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The House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Highways and Transit will hear testimony Wednesday on Los Angeles’ Clean Truck Program as local Congressmen renew a call for federal legislation that would allow container ports to implement stronger environmental standards on trucks. Environmental and labor advocates say the L.A. program could serve as a national [...]

The Port Authority and the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a plan to replace some of the heaviest truck polluters at area ports and completely phase out older trucks in the coming years. The $28 million program, partly funded by a $7 million EPA grant, is designed to encourage the owners of up [...]

In August, we reported on the fight of truckers and activists to reform the port trucking industry on both the environmental and labor fronts. Today, the Coalition for Healthy Ports has released a study that claims “lax regulation in the national port trucking system has triggered a broad public health crisis” in North Jersey and [...]

Ralph has been driving trucks for 31 years, including 11 years handling shipments from the busy ports in northern New Jersey. It’s those decades of experience that allow him to clearly sum up the plight of today’s port truckers. “We need help,” Ralph says. “This industry has really changed; it has only gotten worse.”