Richmond v Chevron: the California city taking on its most powerful polluter

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Local activists are suing the fossil fuel firms that gave the city life – but may also be slowly killing it

The Chevron refinery that looms over Richmond, California, its muted orange tanks nestled into the scrubby low-slung hills above San Francisco Bay, is older than the city itself.

 

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