Two Bay Area oil refineries looking to convert to processing biofuels are facing what some might consider unlikely opposition.
On the edge of Suisun Bay is Marathon’s Martinez refinery. Marathon would like to convert the facility into a renewable fuels manufacturing facility. Environmental groups have filed an appeal.“56 years I’ve lived near the refinery,” said Pat Hendrickson of Rodeo. “Right across the street from me. I’ve never had any problems with them.”
“Well I don’t understand, totally, what the difference is going to be,” she said. “But I feel like, at this point, there’s really not much I can do about it.” “Feedstocks, the soybeans and the corn oil, that are going to have to feed these huge massive facilities have to come from somewhere,” Kretzmann said.
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