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In the News: The New York Times May 8, 2021

E-Commerce Mega-Warehouses, a Smog Source, Face New Pollution Rule

Adrian Martinez, Attorney, California Regional Office: “This isn’t just something that’s happening in California — these warehouses are proliferating across the country. This could be a way for other states to also crack down on warehouse emissions.”
document April 29, 2021

World Logistics Center settlement agreement

Southern California mega-warehouse will heavily electrify operations, per this landmark agreement worth up to $47 million
Trucks line up outside the Amazon ONT 2 and 5 facilities in San Bernardino.
(Image Courtesy of Anthony Victoria-Midence / CCAEJ)
Press Release: Victory April 29, 2021

Southern California Mega-Warehouse Will Heavily Electrify Operations, Per Landmark Agreement Worth up to $47 Million

The settlement of the World Logistics Center lawsuit over air quality and environmental impacts in California’s Inland Empire could spark industry trend
In the News: The Guardian April 15, 2021

Amazon’s warehouse boom linked to health hazards in America’s most polluted region

Adrian Martinez, Attorney, California Regional Office, Earthjustice: “We have an immensely profitable industry that’s become even more profitable during the pandemic, and now environmental and community groups and regulators are saying it’s time to clean up your pollution and stop making us suffer from it.”
Amazon's Eastgate Terminal in San Bernardino, which breathes some of the most polluted air in the country.
(Anthony Victoria)
From the Experts April 14, 2021

Warehouses, Pollution, and Social Disparities

New report on warehouses provides analytical view of the logistics industry’s impacts on environmental justice communities across Southern California.
A layer of smog hangs over the California city of Moreno Valley.
(Photo Courtesy of Arman Thanvir)
Article January 9, 2017

World Logistics Center: Bad for Air, Won’t Bring High-Quality Jobs

In a region that already suffers some of the worst air quality in the nation, we can expect to feel the weight of diesel soot in our lungs from the…
The developer of the World Logistics Center is planning a mega facility roughly the size of three Central Parks.
(Rob Chambliss / Earthjustice)
Article November 28, 2016

A Bad Holiday Deal on New California Mega Warehouse

As online shopping heats up for the holiday season, we’re lifting the veil on the freight industry and communities’ campaigns to make major freight hubs like mega warehouses greener and…
document November 14, 2016

Notice of Appeal (Ctr. for Comm. Action and Env. Justice, et al v. City of Moreno Valley)

Superior Court of California, County of Riverside
document February 22, 2016

Complaint: World Logistics Center Initiative

40 million square-foot logistics center faces new round of litigation
Snowy egrets in the San Jacinto Wildlife Area. The area is home to many threatened and endangered wildlife and plants.
(Nicole Beaulac / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Press Release February 22, 2016

Lawsuit Targets Sprawling Southern California Mega-warehouse Project

40 million square-foot logistics center faces new round of litigation
document September 23, 2015

Verified Petition for Writ of Mandate

Environmental justice and conservation groups are suing the Southern California city of Moreno Valley over its approval of the World Logistics Center, a sprawling 40-million-square-foot warehouse project.
A layer of smog hangs over the California city of Moreno Valley. Despite recognizing the project’s significant contributions to worsening air quality, increased traffic congestion and climate change, the city required only meager steps to reduce those harms.
(Photo courtesy of Arman Thanvir)
Press Release September 23, 2015

Lawsuit Targets Sprawling Southern California Mega-Warehouse Project

40 million square-foot logistics center will add 14,000 trucks per day, worsen pollution, harm wildlife