POLLUTION SPIKES WITH MORE SHIPS IDLING NEAR PORT Phoenix urged the council to acknowledge the city’s presence on Tongva land and to give space to Tonvga people year round, adding that “there needs to be a more intentional relationship with native peoples of the land and that also means cutting off oil … this is an oil city but you cannot support native peoples and continue to destruct and support the genocide of the Earth … our connection with her is not separate. bT4GjW8pJf- LBC Meeting Notes November 17, 2021īefore speaking, Phoenix ceded some of her time to a Tongvan woman named Missy: “I am a guest here that occupies this land … this is territory, this is Tongva land.” ”ĭuring a presentation meant to honor Native American Heritage Month, Cheyenne Phoenix reprimanded the council for reaching out to native speakers last minute, which she said is "unacceptable." She also said that the council can honor native people by ending the extraction of oil. She mentioned that it was “unacceptable” how late they asked her to participate in the council’s plans in yet “another example of a meaningless transactional relationship between Native peoples. 16 City Council meeting, Long Beach resident Cheyenne Phoenix (an Indigenous woman who identifies as Dine and Northern Paiute) addressed the council after being invited “at the last minute” to celebrate Native American Heritage Month by Fourth District Councilman Daryl Supernaw. It will be key to follow up during rule implementation, to ensure they don’t game the system,” wrote Communities for a Better Environment in a statement.
Although this is an important step forward, the refineries were able to win weakening provisions allowing ‘alternative’ compliance plans. “Now refineries will be mandated to install pollution controls available for decades. While environmental justice activists saw this as a long overdue correction, the fossil fuel industry was able to squeeze out of some concessions. The new rule is projected to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxide by up to 8 tons a day by the end of 2023 and will affect nine refineries in the Wilmington-Carson-West Long Beach area, including the Phillips 66 refinery pictured above, as well as three small refineries (defined as those with an average crude oil input no greater than 75,000 barrels per day), and four refinery-related facilities. The regulations set new emission standards for nearly 300 pieces of refinery equipment and replaced a cap-and-trade program that had been in place since 1994 and had become ineffective at tamping down pollution due to refinery operators being able to purchase underpriced “credits” instead of installing pollution-reducing technology. 5 when Refinery Rule 1109.1 (“Emissions of Oxides of Nitrogen from Petroleum Refineries and Related Operations”) was adopted into law by the Southern California Air Quality Management Dept (SCAQMD). I will also strive to connect our readers with the land protectors, anti-racist climate change activists, students, workers, and other community folk who are doing work around environmental health and sustainability, as well as feature opportunities to take action.Ī bit of celebratory news came Nov. In this column, I hope to share any news related to regional environmental justice and/or sustainability that I come across or am sent by the community. Traversed by nearly 40 miles of freeways and flanked by a trash incinerator, several oil refineries, a natural gas-fired power plant, and two of the busiest seaports in the world, Long Beach is impacted by a wide array of pollutants, some visible and others microscopic.
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