Press Releases

2010

Clean Air, Workers' Rights Advocates Praise Rep. Jerrold Nadler for Leading Effort to Modernize U.S. Port Trucking System
April 28, 2010  

Nearly 115 Environmental, Business, Labor, Consumer & Community Advocates Send Letter to Key Transportation Leaders in Congress to Call Amendment to Modernize Trucking Law
April 22, 2010 

National "Blue-Green" Coalition Applauds Key Obama Appointee's Inaugural Earth Day Award To LA Clean Truck Program
April 21, 2010 

New Report on Port Trucking Details Imminent Threats to One of the Most Effective Clean-Air Programs in the Nation
April 15, 2010

Top American Port Official Presses Washington to Amend Outdated Law
March 15, 2010

Statement from Amy Goldsmith, Executive Director of the New Jersey Environmental Federation, on the PANYNJ Truck Ban
March 10, 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
February 24, 2010

Obama Spotlight on Worker Misclassificaton, CA Judgement Against Trucking Cos. Reinforce Need for Fundemental Reform of Transportation Law to protect Workers, Environment, & Economy
February 11, 2010

Environmental-labor Alliance to fight poverty, pollution at American ports gets national attention with New York Times story
February 26, 2010 

9th Circuit Ruling on LA Clean Truck Program Upholds Lower Court Decision
February 24, 2010

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

2009

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

Mayors Bloomberg and Booker Urge Congress to Update Old Law to Allow Ports Nationwide to Enact Clean Trucks Programs
October 18, 2009

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

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

Environmental, Community and Labor Groups Nationwide Mark One-Year Success of Los Angeles Clean Truck Program
October 1, 2009 

Oakland Port Commission Vote Urges Congress to Ensure Ports Have Real Power to Clean Up Diesel Truck Pollution
July 21, 2009

Oakland Port Commission Seeks Resolution to Allow Local Officials Real Power to Clean Up Diesel Truck Pollution; Improve Security, Safety
July 8, 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
June 18, 2009

Port of Oakland Votes on Truck Pollution Measures Despite Industry Lawsuit -- A Statement by Doug Bloch
June 2, 2009

Enviro-Community-Labor Coalition Says Oakland Port Truck Plan Falls Short
May 2, 2009 

Federal Maritime Commission’s Move to Drop Lawsuit against Clean Trucks Program Signals President Obama’s Support to Protect Port Drivers, Public Health
June 16, 2009

Environmental-Led Port Coalition Praises President Obama’s Pick of Joseph Brennan to Lead FMC
June 9, 2009 

As Industry Polluters Seek to Kill Clean-Air Requirements in Court Environmental Coalition Vows to Fight for LA Port’s Clean Trucks Program
April 29, 2009 

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

Researchers Investigate Reductions in Port Drivers Exposure to Toxic Diesel Exhaust
April 9, 2009

Community Coalition Outraged at Industry Attempts to Put Lifesaving Clean-Air Programs at Risk; Vows to Fight at All Costs to Protect LA Green-Growth Model for Nation's Ports
March 20, 2009

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

Score One for Efforts to Reform the Port Trucking Industry -- Oakland Port Commission Accelerates Vote Timeline
March 5, 2009  

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

Environmental-Labor Coalition Demands End to Port Delays, Bold Action on Clean Air Plan
February 4, 2009

New Study Reveals Alarmingly High Cost of Oakland Port Trucking Pollution and Broken Port Trucking System
February 4, 2009

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

2008

Coalition Collects Diesel Truck Emissions Data Near Schools
December 15, 2008

NY and NJ Leaders Discuss New Plan to Clean Port Communities
October 14, 2008

A Broad Environmental-Community Coalition Applauds the CA Attorney-General Crackdown on Tax-Cheating Trucking Companies in the San Pedro Bay Ports
September 9, 2008

Daimler/Mercedes Benz, Port of Long Beach Condemned for Teaming Up in a Predatory Lending Scheme to Target Low-Wage Truck Drivers
August 20, 2008

A Statement on the Industry Lawsuit to Block Port Clean-Up by Coalition for Clean & Safe Ports partner Rev. Mary Jo Bradshaw
July 28, 2008

Clean Truck Port Policy at NJEF Conference in Newark
April 3, 2008

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