Local climate activists to protest tar sands refining without proper review

While California is often lauded as a “climate leader” and Governor Jerry Brown is praised as a “climate hero” in national and international media, the reality is much different, as we can see in the  widening gap between lofty California climate goals and the reality on the ground in the Bay Area and other refining centers in the state... "The company is trying to sneak its expansion past regulators and the public by pretending each little increase is unconnected, but we aren't fooled,” said Sejal Choksi-Chugh, Executive Director of San Francisco Baykeeper regarding the permit.