Media Highlights
Port truck drivers deserve healthier conditions; National legislation would help New York replace old vehicles, improve air quality, Newsday, September 9, 2010
Ports trade tricks for greener jobs, Politico, July 29, 2010
Nadler to float "clean ports" bill with union, enviro backing, The Hill, July 29 2010
CA Ports’ Truck Lease-to-Own Deal Merit Investigation, Transport Topics, May 11, 2010
Congress to Scrutinize Harbor Truck Leasing, Journal of Commerce, May 6, 2010
Plan for Ports Program, La Opinión, May 6, 2010
Ports of Contention, Roll Call, May 5, 2010
Filters Proving Costly to Truckers, Oakland Tribune, April 26, 2010
Port of Los Angeles Receives FMC Chairman's Inaugural Earth Day Award, Federal Maritime Commission News, April 21, 2010
Clean Trucks Called too Costly for Contractors, Journal of Commerce, April 15, 2010
New York Is on Board with LA Truck Plan, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Mar. 16, 2010
Clearing the Air at American Ports, New York Times, Feb. 26, 2010
Activists, Union Fight for Cleaner Trucks in Newark, NPR All Things Considered, Nov. 27, 2009
Cleaner-Trucks Mandate Will Create Hardships at Port of Oakland, New York Times, Oct. 30, 2009
Op-ed: Driving Toward Cleaner Air at Our Nation’s Ports, Huffington Post, Peter Lehner, NRDC & Carl Pope, Sierra Club, Oct. 28, 2009
Stuck on the Low Road, American Prospect, Dr. David Bensman, Oct. 5, 2009
Op-ed: Clean Trucks: One Year Later, Huffington Post, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Oct. 1, 2009
Port Groups Look to Congress for Guidance as Legal Battle Stalls, Energy & Environment Daily, July 9, 2009
Clean Air Program Revs Up Truck Sales, Los Angeles Business Journal, May 25, 2009
Study: Independent Truckers Struggling, Associated Press, Mar. 13, 2009
Op-ed: An Overhaul of New York’s Port Rules Would Bring Vital Jobs to the State, New York Daily News, Rep. Jerry Nadler & Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Jan. 21, 2009
Attorney General Brown Sues 2 Port Trucking Firms Over Labor Practices, Los Angeles Times, Sept. 7, 2009
Trucking Companies on Board with Ports’ Clean-Air Plans, Los Angeles Times, Sept. 6, 2008
Truckers who Keep Port Humming Pushed to Brink as Costs Soar (& video), Seattle Times, June 15, 2008
Unsafe Trucks Stream Out of LA Ports, Los Angeles Times, Jan. 21, 2008
Port Truckers Lament the Cost of Going Green, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Nov. 17, 2007
On the Job with a Port Trucker, Miami Herald, Sept. 30, 2007
