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A rail line runs past shipping containers at the Port of Long Beach.
(Charles Csavossy / U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
Press Release August 18, 2014

Did Long Beach’s “Green Port” Violate State Environmental Laws?

City council vote August 19 will determine if port neglected to do necessary environmental assessments for climate change-causing coal and petcoke exports

A rail line runs past shipping containers at the Port of Long Beach.
(Charles Csavossy / U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
case June 23, 2014

Challenging the Port of Long Beach's Plan to Export Toxic Coal

On behalf of Sierra Club, Communities for a Better Environment and Natural Resources Defense Council, Earthjustice is challenging the Port of Long Beach’s approval of two controversial agreements, which allow the Port to annually export more than 1 million tons of coal and petcoke, a byproduct of oil refining, for the next 15 years. Petcoke…

A rail line runs past shipping containers at the Port of Long Beach.
(Charles Csavossy / U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
Press Release June 23, 2014

Groups Challenge Port of Long Beach’s Plan to Export Toxic Coal

Port approves 2 agreements to lock in coal and petcoke exports for the next 15 years

Trains carrying coal.
(Wade H. Massie / Shutterstock)
Article June 10, 2014

Long Beach Locks In Dirty Coal Exports

Long Beach approves exports of climate-altering coal, petcoke.