The Keystone XL Pipeline struggle has not ended! Unknown to most environmentalists, the San Francisco Bay Area, once a major World War II industrial hub, is soon to be on the receiving end of "the other" Keystone XL pipeline, by rail or by ship, if several of the five area refineries get their way. We petition BAAQMD (the "Air District"): Suspend refinery permits until greenhouse gas emission cap regulations are in place! Air pollution kills hundreds, if not thousands of people in the Bay Area each year and threatens to destroy our global climate and way of life. Refining the worlds dirtiest crude oils, such as tar sands, is a very carbon-intensive industrial process, producing vast amounts of climate-changing greenhouse gasses. Refining the dirtiest crudes also creates more deadly particulate matter, while emitting toxic heavy metals and cancer-causing airborne benzene. Stronger refinery emissions rules from the Air District are our best chance for controlling refinery pollution, which is set to increase if recently permitted dirty oil refinery infrastructure is built. The recently released, but grossly incomplete, refinery emissions rules (“Rules 12-15 and 12-16”) are too-little-too-late. These rules would fail to create a healthy breathing environment and would perpetuate the environmental injustice of exposing frontline communities to yet more refinery pollution. The draft rules raise many questions: Why were greenhouse gases exempted from regulation? Why is there no proposal for enforceable, facility-wide numeric emissions caps or limits? How can you promise our air is not going to get worse without numeric caps, should these already approved dirty oil projects proceed? Why is the Air District ignoring Ultramar v. South Coast AQMD, which says an air district has the authority to require preemptive action on pollution: • even if it requires phasing out the use of a chemical entirely • even if it is done to prevent future episodes of air pollution • even if emissions are not one of the EPA’s six 'criteria' pollutants, like greenhouse gases (See historic greenhouse gas petition on Wikipedia page: Criteria_air_contaminants). I am writing to ask that you prevent refinery-emission increases by suspending all permitting for refinery projects and establishing a numeric cap on refinery pollution—including for greenhouse gases—at today's levels.

I work in a market where we promote the usage of reusable bags; however we still continue to waste. Other stores also waste thousands upon thousands of paper and plastic bags. Reusable bags are available everywhere and are not expensive, they can be made, we should join other communities in the country and take part in a small change that can have a great impact.

The rapid development of fossil fuel resources in the western U.S. and Canada has resulted in numerous proposed fossil fuel infrastructure projects up and down the West Coast. These fossil fuel infrastructure projects pose significant risks to the health and safety of people and their environment, and threaten the livability of their communities. Coal, oil and gas exports proposed for west coast ports would carry as much carbon annually as five Keystone XL pipelines. Given the urgency of the threat posed to the people of Vancouver by fossil fuel infrastructure and to our global environment by climate change, we urge you to act on this issue now by pledging to build no new fossil fuel infrastructure.

The rapid development of fossil fuel resources in the western U.S. and Canada has resulted in numerous proposed fossil fuel infrastructure projects up and down the West Coast. These fossil fuel infrastructure projects pose significant risks to the health and safety of people and their environment, and threaten the livability of their communities. Coal, oil and gas carried out of west coast ports would carry as much carbon annually as five Keystone XL pipelines. Given the urgency of the threat posed to the people of The Dalles and the Columbia Gorge and to our global environment, we urge you to act on this issue now by pledging to build no new fossil fuel infrastructure in your jurisdiction.

The rapid development of fossil fuel resources in the western U.S. and Canada has resulted in numerous proposed fossil fuel infrastructure projects up and down the West Coast. These fossil fuel infrastructure projects pose significant risks to the health and safety of people and their environment, and threaten the livability of their communities. Coal, oil and gas carried out of west coast ports would carry as much carbon annually as five Keystone XL pipelines. Given the urgency of the threat posed to the people of Oakland by fossil fuels being shipped via rail, we urge you to act on this issue now by pledging to build no new fossil fuel infrastructure in the City of Oakland.

