, December 04, 2025
Oct 23, 2025
Environmentalists are questioning the accuracy of data reported by the refineries as the Bay Area Air District prepares to revise its regulations....
Aug 19, 2025
Vallejo's Citizens Air Monitoring group says the action is a victory but only a first step....
Feb 06, 2025
The council supported passing an industrial safety ordinance, despite concerns about legal challenges from Valero....
Nov 01, 2024
The $82 million fine is the largest penalty ever assessed by the air district....
Dec 20, 2023
Residents felt that state and regional regulatory agencies had not followed through on enforcement....
Aug 10, 2023
The air district said that Valero had failed to install required pollution control equipment on eight pressure relief devices....
Nov 03, 2022
Texas-based oil manufacturer Valero is making a last-minute push to re-elect incumbent councilmembers Christina Strawbridge and Lionel Largaespada....
Aug 11, 2022
Retired corporate executive Terry Scott believes maintaining the status quo has harmed the city of Benicia so he is seeking election to the Benicia City Council to bring about what he calls much needed change....
Mar 24, 2022
The bulk of the settlement stemmed from a May 2017 incident when a power outage sent black plumes of smoke into the air and thousands of pounds of toxic gas...
Mar 15, 2022
Valero released more than 10,000 tons of excess hydrocarbons over 16 years....
Feb 15, 2022
The refinery dumped $200,000 into its Working Families for a Strong Benicia PAC last December....
Jan 25, 2022
The air district called the action “a major shift in the handling of enforcement cases” against the Valero refinery....
