Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution
My blog posts of October 19 and 28 about the Port of Long Beach's settlement of the trucking industry's lawsuit against it generated two canned responses and a number of real ones. I also received a "Dear David" letter from...continued→
Posted by David Pettit in Green Enterprise
That's what Congressman Blumenauer of Portland, Ore., was quoted as saying today, talking about the convergence of the climate change emergency and the economic crisis: "We've got 'em right where we want 'em." What he means by that (I think)...continued→
Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice
The American Trucking Association ("ATA") bragged that its lawsuit, aimed at killing the truck concession plans of the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, was a "slam dunk." United States District Court Judge Christina Snyder disagreed in a...continued→
Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Solving Global Warming
Last Wednesday, International Brotherhood of Teamsters President James P. Hoffa announced at a conference in Oakland, CA, that the Teamsters were withdrawing from the coalition supporting oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). This was a stunning development,...continued→
Posted by David Pettit
On June 13, 2008, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) wrote to the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and stated that the FMC would “allow the early effectiveness” of the Ports’ agreement that authorized the Ports to cooperate in...continued→
Posted by David Pettit
On Friday, May 16, 2008, Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster gave a talk that blew the roof off the business-oriented FuturePorts conference in Long Beach. The beautiful setting, right by the water (thank you, Nancy), was a strong contrast to...continued→
Posted by David Pettit
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→
Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution , The Media and the Environment
NRDC’s work to clean up the Port of Long Beach got sucker punched last week in the Wall Street Journal. It was truly a shock to see such a mischaracterization of our work and our motives represented in such a...continued→
Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution
Roughly 5,000 people showed up to a rally I spoke at last week. The rally followed the aptly named, “Hollywood to the Docks March,” a 3-day, 28 mile march designed to highlight the struggle of workers and communities throughout LA.While...continued→