The rapid development of fossil fuel resources in the western U.S. and Canada has resulted in numerous proposed fossil fuel infrastructure projects up and down the West Coast. These fossil fuel infrastructure projects pose significant risks to the health and safety of people and their environment, and threaten the livability of their communities. Coal, oil and gas carried out of west coast ports would carry as much carbon annually as five Keystone XL pipelines. Given the urgency of the threat posed to the people of Ashland and to our global environment by fossil fuels, we urge you to act on this issue now by pledging to build no new fossil fuel infrastructure.

The rapid development of fossil fuel resources in the western U.S. and Canada has resulted in numerous proposed fossil fuel infrastructure projects up and down the West Coast. These fossil fuel infrastructure projects pose significant risks to the health and safety of people and their environment, and threaten the livability of their communities. Coal, oil and gas carried out of west coast ports would carry as much carbon annually as five Keystone XL pipelines. Given the urgency of the threat posed to the people of Warrenton by a proposed LNG terminal and to our global environment, we urge you to act on this issue now by pledging to build no new fossil fuel infrastructure.

The rapid development of fossil fuel resources in the western U.S. and Canada has resulted in numerous proposed fossil fuel infrastructure projects up and down the West Coast. These fossil fuel infrastructure projects pose significant risks to the health and safety of people and their environment, and threaten the livability of their communities. Coal, oil and gas carried out of west coast ports would carry as much carbon annually as five Keystone XL pipelines, and much of it comes through Spokane. Given the urgency of the threat posed to Spokane residents and to our global environment, we urge you to act on this issue now by pledging to build no new fossil fuel infrastructure.

The rapid development of fossil fuel resources in the western U.S. and Canada has resulted in numerous proposed fossil fuel infrastructure projects up and down the West Coast. These fossil fuel infrastructure projects pose significant risks to the health and safety of people and their environment, and threaten the livability of their communities. Coal, oil and gas carried out of Northwest ports would carry as much carbon annually as five Keystone XL pipelines. Given the urgency of the threat posed to the people of Tacoma and to our global environment, we urge you to act on this issue now by pledging to build no new fossil fuel infrastructure in your jurisdiction.

The rapid development of fossil fuel resources in the western U.S. and Canada has resulted in numerous proposed fossil fuel infrastructure projects up and down the West Coast. These fossil fuel infrastructure projects pose significant risks to the health and safety of people and their environment, and threaten the livability of their communities. Coal, oil and gas carried out of west coast ports would carry as much carbon annually as five Keystone XL pipelines. Given the urgency of the threat posed to people in Los Angeles by existing fossil fuel infrastructure, where leaks and spills are too common, and the risk to our global environment, we urge you to act on this issue now by pledging to build no new fossil fuel infrastructure in Los Angeles.

The rapid development of fossil fuel resources in the western U.S. and Canada has resulted in numerous proposed fossil fuel infrastructure projects up and down the West Coast. These fossil fuel infrastructure projects pose significant risks to the health and safety of people and their environment and threaten the livability of their communities. If allowed, coal, oil and gas carried out of west coast ports would carry as much carbon annually as five Keystone XL pipelines. Given the urgency of the public health and environmental threat posed to Richmond residents by existing fossil fuel infrastructure, and to our global environment by climate change, we urge you to act on this issue now by pledging to build no new fossil fuel infrastructure in your jurisdiction.

The rapid development of fossil fuel resources in the western U.S. and Canada has resulted in numerous proposed fossil fuel infrastructure projects through the West Coast. These fossil fuel infrastructure projects pose significant risks to the health and safety of people and their environment and threaten the livability of their communities. Coal, oil and gas carried out of Northwest ports would carry as much carbon annually as five Keystone XL pipelines. Given the urgency of the threat posed to San Francisco and to our global environment, we urge you to act on this issue now by pledging to build no new fossil fuel infrastructure.