“No longer can communities be used as toxic waste dumps so people can make a whole lot of money and not care about our health.”
OAKLAND — At the West Side Missionary Baptist Church, a few dozen community members gathered Saturday to renew a decade-long fight to prevent the city from becoming the coal shipping capital of the East Bay.
Oakland councilwoman for District 3, Carroll Fife, center, and members of the community attend the No Coal in Oakland rally at West Side Missionary Baptist Church in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, July 22, 2023. The event was organized by No Coal in Oakland, Interfaith Council of Alameda County and Care 4 Community Action groups. to determine whether a project to build a massive coal terminal near the base of the Bay Bridge can move forward.
Oakland sued again in 2018, arguing that Tagami and his corporate partner Insight Terminal Solutions had breached their lease contract by failing to meet construction milestones. That trial will have a county judge determine whether and how the project is allowed to move forward. Fern Vennatournwaranggoon, of Oakland, hols a yard sign as she talks to members of the community during the No Coal in Oakland rally at West Side Missionary Baptist Church in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, July 22, 2023. The event was organized by No Coal in Oakland, Interfaith Council of Alameda County and Care 4 Community Action groups.
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