Press Releases – Oakland

2011

National Coalition of Environmental, Labor, Community & Faith-based Organizations Applaud Senator Gillibrand for her Leadership on Clean Ports Act, December 19, 2011

Salon.com Links Goldman Sachs’ Transportation Subsidiary to Widespread Tax-Evasion and Worker Exploitation Scheme that Leads to “Foreclosures on Wheels,” October, 11, 2011

Industry Group Deals Blow to EPA Award-Winning Port Clean Truck Program; Environmental, Labor Groups Vow to Fight to Ensure Corporations, Not Workers Pay High Cost for Low-Emissions Vehicles, September 26, 2011

Environmental-Labor Coalition Backs Speaker’s New Bill to Grant CA Workplace Protections to Truck Drivers That Will Ultimately Safeguard Clean Fleet Programs, May 5, 2011

2010

Report: Misclassification Exploits Nation’s Port Truck Drivers, Costs Gov’t Billions and Pollutes Environment, December 8, 2010

Trucking Industry Dodges Responsibility Causing Dire Economic, Environmental Consequences; Congress Holds Key to Promise of Clean Air and Green Jobs at America’s Ports, October 26, 2010

Environmentalists, Port Workers, Residents Celebrate Court Ruling Upholding LA Clean Truck Program; Urge Congress to Pass Clean Ports Act to Protect EPA Award-Winning Model from Future Legal Challenges, August 27, 2010

Broad Coalition Backs New House Green Jobs Bill to Empower America’s Ports to Spur Economic Development, Enact and Safeguard Environmental Programs, July 29, 2010

Advocates for Los Angeles Clean Truck Program Tout Success at Congressional Highways & Transit Hearing, May 5, 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

Environmental-Labor Alliance to Fight Poverty, Pollution at American Ports Gets National Attention with New York Times Story, February 26, 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

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

U.S. Consumer Rights Group Urges Germany’s Daimler to Abandon Role in Predatory Lending Scheme against California Port Truck Drivers, May 4, 2009

Enviro-Community-Labor Coalition Says Oakland Port Truck Plan Falls Short, May 2, 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; Over $153 Million Drained from Economy Annually, February 4, 2009

2008

Now is the Time for a Cure for the Broken Port Trucking System, December 2, 2008

CA Attorney-General Stands Up for Exploited Port Drivers, as State Probe into Tax-Cheating Trucking Companies Widens, October 27, 2008

Environmental-Labor-Community Alliance Calls on Oakland Port to Adopt Clean Air Plan Now, October 1, 2008

California Mayors Dellums and Villaraigosa  Headline Massive March and Rally for Good Green Jobs in Oakland, July 22, 2008