Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment
Last night, there was a hearing at the Port of Long Beach about the Port's decision to settle the American Trucking Association case on terms that I think are so weak that they are a setback to clean air and...continued→
Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution
Today the Port of Long Beach violated the public trust and sold out the citizens of Long Beach by approving a worthless settlement agreement with the American Trucking Association ("ATA") in ATA's lawsuit against the Los Angeles ports' clean trucks...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
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
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
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
Yesterday, industry lobbyists from the American Trucking Association ("ATA") posted a piece on ATA's web site asserting that NRDC, the port of Los Angeles and the Mayor of Los Angeles have not been truthful in talking about the potential consequences...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
But a job-killer as well. Today, the FMC voted 2-1 to put the Clean Trucks Plan of the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on ice for more than 45 days by attempting to freeze the Ports' ability to...continued→
