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Live Wire In Long Beach

June 18, 2009

Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution

Tags:
airpollution, portoflongbeach, ships

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

Not My Department

April 29, 2009

Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution

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CARB, diesel, portpollution, shippingindustry, ships

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

Californians Who Breathe Should Like This

July 25, 2008

Posted by David Pettit in Health and the Environment

Tags:
airpollution, cancer, diesel, fuel, lowsulfurfuel, portpollution, shippingindustry, ships, sulfur

Yesterday, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) enacted historic regulation to require oceangoing vessels, including container ships and tankers, to use low-sulfur fuel within 24 miles of California’s coast, beginning on July 1, 2009.  This regulation, the only one of...continued

David Pettit
David Pettit
Director, Southern California Air Program
Santa Monica, CA
I grew up in the L.A. area and am a die-hard Dodgers and UCLA Bruins...
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