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November 10, 2009
Posted by Adrian Martinez in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, U.S. Law and Policy
- Tags:
- airpollution, cleanair, cleanairactionplan, naaqs, NOx, particulatematter, portoflongbeach, portoflosangeles, portpollution, ports
A new study about the staggering impacts of highway and ship pollution was released by a team of scientists and academics, including some of the most pioneering researchers on issues of health related impacts from degraded air quality. The study...continued→
June 18, 2009
Posted by Adrian Martinez in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
, U.S. Law and Policy
- Tags:
- cleanair, cleantrucks, cleantrucksprogram, federalmaritimecommission, portoflongbeach, portoflosangeles, portpollution, ports
This week, the Federal Maritime Commission decided to file a motion to withdraw its lawsuit against the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the nation's two busiest ports. Reversing, the Bush-era decision to thwart efforts by these ports to...continued→
April 27, 2009
Posted by Adrian Martinez in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, The Media and the Environment
- Tags:
- cleanair, portpollution, ports
I have always admired the Port of Long Beach's award winning media outreach team. They were recently awarded several prestigious honors at the "Excellence in Communication" awards hosted by the California Association of Public Information Officials (CAPIO). Their media team is...continued→
April 3, 2009
Posted by Adrian Martinez in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
, U.S. Law and Policy
- Tags:
- airpollution, cleanair, cleanairact, southcoastairqualitymanagementdistrict
I suppose the Governing Board of the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) was listening to the Judas Priest song, Breaking the Law, this morning before it held its public hearing on Proposed Rule 317. SCAQMD is one of...continued→
February 25, 2009
Posted by Adrian Martinez in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
, Moving Beyond Oil
- Tags:
- cleanair, cleanairactionplan, cleantrucks, cleantrucksprogram, electrictruck, portoflosangeles, portpollution, ports
Hallelujah, the future is here! The Los Angeles Times covered the much anticipated event of the all-electric truck rolling off a Los Angeles assembly line yesterday. Asthma inhalers throughout the region probably trembled as 25 brand new trucks that release no...continued→
February 19, 2009
Posted by Adrian Martinez in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
, U.S. Law and Policy
- Tags:
- cleanair, cleanairactionplan, cleantruckfee, cleantrucks, cleantrucksprogram, containerfee, diesel, dieselpollution, portoflongbeach, portoflosangeles, portpollution
After years of waiting, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach started collecting a container fee to fund cleaner trucks yesterday. To the best of my knowledge, the ports are still operating, and the sky has not fallen as some doomsday...continued→
January 27, 2009
Posted by Adrian Martinez in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
, U.S. Law and Policy
- Tags:
- cleanair, cleanairactionplan, cleantrucks, cleantrucksprogram, federalmaritimecommission, portoflongbeach, portoflosangeles, portpollution, ports
Ron White from the Los Angeles Times wrote an interesting article today about the Clean Trucks Program. The article examines the hurdles that have been placed in front of the Port of Los Angeles in implementing its landmark program to...continued→
