Port of Oakland terminal’s prospect as A’s stadium site advances

The backers of converting the Howard Terminal at the Port of Oakland in California into a mixed use development that would house a new baseball stadium for the Oakland A’s have won a significant court victory.

A California Court of Appeals panel Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that held the environmental impact report (EIR) on the conversion of the Howard Terminal at the Port of Oakland, which is mostly used for truck parking and container storage, had been adequate and met the requirements...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-oakland-terminals-prospect-as-as-stadium-site-advances

Oakland Athletics takes swing at Schnitzer Steel

The Oakland Athletics this week struck back against opponents of a proposed ballpark with a lawsuit of its own.

Oakland A’s President Dave Kaval said in a series of 16 tweets that the ballclub filed suit against California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) in Alameda County Superior Court on Wednesday for its “failure to impose [and] enforce environmental law in West Oakland against Schnitzer Steel, the largest metal-shredding facility in the state.”

Schnitzer Steel’s 26.5-acre...

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