The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) sought input from Benicians on potential locations for air monitoring stations during a workshop Monday at Veterans Memorial Hall. The workshop was the final stop for a series of presentations about the topic held in the Bay Area’s refinery communities, with previous discussions held in Richmond, Martinez […]
Letters: Civic engagement and ISO
Civic engagement of young people The League of Women Voters Benicia (LWV Benicia) would like to congratulate Benicia High School for their outstanding achievements in student civic engagement. The LWV Benicia has been active in their program for several years, going into senior government classes to explain the voting process and register students to vote. […]
Air District wants monitor recommendations
By Donna Beth Weilenman Martinez News-Gazette Special to the Herald Where should additional air monitors be placed in cities that are home to oil refineries? A series of Bay Area Air Quality Management District workshops is letting the public answer that question. Those workshops already have sought answers in Richmond and Martinez, and upcoming sessions […]
Air District to host series of community air monitoring workshops
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) will be hosting a refinery air monitoring workshop next month at Benicia Veterans Memorial Hall. The workshop is part of a series of four events BAAQMD– the agency responsible for protecting air quality in the Bay Area– will be holding over the next three weeks in the […]
New air quality monitoring site, app launched
Air Watch Bay Area includes data from region’s refinery communities After more than a year of work, an air quality reporting website developed in collaboration with community organizations in the Bay Area’s refinery cities— including the Good Neighbor Steering Committee in Benicia— is ready for viewing. AirWatchBayArea.org was developed by the Fair Tech Collective at […]