After hearing concerns like Sistah To’s from so many people, Reverend Chambers founded his own group, the Interfaith Council of Alameda County, organized around stopping the coal plan. In 2016, working with youth and environmental activists, they started lobbying the City. And their efforts paid off: that year, the City Council voted unanimously to ban coal's storage and handling in Oakland. But Tagami sued in return. He asked a federal judge to overturn the City’s ban, specifically for his coal terminal.