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Port Arthur - Ground Zero for Clean Air Battle

• Port Arthur Motiva Refinery Federal Permit Challenged by Local Environmental Justice Group and National Refinery Campaign Press Release (5/18/04) Groups critical of timing of TCEQ annoucementBeaumont Enterprise, (12/11/03)
• New center unveiled in downtown PA Port Arthur News, (12/08/03)
• Down to the parts per trillion The Beaumont Enterprise 9/25/03
• Visitors Tour Refinery Neighborhoods KDFM-TV 9/24/03
• Shell Neighbors from Globe to Gather in Port Arthur, Texas - SEPT. 24, 2003
• PORT ARTHUR TEXAS: Living on the Fence Line
  Living On Earth/NPR 9/19/03
• Shell/Motiva reports three accidents this week
  Port Arthur News 9/19/03
• No Clear Skies: In a Texas oil town, the assault on the nation's clean-air laws has hit close to home.
  Mother Jones 9/1/03
• Bad Air Days
  Texas Monthly 8/1/03
• Premcor history troubled; Williams buyer shuts refineries in violation
  Memphis Commercial Appeal 3/10/03
• Pollution suit targets Port Arthur plants
  Neighbors claim chemicals illegally released in area
  Houston Chronicle 6/26/03
• Port Arthur Refineries and Chemical Plants Sued by Hundreds of Area Pollution Victims
  6/25/03
• PORT ARTHUR EPA TOXIC AIR TESTS DURING UNUSUAL PERIOD WHEN POLLUTERS HAD NO UPSETS 6/25/03
• See Aerial Photo of Neighborhoods surrounded by Polluting Plants Adobe pdf file
• Port Arthur sues six multinationals over pollution
  Houston Chronicle 6/25/03
• Hundreds File Lawsuit Against Golden Triangle Refineries
  KDFM-TV 6/25/03
• Residents near PA refineries sue over emissions
  Beaumont Enterprise 6/25/03
• Port Arthur plant gets attention in D.C.
  Mishap-laden refinery focus of clean air laws
  Houston Chronicle 7/31/02
• Port Arthur activist testifies against easing clean air laws
  Houston Chronicle 7/16/02
• Texas refiners in Senate spotlight
  Hearing to focus on Bush plan to ease emissions requirements
  Houston Chronicle 7/13/02
• Hilton Kelley Testifies
  Read Testimony to Senate EPW and Judiciary Committees
• Protesting at Premcor
  The Beaumont Enterprise, 5/14/02
• Protesters call for hearing to prevent TNRCC from issuing permit for Tier Two Project
  Port Arthur News, 5/14/02
• Port Arthur Refinery Neighbors to Protest Premcor Pollution Increase by Contesting Permit to TNRCC
  CIDA & REFINERY REFORM CAMPAIGN Media Advisory, 5/12/02
• Residents want solution to Port Arthur pollution problem
  WFAA News 5/24/02
• PORT ARTHUR, TX: Massive Shell refinery upset sends flares and black smoke to neighborhoods 4/15/03
• A Native Son Returns to Revitalize His Pollution-Plagued Neighborhood
  The Texas Observer 3/1/02 (Adobe pdf file)
• Press Conference to Expose EPA’s Sneaky Action During the Holiday Season
  Refinery Reform Press Release 12/18/01

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