Press Releases

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

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

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

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

FMC’s Decision A Positive Step for Vital LA Program Aimed at Creating an Environmental Business Model to Modernize Goods Movement, Clean Up Truck Pollution at Major Ports
June 16, 2008

A Statement on the Port of LA’s Concession Agreement Plan by Tamara Watkins, American Lung Association of California, on behalf of the entire Coalition for Clean & Safe Ports
May 14, 2007

Enviros & Public Health Advocates to Join LA-Area Port Drivers, Union Members in Labor March from ‘Hollywood to the Docks’
April 17, 2007

Enviros, Public Health Advocates & Port Drivers to Rally in Support of the Sustainable LA Clean Trucks Program
March 20, 2008

A Defiant American Trucking Association Moves to Delay Clean Air for Southern Californians
March 4, 2008

Moving Forward on a Sustainable Pathway to Clean Air
February 20, 2008

Polluted Air Here to Stay with Long Beach Port Truck Scheme
February 15, 2008

CARB Adopts Port Trucks Rule Despite IndustryÂ’s Mixed Messages
Friday, December 7, 2007

TraPac Expansion Premature Without Port Pollution-Reduction Measures
December 6, 2007

One Year Later: Thanksgiving Reflections on the CAAP
November 20, 2007

The One True Solution to Truck Pollution: A Comprehensive Clean Trucks Program
November 5, 2007

Truck Pollution and Stalled Expansion Will Remain Unless Ports Act on a Comprehensive Clean Trucks Program
October 25, 2007

PortsÂ’ Clean Trucks Program Will Deliver Major Benefits, Shared Prosperity to Regional Economy
August 30, 2007

Over 11,500 Area Truck Drivers, Environmentalists, and Community Members to Ports: “Clean Air Requires Stable Workforce & Greener Standards – Now”
July 30, 2007

Port Commissioners to Receive Petitions from 10,000 Port Truck Drivers, Environmentalists, and Community Members: Clean Air Requires Stable Workforce & Higher Enviro Standards
July 30, 2007

Environmental Justice Leaders, Green Groups Warn Ports:
Polluted Air Here to Stay Without Stricter Clean Trucks Program
July 2, 2007

Port Truckers Rally Across California for Clean Air & Demand End to "Sweatshops on Wheels"
June 27, 2007

Port Truck Drivers, Environmental and Community Leaders to Speak Out In Favor Of Ports' Clean Trucks Program
June 6, 2007

Broad Coalition of Environmental, Community, and Labor Organizations Embraces Ports' Long-Awaited Plan to Reshape Port Trucking Industry
April 13, 2007

Coalition of Port-area Residents, Environmental, Labor, and Religious Leaders Premiers Solution to Allow "Green Growth" at L.A./Long Beach Ports
March 29, 2007

Dozens of Dirty Diesel Trucks Caravan Around Long Beach City Hall as Port Commissioners Move on Adopting Clean Air Action Plan
November 20, 2006

New drive to fix broken port trucking system key to solving pollution dilemma blocking huge L.A. & Long Beach port expansion
November 20, 2006

New Drive to Fix Broken Port Trucking System Key to Solving Pollution Dilemma and Expanding Ports
November 17, 2006

New Drive to Fix Broken Port Trucking System Key to Solving Pollution Dilemma and Expanding Ports
November 17, 2006

Port Drivers to Mobilize Huge Rush-Hour Convoy of 100 Diesel Trucks; Freeway to Harbor Action a Push for Clean Air, Healthy Communities, Employee Rights
June 26, 2006

Hundreds Rally to Support Solution on Dirty Port Trucks
March 29, 2006