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 Curbing Pollution
To follow up my blog post of October 19, 2009, here is the text of a letter that was sent today by the following organizations to the Port of Long Beach: California School Employees Association, Long Beach Chapter; Coalition for Clean...continued→
Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution
Here is a quick report on what happened today in the American Trucking Association vs. City of Los Angeles case. Judge Snyder issued a 36 page tentative ruling this morning. The "tentative" is to let the lawyers know how she...continued→
Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution
Next Monday, April 27, 2009, U.S. District Court Judge Christina Snyder will rule on the American Trucking Association's ("ATA") request for a preliminary injunction in ATA's lawsuit against the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. I'm writing to sketch...continued→
Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution
Yesterday, United States District Judge Richard Leon denied the application of the Federal Maritime Commission ("FMC") for an injunction to put the Clean Trucks Plans of the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on ice. I've blogged about the...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 Curbing Pollution
After the Ninth Circuit's recent decision in the lawsuit brought by the American Trucking Association ("ATA") against the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, District Court Judge Snyder asked the parties to file additional briefs for an April 27,...continued→
Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution
The EPA's Office of the Inspector General (IG) recently issued an 80-page report calling out EPA for its failure to protect Americans from pollution from oceangoing ships. Margot Roosevelt of the L.A. Times has a description of the report here....continued→
Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution
A federal court ruling today put at risk all the trucking-related clean air gains that NRDC and its community and labor partners have forced the Southern California Ports to support in the last several years. From the Ports' standpoint, what...continued→
Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution
Remember the Disney film "Little Mermaid?" My kids loved it. But do you know that the original Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale on which it's based does not have the happy ending that the movie does? Instead of living happily...continued→
