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
Recently, the EPA has taken a number of positive steps towards reducing toxic air pollution from ships that call at U.S. ports. In 2008, EPA enacted regulations covering certain marine diesel engines. Earlier this year, EPA submitted a very far-sighted...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
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 Curbing Pollution
The Pacific Merchant Shipping Association ("PMSA") has filed another lawsuit against the California Air Resources Board ("CARB") over CARB's regulation of dirty, polluting fuel for oceangoing vessels. Oceangoing vessels burn the dirtiest diesel fuel in existence, called bunker fuel or...continued→
Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution
The California Air Resources Board ("CARB") recently enacted rules to fight air pollution from off-road diesel vehicles such as construction equipment and tractors. CARB staff estimates that approximately 4,000 premature deaths will be avoided statewide by the year 2030 due...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
It was a beautiful day in most of Los Angeles yesterday. I played hooky from work and drove out to the ballpark to see the Dodgers beat the Rockies 3-1. Remarkably, Manny Ramirez stole a base!Unremarkably, 26 miles away, LA’s...continued→
Posted by David Pettit in Health and the Environment
After months of chest-thumping, the trucking industry has finally filed its lawsuit against the Clean Trucks Programs of the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. A month or so ago, an industry representative told the Journal of Commerce that...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→
