DISQUS

John · 1 year ago

Great article Theo. The green movement cannot be stopped, no matter how much the P-T of the chamber of whores whine. It's the right thing to do, and just maybe these big polluting businesses have tired of being sued-and losing. Thank God for groups like the NRDC etc, otherwise we'd look like Shanghai (to the delight of randy "hypocrite" gordon).

By the way, anyone for a drive up the Terminal Island Freeway from the port? It's so nice to see the children out at Cabrillo and Hudson, with the rattly trucks spewing black smoke RIGHT to them. Just think, the new railyard will be just west of them, about a long baseball throw away. Bet their lungs can hardly wait!

RKJ · 1 year ago

It will not be long until some aggressive young attorney figures out that there is a Erin Brokovich sized settlment waiting in the wings... against the ports and their shipper customers for what they have done to our city. I smell class action in those black plumes of smoke! They willingly employed these trucks, it was cheaper than building out thier own newer fleet of semi's.. not to mention the bunker fuel they choose to burn while parked in our fine city.

John · 1 year ago

RKJ wasn't there a huge lawsuit involving the tobacco companies, where they knew they were engaging in commerce that killed people?
The sad thing is, there's not much you can do with tobacco, but there is cleaner equipment and fuel. Shame on these dirty bastards!

Joe Weinstein · 1 year ago

Good article Theo and good comments from John and RKJ.

Yes, the LB establishment's version of 'green', meaning reduced pollution just from particulates, is on the way. However, just remember that reduced particulates do not equate to reduced global warming.

On the contrary, LB Council and City Hall and Chamber continue to foster (pun not amiss) a vision of a 'green' future which requires and promotes massive and ever more emissions from oil and gas combustion. The 'cleanest' possible emissions, pure greenhouse-gas CO2, will continue to result and increase from the massive oil and gas burning fostered by globalized industry and long-distance commerce and lots of air transport. All promoted by PoLA/LB, Boeing, and the likes of LGB - the local enterprises especially favored by the establishment. All to bring us more quickly to what the Chinese call 'interesting' times. This special LB kind of 'green' will accelerate melt or float of at least Greenland ice, thereby raising sea level enough to sink Belmont Shore and lots of other nice lower-lying LB properties, not least PoLB itself.

With Cheers for May Day - Joe

John · 1 year ago

Joe there is no doubt that substantial changes need to take place.

The frustrating thing for me is that there are immediate solutions to the port-related partical matter pollution. The shippers, shipping lines, truckers, (the special interests that is), the port commissioners and the cities would still be smiling at the clouds of black smoke had it not been for environmental groups. If gordon's union and kyser believe that the extra 5-6 cents on a pair of imported tennis shoes is going to shut down the ports then I have some nice everglades land for sale. Why does business fight so hard against what is not only doable, but clearly the right thing? How does kyser, gordon, hankla et al reconcile the illness and death of their neighbors?