Según la Asociación Pulmonar Americana, Bakersfield es el lugar con mayor polución de partículas a corto plazo en Estados Unidos y con los peores niveles de polución de ozono. Ambas formas de contaminación están relacionadas con enfermedades pulmonares, como el asma, y enfermedades del corazón.

Court denies permit for crude-by-rail terminal sewer system in Bakersfield, Calif., after rejecting air control board’s funny math.

Plaintiffs challenge San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District's (AirDistrict) 2014 approval of permits authorizing the construction of an oily water sewer system (sewer system) for a rail-to-pipeline transfer terminal in Kem County. Plaintiffs contend Air District violated the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA; Pub. Resources Code,§ 21000 et seq.1) by concluding the proposed sewer system involved only ministerial actions, and was therefore exempt from environmental review. Plaintiffs argue approval of the permits was discretionary, not ministerial and, therefore, the CEQA exemption determination was wrong.
 

San Joaquin Air Pollution Control District approved most permits in secret, with no real scrutiny of environmental risks

Federal agency says California crude-by-rail terminal is major air pollution source, permit is invalid without significant environmental review

Federal agency says California crude-by-rail terminal is major air pollution source, permit is invalid without significant environmental review

Community and environmental groups have filed suit over the expansion—orchestrated mostly in secret—of a crude oil operation in Kern County that could lead to a 1,000 percent increase in the amount of crude imported by rail into California each year. The newly opened Bakersfield Crude Terminal in Taft, Calif., has the capacity to receive two…

Coalition sues over illegal permitting of major crude-by-rail project in Central Valley

Coalition sues over illegal permitting of major crude-by-rail project in Central Valley

Coalition sues over illegal permitting of major crude-by-rail project in Central Valley