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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>by Anna Vignet, \u003ca href=\"http://sfpublicpress.org/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Public Press\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hundreds of activists on hand Saturday at Chevron’s Richmond refinery to protest its contribution to global warming might be surprised to learn that California says it has found a way to control the company’s carbon footprint within the state, despite its plans to expand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106007\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/SFPublicPress1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-106007\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/SFPublicPress1-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"More than 1,000 protesters marched through Richmond to the gates of the Chevron refinery on Saturday. Richmond police arrested 209. (Anna Vignet/SF Public Press)\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">More than 1,000 protesters marched through Richmond to the gates of the Chevron refinery on Saturday. Richmond police arrested 209. (Anna Vignet/SF Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The refinery, occupying a large swath of San Francisco Bay west of the Carquinez Strait, has received permits to build out extra capacity to refine low-grade crude oil. Yet the expansion would not contribute to global warming, state regulators said, because a new statewide cap on total industrial emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases requires the company to neutralize any increases by buying pollution rights from other companies planning to cut their own emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron acknowledged in a permit application to state regulators that new equipment at its sprawling Richmond facility, if run at full capacity, would increase its greenhouse gas emissions, though it did not provide any numbers in the application. The new plant can process higher-sulfur crude oil, a particularly energy-intensive activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmental activists with \u003ca href=\"http://350bayarea.org\" target=\"_blank\">350 Bay Area\u003c/a> and other groups demonstrated against Chevron in reaction to the expansion, to mark the one-year anniversary of a major industrial accident in which an explosion and fire led to the release of an enormous plume of toxic fumes that frightened thousands and sent residents to area hospitals complaining of breathing problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “peaceful civil disobedience” at the facility’s main gate led to more than 200 arrests. Activists said the government should do more to limit the expansion of refinery capacity and instead encourage the adoption of cleaner and renewable fuels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “350” movement gets its name from climate scientists’ warning that atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations beyond 350 parts per million will cause widespread environmental damage. This year the level surpassed 400 parts per million for the first time in recorded history. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organizers also used the protest to highlight an imminent decision by the Obama administration on the fate of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry dirty tar sands oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://sfpublicpress.org/\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-103769\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/sfpublicpress-300x89.gif\" alt=\"sfpublicpress\" width=\"300\" height=\"89\">\u003c/a>Beyond the climate effects, said lead organizer Bill McKibben, Chevron should reduce its reliance on the dirtiest fuel stocks at its Richmond facility, which lead to local air pollutants such as soot and could increase the chances of industrial accidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But regulators at the California Air Resources Board say the state’s greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program, which started last fall, will use market forces to reduce carbon emissions. Any company wishing to pollute more than its share must buy credits on a new cap-and-trade marketplace launched in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Clegern, a spokesman for the California Air Resources Board, said that if emissions from refining dirtier crude oil at the Richmond Chevron facility were to rise, the change would need to be reported only after construction was complete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t want them to estimate,” Clegern said. “We want them to tell us what they’ve done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Chevron conceded that its ability to emit more greenhouse gases would increase with the expanded facility, it stressed that the new equipment would be more efficient, reducing emissions “per unit volume” of production.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The facility will have the ability to process crude oil with a sulfur content of up to 3 percent. That is nearly double the 1.7 percent average sulfur content of the oil currently processed in Richmond, and that is already a high percentage by industry standards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cleaning that oil is an emissions-intensive process in which the oil coming into the factory must be heated and pumped through a hydrogen plant to break it down into its chemical components and remove contaminants such as sulfur. The company says it is seeking to broaden its capabilities to stay competitive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106008\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/sfpublicpress2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-106008 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/sfpublicpress2-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"An industrial accident led to a fire at the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, Calif. on Aug. 6, 2012. (Stephen Shiller/Flickr)\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An industrial accident led to a fire at the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, Calif., on Aug. 6, 2012. (Stephen Shiller/Flickr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This is Chevron’s second attempt at pushing through construction of the new equipment. Contra Costa County Superior Court found in 2009 that the refinery’s 2005 permit application was riddled with inconsistencies in its description of what kind of oil the new equipment would be able to refine. The judge also rejected the refinery’s proposal to wait a year after completion to measure emissions and then plan how to reduce them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June, Chevron touted its community commitment by announcing that it would use local labor, hiring 1,000 workers to construct the new plant. With the equipment upgrade already 50 percent complete at the time of the court decision, Chevron filed a more complete permit application in 2011.