For the third year in a row, Southern California has earned the distinction of having the worst air quality in the nation.
The area’s biggest polluter is the Los Angeles and Long Beach Port Complex. It’s the country’s busiest - more than 40 percent of the nation’s imports arrive at this ten thousand acre facility. In the next 10 to 15 years, port traffic is expected to double, maybe even triple.
In 2005, California Connected visited the port and its neighbors to report on the causes, the effects and some of the possible solutions to the air pollution problem. Correspondent Bob Jimenez returns to the port to find out what has changed.
- Clean Air Initiatives, Port of Los Angeles
- Clean Air Action Plan , Port of Long Beach
- The Coalition for Clean Air
- Natural Resources Defense Council, air pollution page
October 21st, 2006 at 12:40 pm
Hi CC,
Great show last night (Oct. 20th.)
I was hopping to find the name of the Major’s appointee who is addressing the pollution problems at LA’s ports here on the site.
I’d like to drop him a note suggesting the conversion of diesel into Veggie. As you may or may not be aware, ‘Lovecraft’ of Silverlake has converted over 900 cars so far for the cost of about $900 bucks each.
Why not convert the trucking, habor vehicles and ships and support our CA farmers to boot?!
If you can pass this on, or get me the contact info, I’d appreciate it.
Keep up the great work!
Bob Yothers
October 26th, 2006 at 8:38 am
The ships, trucks, trains and other diesel equipment at the ports are major polluters. But who says we’re the “biggest polluters in the state”? The vehicles on the highways are much bigger polluters.