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Tag: Pollution

A woman attaches signs to a chain-link fence that separates a sidewalk from an empty dirt lot. The signs read "Shell, clean up your mess."
Posted inHealth & Environment

This Rockridge lot is perfect for housing—but its soil is possibly contaminated by an old Shell station

by Zack Haber August 2, 2023August 3, 2023

Oakland residents want Shell to clean up its former gas station at College and Claremont. Will the county hold the oil company accountable?

Posted inHealth & Environment

Traffic pollution is increasing health care costs for Oakland seniors, study finds

Avatar photo by Jose Fermoso August 31, 2022August 31, 2022

New research shows that seniors living near high-traffic roadways, including Oakland’s I-880 and I-580, experience more health problems.

Semitrucks ride along Interstate 880 highway in East Oakland
Posted inHealth & Environment

Oakland residents weigh in on pros and cons of I-580 truck ban

Avatar photo by David DeBolt December 17, 2021January 3, 2022

Caltrans and the local air quality district plan to study the impacts the 70-year-old ban has had on East Oakland.

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