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In it, the company said the new plant would be approximately 15 percent more energy efficient than the existing one “on an emission basis per unit volume of hydrogen product.” But the permit application also explains that it will have additional capacity, which at maximum production will generate “more Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions than the existing Hydrogen Plant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if public statements are any indication, the company must also be betting on cap-and-trade providing a way to make its effect on climate change balance out. Melissa Ritchie, a spokeswoman for the Richmond Chevron refinery, told the East Bay Express that the equipment upgrade would have zero net greenhouse gas emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calls to the company by the Public Press were not returned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron must comply with California’s cap-and-trade legislation, which forces facilities to account for their pollution either by buying allowances to pollute or buying “offsets” offered by other companies on a registry of environmental projects, which could be in other states or countries. Those projects must document a net greenhouse gas reduction, though they do nothing to protect residents of California communities near pollution sites from toxic local toxic effects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because 90 percent of a petroleum refinery’s allocations are given for free, the refinery must account for just 10 percent of its greenhouse gas emissions through the extra expenditures. But the formula for how many metric tons of carbon dioxide a facility gets credit for involves some complex calculations that try to estimate not only the actual output but also a baseline for efficient operation for each industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Communities for a Better Environment, one of the environmental groups that filed suit against Chevron in 2009 over its construction plans, has for years kept tabs on the refinery’s construction plans and possible environmental effects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Andres Soto, a community organizer for the group, has spent his whole life in Richmond, and has seen many neighbors suffer from respiratory problems. He said the health and safety of residents and workers will be even more at risk of accidents if the construction project resumes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is a long history of abnormally high rates of cancers as well as asthma and other autoimmune diseases along the refinery corridor,” Soto said. “Dirtier crude is also more corrosive in piping systems and has more polluting byproducts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Greg Karras, a senior scientist for Communities for a Better Environment, studies the emissions effect of processing dirtier crude. His research found that the type of oil a refinery processes is the main factor in facilities’ emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Karras wrote in an email that “switching to fundamentally different, lower quality oil is the worst thing a refinery like Chevron’s in Richmond could do for our environmental health and safety.” He mentioned two damaging effects that could result from heavier crude: more heavily toxic emissions that wouldn’t be mitigated locally and the increased risk of explosions from corrosive pipes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Processing dirtier crude could double or triple refinery greenhouse gas emissions of toxic and smog-forming pollutants for burning more fuel,” he wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miya Yoshitani, associate director of the Oakland-based Asian Pacific Environmental Network, said her group wanted Chevron to fix corrosion problems in the entire refinery, not just the unit that sent thousands to the hospital. But the materials Chevron used did not meet the highest standards, going against recommendations of the Chemical Safety Board, Yoshitani said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With corrosion in the pipes, there is particulate matter and the potential for toxic releases from the refinery, she said. “Our concern is about the safety of the community and the contribution of greenhouse gas emissions that will affect us all,” Yoshitani said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to creating more emissions from a more intensive fuel-cleaning process, sulfur is highly corrosive. If not rigorously checked, pipes could spring a leak and cause an explosion or fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That is a big concern for the community and for state safety inspectors. Last August, a corroded pipe at the Chevron refinery caused a fire that injured six workers. The black plume of smoke frightened residents for miles around, and sent more than 15,000 residents to the hospital complaining of breathing problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Associated Press, Chevron agreed on Monday to pay $2 million in fines and restitution and pleaded guilty to six charges related to last year's fire. The charges had been filed by the California Attorney General's Office and the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week the city of Richmond hired a law firm to file suit against Chevron for damage that resulted from the accident.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>by Anna Vignet, \u003ca href=\"http://sfpublicpress.org/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Public Press\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hundreds of activists on hand Saturday at Chevron’s Richmond refinery to protest its contribution to global warming might be surprised to learn that California says it has found a way to control the company’s carbon footprint within the state, despite its plans to expand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106007\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/SFPublicPress1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-106007\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/SFPublicPress1-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"More than 1,000 protesters marched through Richmond to the gates of the Chevron refinery on Saturday. Richmond police arrested 209. (Anna Vignet/SF Public Press)\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">More than 1,000 protesters marched through Richmond to the gates of the Chevron refinery