Expert Blog

The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.

Who Pays The Freight?

On June 26, 2008, Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa signed into law a City ordinance , passed by a unanimous vote of the L.A. City Council, enacting the Port of...

July 03, 2008

What He Said

On Friday, May 16, 2008, Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster gave a talk that blew the roof off the business-oriented FuturePorts conference in Long Beach. The...

June 12, 2008

Clean Air Act Applies to All

Southern California’s air quality woes are a well known fact, but not enough has been done to alleviate the problem. Today, NRDC filed a petition for review in...

May 30, 2008

Telling the Wrong Story

NRDC’s work to clean up the Port of Long Beach got sucker punched last week in the Wall Street Journal . It was truly a shock to see such a mischaracterization...

May 20, 2008

Different Coasts, Same Schmutz

I used to play basketball with a guy we called “Schmutzie,” a playground variant on the Yiddish word “ schmutz ,” which means dirt. I don’t know how he got the...

May 12, 2008

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