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Victory for California: Los Angeles Rules in Favor of the Clean Truck Program

Sep 2, 2010Christine CorderoEnvironmental Justice

It’s about time. In a tremendous legal victory for clean air and workers’ rights, a CA district judge has ruled in favor of the Los Angeles Clean Truck program. The Clean Truck program allows the Port of Los Angeles to enforce all provisions of one of the most...

My Word: Congress Must Give Port of Oakland Authority to Set Standards to Help Truckers

Jan 6, 2010Christine CorderoEnvironmental Justice

Published in the Oakland Tribune on December 29, 2009 By Christine Cordero and Rome Aloise A THOUSAND truck drivers face unemployment in January when their rigs are banned from the Port of Oakland. The state is rightly enforcing new diesel truck emission standards,...