on Saturday. Richmond police arrested 209. (Anna Vignet/SF Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The refinery, occupying a large swath of San Francisco Bay west of the Carquinez Strait, has received permits to build out extra capacity to refine low-grade crude oil. Yet the expansion would not contribute to global warming, state regulators said, because a new statewide cap on total industrial emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases requires the company to neutralize any increases by buying pollution rights from other companies planning to cut their own emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron acknowledged in a permit application to state regulators that new equipment at its sprawling Richmond facility, if run at full capacity, would increase its greenhouse gas emissions, though it did not provide any numbers in the application. The new plant can process higher-sulfur crude oil, a particularly energy-intensive activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmental activists with \u003ca href=\"http://350bayarea.org\" target=\"_blank\">350 Bay Area\u003c/a> and other groups demonstrated against Chevron in reaction to the expansion, to mark the one-year anniversary of a major industrial accident in which an explosion and fire led to the release of an enormous plume of toxic fumes that frightened thousands and sent residents to area hospitals complaining of breathing problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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This year the level surpassed 400 parts per million for the first time in recorded history. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organizers also used the protest to highlight an imminent decision by the Obama administration on the fate of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry dirty tar sands oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://sfpublicpress.org/\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-103769\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/sfpublicpress-300x89.gif\" alt=\"sfpublicpress\" width=\"300\" height=\"89\">\u003c/a>Beyond the climate effects, said lead organizer Bill McKibben, Chevron should reduce its reliance on the dirtiest fuel stocks at its Richmond facility, which lead to local air pollutants such as soot and could increase the chances of industrial accidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But regulators at the California Air Resources Board say the state’s greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program, which started last fall, will use market forces to reduce carbon emissions. Any company wishing to pollute more than its share must buy credits on a new cap-and-trade marketplace launched in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Clegern, a spokesman for the California Air Resources Board, said that if emissions from refining dirtier crude oil at the Richmond Chevron facility were to rise, the change would need to be reported only after construction was complete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t want them to estimate,” Clegern said. “We want them to tell us what they’ve done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Chevron conceded that its ability to emit more greenhouse gases would increase with the expanded facility, it stressed that the new equipment would be more efficient, reducing emissions “per unit volume” of production.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The facility will have the ability to process crude oil with a sulfur content of up to 3 percent. That is nearly double the 1.7 percent average sulfur content of the oil currently processed in Richmond, and that is already a high percentage by industry standards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cleaning that oil is an emissions-intensive process in which the oil coming into the factory must be heated and pumped through a hydrogen plant to break it down into its chemical components and remove contaminants such as sulfur. The company says it is seeking to broaden its capabilities to stay competitive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106008\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/sfpublicpress2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-106008 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/sfpublicpress2-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"An industrial accident led to a fire at the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, Calif. on Aug. 6, 2012. (Stephen Shiller/Flickr)\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An industrial accident led to a fire at the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, Calif., on Aug. 6, 2012. (Stephen Shiller/Flickr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This is Chevron’s second attempt at pushing through construction of the new equipment. Contra Costa County Superior Court found in 2009 that the refinery’s 2005 permit application was riddled with inconsistencies in its description of what kind of oil the new equipment would be able to refine. The judge also rejected the refinery’s proposal to wait a year after completion to measure emissions and then plan how to reduce them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June, Chevron touted its community commitment by announcing that it would use local labor, hiring 1,000 workers to construct the new plant. With the equipment upgrade already 50 percent complete at the time of the court decision, Chevron filed a more complete permit application in 2011.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In it, the company said the new plant would be approximately 15 percent more energy efficient than the existing one “on an emission basis per unit volume of hydrogen product.” But the permit application also explains that it will have additional capacity, which at maximum production will generate “more Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions than the existing Hydrogen Plant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if public statements are any indication, the company must also be betting on cap-and-trade providing a way to make its effect on climate change balance out. Melissa Ritchie, a spokeswoman for the Richmond Chevron refinery, told the East Bay Express that the equipment upgrade would have zero net greenhouse gas emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calls to the company by the Public Press were not returned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron must comply with California’s cap-and-trade legislation, which forces facilities to account for their pollution either by buying allowances to pollute or buying “offsets” offered by other companies on a registry of environmental projects, which could be in other states or countries. Those projects must document a net greenhouse gas reduction, though they do nothing to protect residents of California communities near pollution sites from toxic local toxic effects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because 90 percent of a petroleum refinery’s allocations are given for free, the refinery must account for just 10 percent of its greenhouse gas emissions through the extra expenditures. 