Community Groups Ask Judge to Dismiss Lawsuit Challenging Oakland Coal Ban (Sierra Club)
(WorldNews Environment)

(Source: Sierra Club) Oakland, Calif. - Today Earthjustice, representing San Francisco Baykeeper and the Sierra Club, filed a to intervene in the lawsuit from Oakland Bulk & Oversized Terminal, LLC, owned by private developer Phil Tagami, challenging Oakland`s ban on handling and storage of coal in Oakland. The groups also filed a to dismiss the lawsuit. `Oakland city officials were well within their legal rights to take a decisive stand against Phil Tagami after he misled the people of Oakland about coal at the terminal,` said Colin O` Brien, Earthjustice attorney who filed the motion to intervene. `Tagami`s lawsuit ignores the will of the people and the health...