Press Releases

May 5, 2010 Unique Environmental-Labor Coalition to Participate in Congressional Hearing on Los Angeles's Clean Truck Program; Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Key Witnesses Available for Q & A before testimony

New York Congressman Champions Congressional Efforts to Modernize Transportation System: Bring LA's Successful - but Threatened - Green Growth Initiative to Ports Nationwide (Click here.)

 

April 28, 2010  Clean Air, Workers' Rights Advocates Praise Rep. Jerrold Nadler for Leading Effort to Modernize U.S. Port Trucking System.  78 Members of Congress Lend Their Voices to Growing Momentum to Fight Pollution and Poverty as Critical May 5th Congressional Approaches  (Click here). 

April 22, 2010 Nearly 115 Environmental, Business, Labor, Consumer & Community Advocates Send Letters to Key Transportation Leaders in Congress to Call for Amendment to Modernize Trucking Law.  On Earth Day, Unlikely Alliance Reveals Trucking Industry's Real Environmental Record Despite PR Ploy To 'Green' Their Public Image (Click here)

April 21, 2010 National "Blue-Green" Coalition Applauds Key Obama Appointee's Inaugural Earth Day Award to LA Clean Truck Program.  Federal Maritime Commission Recognizes Port of Los Angeles' Leadership in Advance of Congressional Hearing May 5. (Click here.)

March 15, 2010 Top American Port Officials Presses Washington to Amend Outdated Law; Congressional Action Would Help Protect Comprehensive Loca Initiatives that Improve Air Quality and Spur Green Growth.  New York-New Jersey Port Authority Echoes Big-City Mayors, Enivornmental-Labor Groups' Federal Push for Local Officials to Have Real Power to Clean Up Diesel Truck Pollution (Click here)

March 10, 2010 Statement by Amy Goldsmith, Executive Director, New Jersey Enviornmental Federation on behalf of the Coalition for Healthy Ports on New York-New Jersey ports truck ban announcement (Click here.)

February 26, 2010 Environmental-labor alliance to fight poverty, pollution at American ports gets national attention with New York Times story (Click here)

February 24, 2010 9th Circuit Ruling on LA Clean Truck Program Upholds Lower Court Decision; A Victory in the Continued Fight to Protect the Largest U.S. Port's Green-Growth Model (Click here)

February 11, 2010 Obama Spotlight on Worker Misclassification, CA Judgment Against Trucking Cos. Reinforce Need for Fundamental Reform of Transportation Law to Protect Workers, Environment, & Economy (Click here)

February 10, 2010 Environmental, Labor and Church Groups Thanks Seattle City Council Members Letter to Congress Urges Closing Loophole to Protect Public Health and Safety (Click here)

January 21, 2010 Environmental Groups Blast Port of Seattle CEO Yoshitani for Attempts to Tank Congressional Clean Air Efforts (Click here)

October 27, 2009 Bay Area Air Quality Management District -- 1st Air Regulator to Call on Congress to Update Federal Law to Clean-up Port Air Pollution (Click here) 

October 18, 2009 NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg & Newark Mayor Cory Booker Urge Congress to Update Old Law to Allow Ports Nationwide to Enact Clean Trucks Programs.  East Coast Mayors Join California Counterparts, Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums & LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Elected Leaders in Growing Movement to Protect Successful LA Green-Growth Plan  (Click here)

October 10, 2009 Oakland Port Commission Votes to Ban Dirty Trucks from the Port Congressional Action Needed for Long-term Environmental & Public Health Gains (Click Here) 

October 5, 2009 Appeal to the Oakland Port Commission:  Don't Disappoint Our Community with Another Broken Promise to Reduce Air Pollution (Click Here)

October 1, 2009 Environmental, Community and Labor Groups Nationwide Mark One-Year Success of Los Angeles Clean Truck Program; Statements Pour in to Priase Leadership of Mayor Villaraigosa; Urge U.S. Congress to Make Program National Model for Reducing Diesel-Emmissions (Click Here)  Coalition partner statements:

