Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution
Southern California, a semi-arid region in the best of times, is getting drier. Our wildfire season used to be September and October; now it's year-round. Another life-threatening year-round problem in California is air pollution. Two recent studies yet again confirm...continued→
Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution
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→
Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday released some very disturbing results of its analysis of air toxics data from 2002. EPA found that every U.S. resident has a higher cancer risk of greater than 10 in a...continued→
Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution
The Port of Long Beach recently announced an important first: A BP oil tanker, the Alaskan Navigator, tied up at Pier T in Long Beach and shut off its diesel auxiliary engines, using alternative marine power ("cold ironing") to run...continued→
Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution
In his 1970 State of the Union address, Richard Nixon said: "Clean air, clean water, open spaces - these should once again be the birthright of every American." My friend Erika Zucker was the first to identify this quote when...continued→
Posted by David Pettit in Environmental Justice
Last weekend, the USC Annenberg Institute for Justice and Journalism held a series of seminars for journalists selected from around the country. Barry Wallerstein, the Executive Officer of the South Coast Air Quality Management District, Jane Williams, the Executive Director...continued→
Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution
A recent article in the Guardian reports that a large container ship that operates 280 days per year emits 50 million times as much SOx pollution as a car that is driven 15,000 kilometers or 9,300 miles per year. Yes,...continued→
Posted by David Pettit in Environmental Justice
Railyards in California and elsewhere are huge sources of deadly diesel pollution. The California Air Resources Board ("CARB") has conducted health risk assessments of the major California railyards and found that railyard operations have increased the cancer risk for nearly...continued→
Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment
As reported in the Los Angeles Times on Saturday, September 13, 2008, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has taken steps that threaten to shut down the entire Clean Trucks Program enacted by the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach...continued→
Posted by David Pettit
Today's Los Angeles Times reports that Governor Palin of Alaska and Governor Lingle of Hawaii wrote to California Governor Schwarzenegger on August 28, 2008, asking him not to sign the pending cargo container fee legislation known as SB 974. ...continued→
