pollution

California Moves To Major Fossil Fuel Divestment

California took a giant step toward a major divestment in fossil fuels on May 25 as the State Senate passed…

3 years ago

China Shipping Trial Starts June 24

Revised Mitigation Plan Challenged “This case is the latest in a chain of litigation stretching back over two decades.” So…

3 years ago

Air Pollution to Gun Violence

By Adam Mahoney with photographs by Damon Casarez For Daniel Delgado, the Fourth of July marked a turning point in…

3 years ago

How Black Communities Become “Sacrifice Zones” for Industrial Air Pollution

One of the most dangerous chemical plants in America sits in one of West Virginia’s only majority-Black communities. For decades,…

3 years ago

A Pandemic Report — POLA Leadership versus Residents Exposed to Pollution

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, port leaders and community residents have been living in two parallel universes, described in a document…

4 years ago

Ports Briefs: Container Dwell Fee’s Still Hold; Infrastructure Bill Helps POLB With Navigational Improvements

Last October, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed a chief’s report showing deepening and widening channels in the harbor…

4 years ago

Long Delay on Refinery Pollution Shows Impact of Polluter-Friendly Politicians

By Mike Young, Political & Organizing Director, California Environmental Voters Earlier this month, Southern California’s most powerful pollution regulator finally…

4 years ago

‘Tis the Season to Pay Attention to this Crisis

Ports are more concerned with commerce than pollution Until recently, every time you turn around something seems to be in…

4 years ago

AQMD Replaces Failed Cap-and-Trade Refinery Rule

“Far from Perfect,” but a “Step in the Right Direction,” Activists Say Six years after it stunned its staff by…

4 years ago