To: Los Angeles City Council
Keep Crude Oil OFF L.A. Rails
As trains carrying dangerous and volatile crude oil keep exploding across North America, I urge you to pass a resolution and write a letter of opposition to the San Luis Obispo County Planning Commission/Board of Supervisors to deny an expansion permit to the Phillips 66 Santa Maria refinery crude by rail operation.
We don't want the next fiery blast to happen near LA schools, parks or homes. Please take action to protect our community by showing clear, unified opposition to the Phillips 66 Santa Maria refinery crude by rail plan.
We don't want the next fiery blast to happen near LA schools, parks or homes. Please take action to protect our community by showing clear, unified opposition to the Phillips 66 Santa Maria refinery crude by rail plan.
Why is this important?
San Luis Obispo is about to make a decision that will affect the health and safety of our LA neighborhoods. Phillips 66 Santa Maria refinery in San Luis Obispo County is proposing to expand operations to move 20,800 crude tankers to and from their Nipomo facility every year.
Five major accidents have happened in the first five months of 2015 in North America. These, and other, rail car derailment explosions have proven just how devastating and dangerous it is to transport crude by rail — these explosions can kill people and produce huge amounts of pollution that can harm communities for years to come.
We need our Los Angeles City Council to speak up and urge the San Luis Obispo County Planning Commission to deny this proposal, and protect our communities.
Five major accidents have happened in the first five months of 2015 in North America. These, and other, rail car derailment explosions have proven just how devastating and dangerous it is to transport crude by rail — these explosions can kill people and produce huge amounts of pollution that can harm communities for years to come.
We need our Los Angeles City Council to speak up and urge the San Luis Obispo County Planning Commission to deny this proposal, and protect our communities.