here's the report from @SusieKPIX and @KPIXtv that they wanted to show at the town hall but weren't able to due to technical difficulties: sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/12/23/oil…

@350BayArea @CBECal @SFBaykeeper @sejalc @SusieKPIX @KPIXtv LaDonna Williams of All Positives Possible and Fresh Air Vallejo:
"Fresh air and fresh water is our life. They have no right to take that from us."

@350BayArea @CBECal @SFBaykeeper @sejalc @SusieKPIX @KPIXtv Great turnout tonight for this town hall of concerned citizens who don't want more tar sands in their community, the room is packed!
Watch live: facebook.com/standearth/vid…

@350BayArea @CBECal @SFBaykeeper @sejalc @SusieKPIX @KPIXtv .@PennieOpal, co-founder of @IdleNoMoreSFBay on protecting our communties and climate change: "The time for us to take risks and do things we're uncomfortable with is now. It’s not going to get any better unless all of us start having conversations with our families and friends."

As the town hall wraps up, we thought we'd share some things you can do to help stop this refinery expansions keep #tarsands out of the SF Bay.

SIGN the petition urging policy makers to shutdown this project:
bit.ly/2Ca592u

WATCH and SHARE the livestream of the town hall: facebook.com/standearth/vid…

DONATE to our campaign supporting resistance on the ground in this community: donate.stand.earth/TarSandsFreeBay

And finally, a HUGE thank you Rodeo Citizens Association, Crockett-Rodeo United to Defend the Environment, Fresh Air Vallejo, @IdleNoMoreSFBay, @SunflowerAction, @350BayArea, @CBECal, and all the volunteers. None of this was possible without you!

JK 😁 We forgot to include the press release! Check it out here.

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