BENICIA – Benicia oil refinery operator Valero and Amports, the shipping company that runs the Port of Benicia, have agreed to pay $3.3 million to settle a lawsuit brought by environmental nonprofit San Francisco Baykeeper.
“This is a really important settlement. It really shows the power of the people and nonprofit organizations working together,” said Baykeeper executive director Sejal Choksi-Chugh. “Our scientists gathered the evidence, our lawyers filed a lawsuit, and we were able to hold these two major companies accountable.”
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