Port of Los Angeles

EPA Protects West Coast Ports Besieged by Coal

Carol Pierson Holding | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Epa, West Coast Coal Ports, Port of Portland, Port of Los Angeles, Vancouver Coal Port, Montana, Powder River Basin, Chinese Coal Imports, Wyoming, David Gambrel, Coal Age, Army Corps of Engineers, Columbia River Gorge, Longview, Latx, Green News

It's amazing what a determined group of people can do, even in the face of the combined forces of coal, railway, and shipping industries. I sure hope they succeed.

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Rag Picking in America?

Carl Pope | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Recycling, Teamsters Union, Los Angeles, Port of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles Recycling, Teamsters, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles News

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa takes pride in the fact that his city's recycling rate is the highest in any of America's million plus population cities. But listening to the workers, it is clear that inside the recycling facility, workers are treated more like the garbage they sort than fellow citizens.

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Occupy’s major message misfire

Arthur Bruzzone | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Port of Oakland, San Francisco, Occupy Wall Street, Port of Los Angeles, Oakland, Port of Seattle, Occupy the Ports, San Francisco News

The Occupy movement, or those who participated in effort to close down West Coast ports, violated several of Saul Alinksy's direct action rules: First, find a message and persist. Second, don't alienate your base...

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Our To-Do List For LA's Very First Navy Week

Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Seafood Los Angeles, Fleet Week, Navy Week, Dive Bars LA, Port of Los Angeles, La Around Town, Los Angeles Fleet Week, Los Angeles News

Los Angeles' first-ever Navy Week has just started, offering Angelenos a chance to mix and mingle with some of our nation's finest. CBS LA tells u...

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More Economic Output "Bang" for Our Investment "Buck"

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Mayor Villaraigosa, Los Angeles, Infrastructure, Port of Los Angeles, La Transit, Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles News

As the country slowly crawls out of the global economic recession, Los Angeles is taking bold steps to invest in infrastructure, create jobs, increase...

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Good Jobs and Clean Air: New York Ports Must Follow LA's Lead

Amy Traub | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Clean Truck Program, Port of Los Angeles, Pollution, Sean Arian, Trucks, New York News

The Port of Los Angeles' innovative Clean Truck Program is legally in the clear -- and so it's time for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to follow those tire tracks.

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Cleaning Up Trucks and Jobs at the Port Authority

Amy Traub | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Port of Los Angeles, Clean Trucks, Clean Truck Program, American Trucking Associations, Trucks, New York News

By January 1, the dirtiest of the diesel trucks spewing pollution on their way to and from the ports of New York and New Jersey may get a much-needed retirement.

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The Ports Challenge

James P. Hoffa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Security, James Galbraith, Port of Long Beach, Port of Seattle, Pollution, Environmental Groups, Teamsters Union, Port of Los Angeles, Southern California, Low Wages, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Workers Compensation, Greenhouse Gases, Port of Newark, Port of Oakland, Medicare, American Trucking Associations, Los Angeles News

I hate to think we've become a country that has lost the concept of public purpose, a country that allows corporations to poison the people who live nearby. But apparently they're too much for the trucking industry.

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Killing at the Seaport: Port Pollution a Silent Killer

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Port of Elizabeth, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Port of Los Angeles, Chris Ward, New York, Truck Drivers, Representative Jerold Nadler, Port of Newark, Port of Long Beach, John Holmes, Kim Thompson-Gaddy, Organized Labor, New Jersey, Los Angeles, New York News

For those Americans who happen to live near a seaport, pollution is a serious health hazard leading to negative health outcomes and even death.

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Three Events, One Message: Creating Jobs

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles, Job Creation, Port of Los Angeles, Unemployment, Los Angeles Economy, Los Angeles News

LA is open for business and focused on getting Angelenos back to work.

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Rise In Sea Levels Threatens California Ports

latimes.com | Ronald D. White | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Port of Long Beach, Long Beach, Port-of-Los-Angeles, Rising Sea Level, San Pedro, Climate Change, Los Angeles News

Global warming and a resulting rise in sea levels present a direct threat to the world's seaports -- and many of California's harbors are nowhere near...

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LA's New Jobs Chief

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unmeployment, Taxes, Port of Los Angeles, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York, Peter Dreier, Las Vegas, Deparment of Water and Power, Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, Jobs, Los Angeles, Regulation, Mayor Villaraigosa, Austin-Beutner, Los Angeles News

What characteristics make a city more or less business friendly? Is it simply low tax rates and minimal regulation? The Los Angeles County Business Federation would say yes.

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Clean Trucks: One Year Later

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lisa Jackson, Clean Technology, Port of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles, Epa, Green News

Today marks the first anniversary of the launch of one of the most successful emissions reductions programs in our country's history -- the Port of Los Angeles' Clean Truck Program.

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