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(Alex Emslie / KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104147\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/PhotoWeek130719buildingbrid.jpg\" alt=\"PhotoWeek130719buildingbrid\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003cbr>\nAs the eastern span of the Bay Bridge enters its final building phase, a new show at the Oakland Museum of California offers 23 \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/07/18/local-boy-gets-to-shoot-2-bay-bridges-under-construction/\">stunning photos of the original Bay Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge under construction\u003c/a>. Oakland photographer Peter Stackpole was only 20 when he was granted informal access to the bridges, and shot the images between 1934 and 1936. Twenty-three men died while building the bridge. This photo, \"Quitting Time,\" likely shows workers heading home early after one of their colleagues died on the job. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a> / Courtesy of Collection of the Oakland Museum of California)\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104148\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/beach-piano.jpg\" alt=\"beach piano\" width=\"640\" height=\"449\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six-year-old Penelope Keep performs at Francis Beach in Half Moon Bay on one of 12 old pianos that artist Mauro Ffortissimo hauled out to the beaches of San Mateo County. (Francesa Segre / KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104150\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/PhotoWeek130719turkeys.jpg\" alt=\"PhotoWeek130719turkeys\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/07/16/wild-turkeys-take-their-young-for-walks-through-berkeley/\">Wild turkeys\u003c/a> are a common site on Berkeley's streets as they forage for food in the urban landscape. It's not often you see so many turkey poults all at once, though. These were spotted on Cornell Avenue near Hopkins Street. (Neil Mishalov / \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104149\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/Napolitano2.jpg\" alt=\"Napolitano2\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003cbr>\nThe UC Regents nominated \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/07/18/104055/-uc-protest-janet-napolitano\">Janet Napolitano to head the University of California \u003c/a>system. She accepted the position on Thursday. Many undocumented UC students protested her nomination, upset by her former role as secretary of Homeland Security. (Deborah Svoboda / KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104151\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/PhotoWeek130719clothes.jpg\" alt=\"PhotoWeek130719clothes\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003cbr>\n\"You're not with it if you're not air-drying your clothes!\" was the message conveyed on Wednesday, July 17, when a gigantic clothesline was erected at Berkeley's Civic Center Park. Members of Rising Sun Energy Center's California Youth Energy Services (CYES) program proudly explained the work they've been doing \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/07/18/youre-not-with-it-if-youre-not-air-drying-your-clothes/\">to make Berkeley's community more sustainable\u003c/a>. (Julia Hannafin / \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104152\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/Ivanapah.jpg\" alt=\"Ivanapah\" width=\"639\" height=\"450\">\u003cbr>\nThe \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/science/audio/as-worlds-largest-solar-thermal-plant-opens-california-looks-to-end-solar-wars/\">largest solar thermal plant in the world will soon start producing power\u003c/a> in California's Mojave Desert. The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System will supply both Northern and Southern California, inching the state one step closer to its ambitious renewable energy goal. Ivanpah doesn't use the solar technology most of us think of – those dark silicon panels sitting on rooftops. The project harnesses the sun's heat, reflecting off a field of 170,000 mirrors. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_103905\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-103905\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/RossOpening-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The Ross Valley Sanitary District in happier times, celebrating the opening of the Corte Madera path and completion of the replacement of a large main pipe. At the front, cutting the ribbon, can be seen former sanitary district manager Brett Richards and former board member Marcia Johnson. Photo: RVSD Courtesy press photo\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ross Valley Sanitary District in happier times, celebrating the opening of the Corte Madera path and completion of the replacement of a large main pipe. At the front left, cutting the ribbon, can be seen former sanitary district manager Brett Richards and former board member Marcia Johnson. Photo: RVSD Courtesy press photo\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yesterday, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.marincounty.org/main/newsroom/press-releases/2013/arrest-in-manila\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marin County district attorney announced\u003c/a> that former \u003ca href=\"http://rvsd.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ross Valley Sanitary District (RVSD)\u003c/a> general manager Brett Richards had been arrested in Moalboal, Cebu, Philippines, following a bizarre year that started with his abrupt emailed resignation from the agency in July 2012 and his subsequent disappearance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The arrest happened on July 11. Since then, the former wastewater manager has been held in Manila awaiting proceedings, according to the DA, before he will be sent back to Marin County on charges of the misappropriation of public funds, embezzlement and multiple counts of money laundering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"http://www.marincounty.org/main/newsroom/press-releases/2013/arrest-in-manila\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the press release\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“On March 5, Marin County District Attorney Ed Berberian filed a criminal complaint and obtained a felony arrest warrant from the Marin County Superior Court, and bail was set at $1 million. Through its continuing investigation, the D.A.’s office learned that Richards had fled the United States, and the tracking of his financial records traced him to the Philippines.