Recent Coverage

Clearing the Air at American Ports
New York Times, February 26, 1010

Paying To Work 

La Opinion, February 18, 2010

Port Runs Into Legal Trouble on Clean Trucks Enforcement
Long Beach Press-Telegram, January 4, 2010

Ports celebrate Clean Truck Program Anniversary
Contra Costa Times, January 4, 2010

In East Bay, where pollution goes, health problems follow
Oakland Tribune, December 7, 2009

Activist, Union Fight For Cleaner Trucks In Newark
NPR - All Things Considered, November 27, 2009

Doomsday looming for many truckers at Los Angeles and Long Beach ports
Los Angeles Times, November 27, 2009

Port of L.A. fights back    
Long Beach Press Telegram, November 23, 2009

Why the L.A. clean truck program is worth fighting for
Long Beach Press Telegram, November 19, 2009

Protestors rally against deal between Long Beach port and trucking industry
Long Beach Press Telegram , November 16, 2009

Cleaner-Trucks Mandate Will Create Hardships at Port of Oakland
New York Times, October 30, 2009

Trucking re-regulation becoming a national issue

Long Beach Press-Telegram, October 19, 2009

A new crop of eco-warriors take to their own streets
Los Angeles Times, September 24, 2009

Stuck on the Road
The American Prospect, September 21, 2009

Truck drivers face hard road in weak economy
Long Beach Press-Telegram, August 23, 2009

The Struggle for Sustainable Port Trucking
In These Times, August 6, 2009

Port Groups Look to Congress for Guidance as Legal Battle Stalls
Environment & Energy Daily, July 24,2009

California Clean-Trucks Program Ahead of Plan
The Journal of Commerce, June 9, 2009

Blocking the Port
San Francisco Bay Guardian, June 3, 20009

Clean Air Program Revs Up Truck Sales
Los Angeles Business Journal, May 25, 2009

Labor, Environmentalists Fighting Trucking Deregulation
Long Beach Press-Telegram, May 5, 2009

Judge Kills Parts of Port's Clean-Truck Program
Long Beach Press-Telegram, April 28, 2009

U.S Court Refuses To Halt Clean-Truck Program at L.A. and Long Beach Ports
Los Angeles Times, April 16, 2009

Independent port truckers struggling
USA Today, March 13, 2009

Officials defend clean-truck plan
Press Telegram, March 4, 2009

Protesting truckers seek safer work conditions
Press Telegram, March 2, 2009

Cargo Hauling At Calif. Ports Will Go Greener
National Public Radio, February 26, 2009

Cleanup at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach begins to pay off                          
Los Angeles Times, February 23, 2009

Green jobs must pay good wages, labor and enviro groups say
Greenwire, February 3, 2009

Vigil held for man killed at port
Long Beach Press Telegram, February 2, 2009

Truck Driver Killed at Port of LB
Long Beach Press Telegram, January 29, 2009

Keep on truckin': An overhaul of New York’s port rules would bring vital jobs to the state
Daily News, January 22, 2009 

Labor, environmentalists unusual allies
Los Angeles Times November 27, 2008

California economy loses $28 billion yearly to health effects of pollution
Los Angeles Times, November 13, 2008

3 groups file suit to protect clean trucks plan
The Associated Press, November 11,2008

Trucking Firm Says AG’s Suit Is Teamster Driven
The Cunningham Report, November 8, 2008

ON THE WATERFRONT: Truck-ban litigation splits panel
Press Telegram, November 3, 2008

ON THE WATERFRONT:3 more truck firms named in port probe
Press Telegram, October 27, 2008

Ports' truck rules in effect Oct. 1
Daily Breeze, September 16, 2008

Los Angeles port, truckers group head for court
Los Angeles Times, September 8, 2008

Trucking firms line up for ports' clean-air programs
Los Angeles Times, September 6, 2008

Port haulers breaking law
Press Telegram, September 5, 2008

Exports jump at L.A., Long Beach ports but imports falter
Los Angeles Times, September 2, 2008

Truckers protest Port of Long Beach lease-to-own plan
Los Angeles Times, August 23, 2008

2 big haulers sign on to L.A. port's clean-truck plan
Los Angeles Times, August 22, 2008

American Trucking Assn. intends to file suit against ports of L.A. and Long Beach
Los Angeles Times, July 26, 2008

Council revisits truck replacement plan
Press-Telegram, July 8, 2008

Council signs off on port's clean truck program
LA Daily News, June 17, 2008

A Smart California Port Policy - Part II
CA Progress Report, May 28, 2008

A Smart California Port Policy - Part I
CA Progress Report, May 27, 2008

Pelosi supports Port of L.A. truck program
LB Press Telegram, May 9, 2008

Diverging Truck Routes
LA Business Journal, April 21, 2008

LA program catapults port trucking into the green economic revolution
Pacific Shipper, April 21, 2008

Big Trucking Deal
In These Times, April 4, 2008

Port program gets pollution cleanup rolling
Daily Breeze, March 24, 2008

L.A. truck plan makes more sense
Long Beach Press Telegram, March 23, 2008

Port of Los Angeles plan weighs on shippers
Los Angeles Times, March 21, 2008

Se avecina conflicto en puertos
La Opinion, March 21, 2008

Employee status required of Port truckers
Long Beach Press Telegram, March 20, 2008

