A big win for both truck drivers who work at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, and residents who live near those ports — a Federal judge this week denied an attempt to shut down an innovative program designed to both clean the air in those communities, and raise the living standards of port truckers at the same time:
After a 40-minute hearing, U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder said she would probably allow the program to move forward, despite objections from truckers.
“The balance of hardships and the public interest tip decidedly in favor of denying the injunction,” she said in court.
Under the program, the adjacent ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach would upgrade their aging fleet of about 16,800 mostly dilapidated rigs that produce much of the diesel pollution in Southern California.
Learn more about the blue-green partnership that turned the clean trucks vision into a reality at the Coalition for Clean and Safe Ports’ Web site.