Councilman, advocates call for change after latest Chevron refinery spill
By Dan McMenamin article
RICHMOND, Calif. - Richmond residents deserve more answers from Chevron and public agencies about an oil spill earlier this month and the community needs to discuss a future without the oil giant s refinery operating there, city officials and local advocates said Tuesday.
The Feb. 9 leak of several hundred gallons at the refinery s long wharf in Richmond caused a sheen of oil that spread from Point Molate to Brooks Island, according to a unified command for the spill that involved Chevron, according to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife s Office of Spill Prevention and Response, Contra Costa Health Services and the U.S. Coast Guard.