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Don't Trade What You Don't Have

July 20, 2009

Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution

Tags:
airpollution, airquality, cleanairact, environmentaljustice, powerplants, SCAQMD

Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit decided a case that brought a breath of fresh air to the idea of cleaning up some of America's most polluted cities.   By way of context, in an area...continued

The Polluter Pays Principle

March 4, 2009

Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution

Tags:
cleanair, cleanairact, SCAQMD, smog

 Do people in the fiberglass or printing industries expect to get raw materials and parts for free?  Do they expect their employees to work for free?  I doubt it.  But based on some public testimony at a workshop hosted by...continued

Judge Says "No Más" to New Polluting Power Plants Near LA

November 3, 2008

Posted by David Pettit in Environmental Justice

Tags:
california, CEQA, energy, environmentaljustice, SCAQMD

My NRDC colleague Tim Grabiel preserved a huge victory today in court.   By way of context, on July 28, 2008, Tim and his co-counsel won a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) case that prevented the South Coast Air Quality Management District...continued

Clean Air Act Applies to All

May 29, 2008

Posted by David Pettit

Tags:
CARB, cleanairact, cleantrucks, electricrail, EPA, SCAQMD, southcoastairbasin, southerncalifornia

Southern California’s air quality woes are a well known fact, but not enough has been done to alleviate the problem. Today, NRDC filed a petition for review in the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, challenging EPA’s approval of the...continued

David Pettit
David Pettit
Director, Southern California Air Program
Santa Monica, CA
I grew up in the L.A. area and am a die-hard Dodgers and UCLA Bruins...
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