Press Releases
2013
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 10, 2011
Truck Drivers at America’s Largest Ports Expose Third-World Working Conditions; Australian Employer Toll Group Subjects Workers to Separate, Unequal Outhouses, September 9, 2011
Judge Rules Long Beach Clean Truck Program Settlement in Violation of CA Environmental Law; A Victory for Long Beach Residents in the Continued Fight For Clean Air, July 19, 2011
Environmentalists, Community Leaders Deliver Scathing Criticism of Port of Seattle for Dragging Feet on Pollution Clean Up, July 12, 2011
Major Lawsuit Seeks to Recover Substantial Damages Stolen from Paychecks of Newark’s Low-Income Truck Drivers, July 7, 2011
Rare Coalition of Labor, Environmental and Business Groups Backs Green Jobs Bill to Spur Economic Development, Safeguard Fleet Replacement Plans at U.S. Ports, February 9, 2011
2010
Looming Deadline to Force Hundreds of Port Truck Drivers Deeper Into Debt or Out on the Streets in the New Year, December 29, 2010
Report: Misclassification Exploits Nation’s Port Truck Drivers, Costs Gov’t Billions and Pollutes Environment, December 8, 2010
New York Environmental, Labor Advocates Call For Enforceable Clean Air Standards to Make Polluting Industry Pay to Clean Up Port Operations, October 28, 2010
Another Case against Port Trucking Firm Underscores Widespread Industry Abuse, Disregard of Labor Laws, Teamsters Charge, June 30, 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
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, 2010
Top American Port Official Presses Washington to Amend Outdated Law, March 15, 2010
Statement from Amy Goldsmith, Executive Director of the New Jersey Environmental Federation, on the PANYNJ Truck Ban, March 10, 2010
Environmental-Labor Alliance to Fight Poverty, Pollution at American Ports Gets National Attention with New York Times Story, February 26, 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
Backroom Deal Leaves Long Beach Truck Program in Hands of Polluting Industry; Clean Air Advocates Sue to Protect Local Communities & Clean Truck Program, January 4, 2010
2009
Class Action Wage-Hour Suit Filed Against Total Transportation Services, Inc. on Behalf of Southern CA Port Drivers; Labor Violations Cited Include Failure to Pay Minimum Wage, November 4, 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
Long Beach Port Caves to Trucking Industry Polluters at Expense of Community, Environment, October 20, 2009
Mayors Bloomberg and Booker Urge Congress to Update Old Law to Allow Ports Nationwide to Enact Clean Trucks Programs, October 18, 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
Environmental-Led Port Coalition Praises President Obama’s Pick of Joseph Brennan to Lead FMC, June 9, 2009
Port of Oakland Votes on Truck Pollution Measures Despite Industry Lawsuit — A Statement by Doug Bloch, June 2, 2009
Enviro-Community-Labor Coalition Says Oakland Port Truck Plan Falls Short, May 2, 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
Researchers Investigate Reductions in Port Drivers Exposure to Toxic Diesel Exhaust, April 9, 2009
Univision’s Primer Impacto Investigates Dangerous Road for Port Drivers, March 30, 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 and Church Groups Thank Seattle City Council Members Letter to Congress; Urges Closing Loophole to Protect Public Health and Safety, February 10, 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
Environmental Groups Blast Port of Seattle CEO Yoshitani for Attempts to Tank Congressional Clean Air Efforts, January 21, 2009
2008
New East Coast Coalition Collects Diesel Truck Emissions Data near Schools, Port Neighborhoods, December 15, 2008
Community, Environmentalists Urge Bush Administration to Drop Case against Critical So. California Clean-Air Program, December 5, 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
NY and NJ Leaders Discuss New Plan to Clean Port Communities, October 14, 2008
Environmental-Labor-Community Alliance Calls on Oakland Port to Adopt Clean Air Plan Now, October 1, 2008
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
California Mayors Dellums and Villaraigosa Headline Massive March and Rally for Good Green Jobs in Oakland, July 22, 2008
A Statement on the Port of LA’s Concession Agreement Plan by Tamara Watkins, American Lung Association, May 15, 2008
A Defiant American Trucking Association Moves to Delay Clean Air for Southern Californians, March 4, 2008
Statement: Moving Forward on a Sustainable Pathway to Clean Air, February 20, 2008
Statement: Polluted Air Here to Stay with Long Beach Port Truck Scheme, February 15, 2008
2007
Diesel Exhaust Poses Health Threat to Port Truck Drivers, December 4, 2007
One Year Later: Thanksgiving Reflections on the Ports’ Clean Air Action Plan, a Statement by Adrian Martinez, NRDC, November 20, 2007
Environmental Justice Leaders, Green Groups Warn Ports: Polluted Air Here to Stay Without Stricter Clean Trucks Program, July 2, 2007
Port Truck Drivers, Environmental and Community Leaders Speak Out In Favor Of Ports’ Clean Trucks Program, June 6, 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