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Climate justice groups confront Chevron on San Francisco Bay
(Inside Climate News, 6 May 2024) Grassroots “kayaktivists,” the Rich City Rays, challenged tankers that import crude oil for Chevron and ship its refinery products around the world.
A generation of Richmond’s children, now grown, took to San Francisco Bay in nearly five dozen kayaks Sunday morning, in the shadow of Chevron’s massive refinery, headed for tankers controlled by the oil giant in an act of resistance, prayer and joy.
After singing a ceremonial song led by a local Indigenous leader, activists launched their kayaks around 9:30 a.m. from the shores of Point Molate, 20 miles north of San Francisco, to protest the environmental and health harms caused by Chevron’s Richmond Oil Refinery.
By noon, a core group of the Rich City Rays, a coalition of grassroots community groups based in Richmond, a San Francisco suburb where most residents are Asian, Black or Latino, had entered restricted waters alongside two giant tankers docked at the Chevron Long Wharf. Once activists in about 20 kayaks had jockeyed into position, side by side, they unfurled a banner with “Abolish Chevron” written in bright red letters, as the rest of the flotilla erupted in cheers.
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Inside Climate News, 6 May 2024: Climate justice groups confront Chevron on San Francisco Bay