Port plan decried
Long Beach Press Telegram, March 11, 2008

Oakland kids see how port pollution hits home
San Francisco Chronicle, Monday, March 3, 2008

L.B. port officials split from L.A. over truck plan
Long Beach Press Telegram, February 15, 2008

Long Beach harbor panel OKs plan to reduce pollution
Los Angeles Times, February 20, 2008

L.B. port officials split from L.A. over truck plan
Long Beach Press Telegram, February 15, 2008

Study says truckers exposed to higher pollution risk
Sacramento Bee, January 29, 2008

Unsafe Trucks Stream out of L.A.'s Ports
Los Angeles Times, January 21, 2008

Obama and Clinton Push for Truckers' Rights at Port
Long Beach Press Telegram, January 11, 2008

Interview with Oakland Tribune reporter Francine Brevetti on her expose of port truck driver working conditions

Port of Oakland Drivers Endure Long Waits, Low Pay
Oakland Tribune, January 1st, 2008

Rival Ports Join Forces on Green Growth
Los Angeles Times, December 25, 2007

Long Beach OKs Fee on Cargo to Fund Green Efforts
Los Angeles Times, December 18, 2007

Trucks Power ChinaÂ’s Economy, at a Suffocating Cost
New York Times, December 8, 2007

Southern California Ports Move to Curb Emissions From Shipping Industry
New York Times, December 3, 2007

Long Beach Joins Port Ban of Old Trucks
Los Angeles Times, Nov. 6, 2007

L.A. Panel OKs Plan to Cut Port Truck Soot
Los Angeles Times, Nov. 2, 2007

Diesel-fueled Trucks Drive Up Air Pollution Exposure For Commuters
Science Daily, October 30, 2007

Port, Residents Eye a Common Pollution Solution
Oakland Tribune, September 30, 2007

On the Job with a Port Trucker
Miami Herald, September 30, 2007

Report Recommends Requiring Cleaner Vehicles to Reduce Emissions
San Jose Mercury News, September 28, 2007

Big Rigs at Port of Oakland Linked to Health Woes
San Francisco Chronicle, September 27, 2007

Residents Speak on Port Pollution
Long Beach Press Telegram, September 25, 2007

Clean Ports Coalition Touts Vancouver Port Truck Program
The Cunningham Report, September 24, 2007

Current Port Drayage Model Blasted At Long Beach Hearing
The Cunningham Report, September 24, 2007

Assembly Labor Chair Swanson Convenes Hearing On Plight Of Port Truck Drivers
US States News, September 24, 2007

Clean-Air Groups United on Port Pollution Restrictions
Long Beach Press Telegram, September 21, 2007

Camioneros denuncian violaciones laborales
La Opinion, September 21, 2007

Clean Trucks Won't Hinder Port
Long Beach Press Telegram, September 18, 2007

Demographic Overview of Truck Drivers at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, September 18, 2007

Tax loophole hurts misclassified workers
Barack Obama in the Chicago Sun Times, September 15, 2007

L.B. Voters Favor Truck Plan
Long Beach Press Telegram, September 15, 2007

Air Pollution Still Rising at Port
September 11, 2007

Aire Limpio en Los Puertos
La Opinion, September 10, 2007

Hope for Truckers
Los Angeles City Beat, September 9, 2007

Rally supports the Clean Trucks plan
Long Beach Press Telegram, September 8, 2007

Rescuing the Ports
Los Angeles City Beat, Spetember 6, 2007

Shoring Up the Middle
Harold Meyerson for the Washington Post, September 5th, 2007

Importing injustice: How deregulation and Wal-Mart poison the Port of Oakland's neighbors and force poverty wages on its truckers
San Francisco Bay Guardian, July 17, 2007

NRDC, CCA SAY EMPLOYEE DRIVERS ESSENTIAL TO TRUCK PROGRAM
The Cunningham Report, July 2, 2007

Drivers Want to Surrender Their Independence
Hoy, June 28, 2007

It's Time to Clean Up the Los Angeles Harbor, but Who Should Pay?
KCRW-FM, June 28, 2007

Truckers Call for Clean Air and Good Jobs
Associated Press, June 27, 2007

Hearse Leads Trucks in Clean Air Demonstration
Daily Breeze, June 27, 2007

Port Drivers Steer Toward Clean Truck Program
Los Angeles Times, June 6th, 2007

Merging Traffic
The Journal of Commerce, June 4, 2007

A Cleaner Business Model
Long Beach Press Telegram, June 4, 2007

Where ThereÂ’s Smoke
The Journal of Commerce, April 2, 2007

Airing a Pollution Solution for the Ports
Los Angeles Times, February 23, 2007

Heavy Load: Port Security Plan, A Bid to Foil Terror, May Slow Deliveries
Wall Street Journal, October 17, 2006

Air Resources Board Approves Emission Reduction Plan for California Ports
California EPA, April 20, 2007

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