Save the Date:
Stop Oil Trains – Davis Action
Saturday, July 11 from 9:30-10:45 a.m.
RSVP here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/stop-oil-trains-in-davis?source=direct_link&referrer=lynne-nittler
There is NO safe way to transport extreme tar sands and Bakken crude. Two years after Lac-Mégantic, oil trains keep exploding and carbon pollution keeps rising. Oil trains are a disaster for our health, our safety, and our climate. Join with other Californians on July 11 to remember the 47 who perished in Lac-Mégantic and take action now.
One oil train per week passes through Davis currently. Two more 100-car trains per day are planned for the near future…unless we stop them.
Davis Vigil and Rally:
- 9:30 a.m. Meet at the Davis Amtrak Station wearing a fiery red, yellow, or orange shirt. Bring your own sign or carry one of ours.
- Walk through our downtown Blast Zone to the Farmers’ Market at Central Park.
- 10:00 a.m. Gather for a brief Rally at the Rotary Stage (near the carousel) featuring:
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- Rousing songs by the Raging Grannies
- Mayor Dan Wolk – Davis Resolution against Oil Trains through town
- Councilman Lucas Frerichs – SACOG letter
- Senator Lois Wolk – recent CA legislation addressing oil trains
- Supervisor Jim Provenza – waste water injection & fracking in Yolo County
- Damien Luzzo – proposal to ban fracking in Yolo County
- Leave the crude in the ground!
PR: Big photo op with our own oil tank car!
Take action: Sign the petition and/or the Pledge to Resist.
Read more about Damien’s story.
For questions or to volunteer: lnittler@sbcglobal.net
Want more action? Take the 11:20 a.m. Yolo bus to join a mile-long Vigil to stop oil trains with 350 Sacramento from the railroad station on 5th & I to the Capitol on 10th & L. Wear explosive colors and bring a sign! www.350sacramento.org
Read the Davis Enterprise for more details. Check the web for more protests around the country. Try Portland and Martinez.
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