Environmental Justice League
Author: <span>David Martinez</span>
A Summary of the AB 617 Process
We have decided to get more engaged in the AB 617 process and would like to give our members a summary of the AB 617 process. We will organize community meetings around the state to solicit feedback from impacted communities. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is rhetorically committed to community…
EJL engages with CARB on Impact of Advanced Clean Fleets rule on Disadvantaged Communities
For several weeks, the Environmental Justice League has focused on the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB’s) pending Advanced Clean Fleets Rule and specifically its anticipated impact on disadvantaged and most vulnerable communities if it were implemented as currently written. Among its various deficiencies, EJL has identified in the draft regulations…
Environmental Justice League Joins California’s ARCHES Network
Featured on The San Diego Union-Tribune and The Wall Street Journal February 08, 2023 at 14:00 PM EST Sacramento, California, United States – 02-08-2023 The Environmental Justice League today announced that it has joined the State of California’s ARCHES network – an important signal from the environmental justice community that it…
Letter to Liane Randolph, CARB Advanced Clean Fleet Rulemaking
December 12, 2022 Liane Randolph, ChairCalifornia Air Resources BoardP.O. Box 2815Sacramento, CA 95812 Dear Chair Randolph: As our name indicates, environmental justice is our top priority. Climate change poses an existential threat to life on earth, and the effects of air pollution disproportionately affect people of color. The mission of…
SB 1075 (Skinner) Green Hydrogen: Emissions of Greenhouse Gases – Request for Signature
Dear Governor Newsom: On behalf of the California Environmental Justice League, I resepctfully request your signature on Senate Bill 1075 (Skinner). This bill will require the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), and the California Energy Commission (CEC) to incorporate hydrogen into its decarbonization strategies,…
AB 2146 (Bauer-Kahan) Neonicotinoid Pesticides – Request for Signature
Dear Governor Newsom: On behalf of the California Environmental Justice League, I respectfully request your signature on Assembly Bill 2146. This important measure is an critical first step in addressing the clear and present danger that neonicotinoids pose to our environment ingeneral and our food chain in particular. For over…
AB 1857 (Garcia) Solid Waste – Request for Signature
Dear Governor Newsom: On behalf of the California Environmental Justice League, I write to respectfully requestyour signature on Assembly Bill 1857. This measure is long overdue in repealing aprovision of law allowing local governments to receive recycling credit for the burningor incineration of solid waste. It may have been appropriate…
Attorney General Bonta and CARB Secure Decision Overturning Flawed Environmental Review for China Shipping Terminal Project
Thursday, June 30, 2022 Contact: (916) 210-6000, agpressoffice@doj.ca.gov OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) secured a decision from the San Diego County Superior Court overturning the Port of Los Angeles’ approval of the revised China Shipping Terminal project and certification of its Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (EIR). “Communities…
Editorial: Port pollution is surging. Let regulators do their job to protect public health
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San Pedro Bay Port Complex to Commit to 100% Zero-Emissions Ocean Shipping by 2030
Yesterday evening, the Long Beach City Council unanimously passed a Ship It Zero Resolution 6-0. Long Beach City Councilmember Cindy Allen introduced the resolution on Earth Day, calling on Long Beach’s top maritime importers to commit to making all port calls to the San Pedro Port Complex, which includes the…