News

See below for recent news clips regarding the Big West refinery and the Bakersfield's fight to keep hydrofluoric acid out of the community.

• BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN: Big West in Big Mess
  
  
• BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN: Florez opposes chemical's use at Big West
  
  
• LOS ANGELES TIMES: Higher anxiety per gallon
  
  
• NEWS: Community to Big West: Abandon Proposed Use of Deadly Hydrofluoric Acid at Bakersfield Refinery.
  
  
• BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN: Group Forms to Oppose Refinery Chemical
  
  
• NEWS: Bakersfield City Firefighters and Police Officers Join Coalition in Opposing Big West’s Plans to Use Hydrofluoric Acid in Expansion Project
  
  
• BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN: Residents, Firefighters Oppose Refinery’s Proposed Use of Chemical
  
  
• BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN: Editorial- Prove Big West Can Be a Safe Neighbor
  
  
• BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN: Refinery's Effect on Traffic Nothing to Sneeze At
  
  
• News: Bakersfield Nurses Join Coalition to Oppose Big West's Proposed Use of Hydrofluoric Acid
  
  
• BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN: Nurses Join Anti-Refinery Chemical Campaign
  
  
• BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN: Big West has Better, Safer Options
  
  
• BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN: Editorial- Safety Key to Big West's Approval
  
  
• BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN: Big West Lobbying to Speed up Expansion Approval
  
  
• BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN: Letters to the Editor- Readers Questioning Big West's Expansion
  
  
• BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN: Rosedale Refinery Leaks Small Amount of Ammonia.
  
  
• BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN: Florez Calls for Inquiry into Refinery leak Notification
  
  
• BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN: Lois Henry- Refinery should have laid out all options for expansion
  
  
• BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN: Use safest methods to expand refinery
  
  

FACTS
Bakersfield Could Become a Terrorist Target
Department of Homeland Security identified hydrofluoric acid as a target for terrorism

Most Refineries in the US use Safer Chemicals
Two-thirds of US refineries have switched to safer alternatives

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NEWS
Hydrofluoric Acid In the News
Deadly accidents from the use of Hydrofluoric Acid have occurred around the country

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