Please read the article below, and answer the following questions.

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TV news crews, along with the curious, gather on a hillside in Point Richmond to photograph the fire in an oil unit at the Chevron refinery in Richmond, California, in August 2012. D. Ross Cameron / Staff Archives / Bay Area News Group

Read the following article: Why isn’t California’s signature environmental justice law working? | GristLinks to an external site.

The main purpose of this article is to______________________________________________________________________________.

(State as accurately as possible the author’s purpose for writing this article.)

List the names and the roles of the key stakeholders described in this article.

The key question that the author is addressing is ______________________________________________________________________.

(Figure out the key question in the mind of the author when s/he wrote the article.)

What are the environmental and health impacts (effects) caused by Chevron in the small city of Richmond?

What is the purpose of the AB 617 legislation passed in 2017?

According to the report by the California Environmental Justice Alliance, what are the problems with AB 617?

In California, what is the critique of the cap-and trade bill that was passed?

The most important information in this article is/are ___________________________________________________________________.

(Figure out the facts, experiences, data the author is using to support her/his conclusions.)

The main conclusions in this article are____________________________________________________________________________________.

(Identify the key conclusions the author comes to and presents in this article.)

What are your recommendations for this issue(s)? For example: Do you think Chevron has too much political influence? Do you think that government agencies such as BAAQMD and CARB are not doing enough to protect communities and should implement additional solutions? What would you recommend?