     Alameda Labor Council, AFL-CIO

     Breathe California

     Center for Environmental Health

     East Bay Alliance for A Sustainable Economy

     International Brotherhood of Teamsters

     South Bay Labor Council, AFL-CIO

July 21, 2009 Oakland Port Commission Vote Urges Congress to Ensure Ports Have Real Power to Clean Up Diesel Truck Pollution; Improve Security, Safety Commission Resolution Sends Strong Message: Federal Law Must be Updated so Trucking Industry Cannot Tie Up Life-saving Environmental Policies in Court (Click Here)

July 8, 2009 Oakland Port Commission Seeks Resolution to Allow Local Officials Real Power to Clean Up Diesel Truck Pollution; Improve Security, Safety (Click Here)

June 18, 2009 Enviro-Labor-Community Coalition Praises Oakland Port for Taking First Step with Ban on Polluting Trucks; Urges Commission to Take Further Action to Sustain Clean Air for the Long Term (Click Here)

June 16, 2009 As Oakland Port Prepares to Vote on Ban on Lethal, Polluting Trucks…. Federal Maritime Commission Move to Drop Lawsuit against Clean Trucks Program Signals President Obama’s Support to Protect Port Drivers, Public Health (Click Here)

June 2, 2009 Port of Oakland Votes on Truck Pollution Measures Despite Industry Lawsuit -- A Statement by Doug Bloch, Director of the Oakland Coalition for Clean & Safe Ports, on behalf of the entire Coalition Steering Committee (Click Here)

May 2, 2009 Enviro-Community-Labor Coalition Says Oakland Port Truck Plan Falls Short:  Trucking Industry Legal Challenge to Air Clean-Up has Dire Public Health Consequences.  Residents and drivers voice dissatisfaction and march out of Port meeting in protest.  "Open Letter" presented to the Port.  (Click Here)

April 15, 2009 Public Health is No 1, Says U.S. District Judge in Denial of FMC Motion to Shelve the LA-LB Clean Trucks Programs (Click Here)

March 16, 2009 Port of Oakland Economic Study Makes Strong Case for Employee-based Trucking System to Solve Chronic Diesel Truck Pollution Problems  (Click Here)

March 5, 2009 Score One for Efforts to Reform the Port Trucking Industry  Oakland Port Commission Accelerates Vote Timeline (Click Here)

March 3, 2009 Coalition Condemns the Port of Oakland's Failure to Act to Clean Up Toxic Port Diesel Truck Pollution (Click Here)

February 4, 2009 UCSF & Alameda Public Health Dept. to Screen Workers & Residents for Asthma at Oakland Port's Front Door, Environmental-Labor Coalition Demands End to Port Delays, Bold Action on Clean Air Plan (Click Here)

February 4, 2009 New Study Reveals Alarmingly High Cost of Oakland Port Trucking Pollution and Broken Port Trucking System, More than $153 million drained from the economy each year (Click Here)

February 1, 2009 New Study to Reveal Alarmingly High Costs of Health, Environmental, and Worker Impacts of the Broken Oakland Port Trucking System (Click Here)

December 5, 2008 Community Environmentalists Urge Bush Administration to Drop Case Against Critical So. California Clean-Air Program (Click Here)

December 2, 2008  Now is the Time for a Cure for the Broken Port Trucking System (Click Here)

November 19, 2008 Environmental-Labor Coalition to Rally for Quick Port Air Clean-up (Click Here)

October 1, 2008 Environmental-Labor-Community Alliance Calls on Oakland Port to Adopt Clean Air Plan Now:  further delays put Oakland children at continued health risk Coalition to Rally at next Port Commission Meeting (Click Here)

September 11, 2008 Recent Legal Action Shows L.A. Port Program Model is the Way to Clean Air in Oakland  Judge Denies Industry Association Attempt to Halt Clean Trucks Program; CA Attorney-General Cracks Down on Tax-Cheating Companies who Misclassify Port Workers (Click Here)

July 22, 2008 California Mayors Dellums and Villaraigosa to Headline Massive March and Rally for Good Green Jobs in Oakland  Other California Elected Officials Join Thousands of Environmental, Community and Labor Advocates to Demand a Real Solution to End Port Pollution (Click Here)

May 15, 2008 Clergy Blessing of the Port Truck Fleet (Click Here)

March 13, 2008 - Enviros, Oakland Residents, Port Drivers and their Advocates to March for Clean Air & Good Jobs (Click Here)

December 4, 2007 - Diesel Exhaust Poses Health Threat to Port Truck Drivers (Click Here)