Press Releases – Seattle/Tacoma
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
Environmentalists, Community Leaders Deliver Scathing Criticism of Port of Seattle for Dragging Feet on Pollution Clean Up, July 12, 2011
2010
Report: Misclassification Exploits Nation’s Port Truck Drivers, Costs Gov’t Billions and Pollutes Environment, December 8, 2010
Advocates for Los Angeles Clean Truck Program Tout Success at Congressional Highways & Transit Hearing, May 5, 2010
Environmental-Labor Alliance to Fight Poverty, Pollution at American Ports Gets National Attention with New York Times Story, February 26, 2010
2009
Environmental, Community and Labor Groups Nationwide Mark One-Year Success of Los Angeles Clean Truck Program, October 1, 2009
Environmental, Labor and Church Groups Thank Seattle City Council Members Letter to Congress; Urges Closing Loophole to Protect Public Health and Safety, February 10, 2009
Environmental Groups Blast Port of Seattle CEO Yoshitani for Attempts to Tank Congressional Clean Air Efforts, January 21, 2009