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The Polls Are In...

January 29, 2009

Posted by Diane Bailey in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment

Tags:
airpollution, budget, californiabudget, diesel, environmentalrollback, health, PPICpoll

Most Californians think that the budget situation is a big problem, and a majority would support reforming the current two-thirds requirement for legislative budget approval - and the annual debacles that it creates - with a 55 percent majority.  ...

Bargaining Away the Lives of Californians Over the Budget: This Is Not the California that We Know and Love

January 27, 2009

Posted by Diane Bailey in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment

Tags:
airpollution, budget, californiabudget, cleanconstruction, diesel, environmentalrollback, health, off-roadrule

 It's so exciting to see immediate environmental progress at the federal level, with the new administration breathing life back into California's Clean Car Standards.  But there's a dramatic role reversal going on as California suddenly leaves its post as green...

The Port of Oakland Passes the Buck Again, Letting Oakland Stew in More Air Pollution

November 25, 2008

Posted by Diane Bailey in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment

Tags:
airpollution, asthma, bayarea, CARB, cleantrucks, diesel, health, portofoakland, portpollution, trucks

When the Port of Oakland falls on tough financial times, they have no problem jettisoning critical health and environmental programs.  Last Wednesday, the Port of Oakland Board of Commissioners did just that in a surprise move that will delay and...