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This isn’t the beginning of the story, though.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED readers and listeners may remember the Ross Valley Sanitary District and Richards from \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2010/12/23/huge-marin-sewage-spill/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two back-to-back sewage spills in 2010 totaling 842,000 gallons in Kentfield, near the College of Marin\u003c/a>. Richards and the sanitary district, which serves most of central Marin, blamed the spills on “environmental terrorism.” Large amounts of debris, including “large pieces of road asphalt and rubber from the Kent School running track, along with two hard hats, chunks of clay dirt and a big piece of wire nest,” were found clogging up the pipes and it was believed by the agency to have been deliberately put there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sanitary district has found itself in the middle of a glut of lawsuits in the last few years — including one with construction company JMB over the spill, \u003ca href=\"http://larkspurcortemadera.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/corte-madera-considers-loan-request-from-rvsd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one with the wastewater treatment agency of which it is a part\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://larkspurcortemadera.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/sanitary-district-settles-one-lawsuit-begins-another-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one with an LLC that had entered into an option to purchase land from the agency but then fell into dispute about that land\u003c/a>. In 2011, RVSD was the subject of a third Marin County grand jury report criticizing the agency for its mismanagement, excessive litigation and business practices that appeared to be increasing costs for residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_103908\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-103908\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/20120622__BrettRichards_200-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"Brett Richards, the former general manager of RVSD, was arrested in the Philippines. Photo: RVSD\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brett Richards, the former general manager of RVSD, was arrested in the Philippines. Photo: RVSD\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The name of the report? \u003ca href=\"http://www.marincounty.org/depts/gj/reports-and-responses/reports-responses/2010-11/~/media/Files/Departments/GJ/Reports%20Responses/2010/Ross%20Valley%20Sanitary%20District.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“The Ross Valley Sanitary District: Not Again!”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opposition to the board and to Richards’ management grew as rate increases and pipe fixes became increasingly contentious. Dire warnings from the district about a lack of funding fueled concerns. And private security was frequently in attendance at board meetings during the height of the debates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June 2012, ratepayers went to the ballot box, ousting incumbent board member Marcia Johnson and electing newcomers (though well known in the community) Frank Egger and Mary Sylla — who found herself the subject of a rambling and angry letter from Richards criticizing her for her campaign and opposition to his policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/rosskentfieldgreenbrae/ci_20936778/critical-letter-from-ross-valley-sewer-district-manager\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to the Marin Independent Journal, which also has the letter in full\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In the letter, Richards, who has been the district’s manager since 2008, suggests that Sylla has been speaking ill of him or untruthfully, but the language is vague.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Having heard numerous stories from others about the words you speak regarding me, it seems fitting to send you this note,” the letter continues. “Frankly, I had hope (sic) you were a better person than you represent yourself to be.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>After \u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/opinion/ci_20924457/dick-spotswood-ross-valley-sanitary-district-chief-needs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Marin IJ published an editorial\u003c/a> arguing that the general manager had received a $350,000 loan from the district to secure housing but hadn’t bought any property, he reportedly stopped coming into work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richards was hired in 2008 and paid $163,000 a year, which was raised to $197,000 in 2009. Under his contract, he also was prohibited from being fired in the 90 days before a board election or 180 days after.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After failing to come into work for weeks, Richards emailed his resignation in late July 2012, according to the district lawyer. In September, Richards \u003ca href=\"http://sananselmofairfax.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/brett-richards-takes-the-ross-valley-sanitary-distric8a7bfb7b6a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">started a blog to expose the truth about the campaign against him and RVSD\u003c/a>. Ross Valley Sewer Truth, which dove into a number of political issues that had been hot topics, such as sewage agency consolidation, is now defunct and has been taken down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://sananselmofairfax.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/brett-richards-takes-the-ross-valley-sanitary-distric8a7bfb7b6a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to the San Anselmo-Fairfax Patch\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The purpose of the blog? According to the author, it will disclose, in the order of events, Ross Valley Sanitary District happenings between 2008 and 2010.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the pages that follow, you are going to learn about board members, mayors, councilpersons, lawyers, public employees, those who are willing to subject themselves to a carefully shielded power group, and what happens to those when they don’t. In addition, we’ll be talking about the better part of $300,000,000 [stet] because part of the story is who has and who desires the power to control it, what some will do to keep it, and what some will do to get it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It didn’t take long for Marin leaders to begin passing the blog’s URL from inbox to inbox.