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tar sands project is hitting much closer to home, right here in San Jose!
Oil giant Phillips 66 is trying to get approval to send mile-long trains loaded
with tar sands crude 5 times a week through the East Bay rail corridor, through
San Jose, and all the way down to their refinery in Santa Maria, near San Luis
Obispo. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you submit your comment, do change the text in the form letter so that you
mention your concerns for the local risks to San Jose. This lets them know that
our community is mobilized against this expansion. This took me 1 minute to
complete.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style='font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Call </span></b><span style='font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>your San Jose city council member to ask them to send their
comment against the proposed oil by rail project at the Phillips 66 Santa Maria
Refinery: </span><a href="http://goo.gl/hDn5hO" target="_blank"><span style='color: blue; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>http://goo.gl/hDn5hO</span></a><span style='font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>. (Please give them
the link to the comment page, in step 1, above). We are told that sharing
personal stories with council members can be very effective. Let them know how
far you live from the train and why this is very personal for you. This took me
2 minutes to complete<span style="color: rgb(37, 44, 51);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the rail expansion! Link: </span><a href="http://goo.gl/3kbsdL" target="_blank"><span style='color: blue; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>http://goo.gl/3kbsdL</span></a><span style='font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>. We are told that the
more this story is clicked on by a reader the more likely they will be to
publish more stories on this issue. We want them to know that this is important
to our community! You can also log in and leave your comment below the article.<span style="color: rgb(37, 44, 51);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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