Chevron owns this city's news site. Many stories aren't told
Chevron owns this city's news site. Many stories aren't told
Open flames shot upward from four smokestacks at the Chevron refinery on the western edge of Richmond, Calif. Soon, black smoke blanketed the sky.
News spread quickly that day last November, but by word of mouth, says Denny Khamphanthong, a 29-year-old Richmond resident. "We don't know the full story, but we know that you shouldn't breathe in the air or be outside for that matter," Khamphanthong says now. "It would be nice to have an actual news outlet that would actually go out there and figure it out themselves."
The city's primary local news source, The Richmond Standard, didn't cover the flare. Nor had it reported on a 2021 Chevron refinery pipeline rupture that dumped nearly 800 gallons of diesel fuel into San Francisco Bay.
Chevron is the city's largest employer, largest taxpayer and largest polluter. Yet when it comes to writing about Chevron, The Richmond Standard consistently toes the company line.
And there's a reason for that: Chevron owns The Richmond Standard.
Unfortunately, this is not as big news as it should be. As the article said, they already own a news outlet in Texas. Their news network is only going to grow. No one will be able to stop it.
60% of emissions in the area are from the refinery. The local air district isn't willing to do anything about it - they just released a plan for the area that is full of already planned commitments for other pollutant types, but has nothing other than vague goals for anything to do with the refinery.
Imagine the same thing but for a whole province
Yes New-Brunswick, I'm talking about you
Irving should be broken up and sold for parts ... and the family should receive zero money from it.
Very cool and normal 😐
Major global corporations own all the MSM, at least in the States. Nb4 PBS: Koch Family Foundation are major contributors.