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With some of the things that are written here, I would expect it is [Richards],” said Larkspur Councilman Larry Chu. “I don’t know what he intends to do with this, or if he feels some kind of injustice and needs to put his side of the story out there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The writer says the blog is an “invitation” for the public to be the jury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Am I crazy? I hope you’ll read on and decide for yourself.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What has he done since then? How did he end up in the Philippines? What happened to the $350,000 loan? If only he still updated the blog, perhaps we would know.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Richards and the sanitary district, which serves most of central Marin, blamed the spills on “environmental terrorism.” Large amounts of debris, including “large pieces of road asphalt and rubber from the Kent School running track, along with two hard hats, chunks of clay dirt and a big piece of wire nest,” were found clogging up the pipes and it was believed by the agency to have been deliberately put there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sanitary district has found itself in the middle of a glut of lawsuits in the last few years — including one with construction company JMB over the spill, \u003ca href=\"http://larkspurcortemadera.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/corte-madera-considers-loan-request-from-rvsd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one with the wastewater treatment agency of which it is a part\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://larkspurcortemadera.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/sanitary-district-settles-one-lawsuit-begins-another-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one with an LLC that had entered into an option to purchase land from the agency but then fell into dispute about that land\u003c/a>. In 2011, RVSD was the subject of a third Marin County grand jury report criticizing the agency for its mismanagement, excessive litigation and business practices that appeared to be increasing costs for residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_103908\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-103908\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/20120622__BrettRichards_200-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"Brett Richards, the former general manager of RVSD, was arrested in the Philippines. Photo: RVSD\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brett Richards, the former general manager of RVSD, was arrested in the Philippines. Photo: RVSD\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The name of the report? \u003ca href=\"http://www.marincounty.org/depts/gj/reports-and-responses/reports-responses/2010-11/~/media/Files/Departments/GJ/Reports%20Responses/2010/Ross%20Valley%20Sanitary%20District.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“The Ross Valley Sanitary District: Not Again!”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opposition to the board and to Richards’ management grew as rate increases and pipe fixes became increasingly contentious. Dire warnings from the district about a lack of funding fueled concerns. And private security was frequently in attendance at board meetings during the height of the debates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June 2012, ratepayers went to the ballot box, ousting incumbent board member Marcia Johnson and electing newcomers (though well known in the community) Frank Egger and Mary Sylla — who found herself the subject of a rambling and angry letter from Richards criticizing her for her campaign and opposition to his policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/rosskentfieldgreenbrae/ci_20936778/critical-letter-from-ross-valley-sewer-district-manager\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to the Marin Independent Journal, which also has the letter in full\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In the letter, Richards, who has been the district’s manager since 2008, suggests that Sylla has been speaking ill of him or untruthfully, but the language is vague.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Having heard numerous stories from others about the words you speak regarding me, it seems fitting to send you this note,” the letter continues. “Frankly, I had hope (sic) you were a better person than you represent yourself to be.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>After \u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/opinion/ci_20924457/dick-spotswood-ross-valley-sanitary-district-chief-needs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Marin IJ published an editorial\u003c/a> arguing that the general manager had received a $350,000 loan from the district to secure housing but hadn’t bought any property, he reportedly stopped coming into work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richards was hired in 2008 and paid $163,000 a year, which was raised to $197,000 in 2009. Under his contract, he also was prohibited from being fired in the 90 days before a board election or 180 days after.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After failing to come into work for weeks, Richards emailed his resignation in late July 2012, according to the district lawyer. In September, Richards \u003ca href=\"http://sananselmofairfax.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/brett-richards-takes-the-ross-valley-sanitary-distric8a7bfb7b6a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">started a blog to expose the truth about the campaign against him and RVSD\u003c/a>. Ross Valley Sewer Truth, which dove into a number of political issues that had been hot topics, such as sewage agency consolidation, is now defunct and has been taken down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://sananselmofairfax.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/brett-richards-takes-the-ross-valley-sanitary-distric8a7bfb7b6a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to the San Anselmo-Fairfax Patch\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The purpose of the blog? According to the author, it will disclose, in the order of events, Ross Valley Sanitary District happenings between 2008 and 2010.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the pages that follow, you are going to learn about board members, mayors, councilpersons, lawyers, public employees, those who are willing to subject themselves to a carefully shielded power group, and what happens to those when they don’t. 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