Tailpipe emissions pollute the air causing public health harms and exacerbate the climate crisis; Clean Deliveries Act will drive legislative and zero-emission solutions

Molly Tack-Hooper, Senior Attorney, Northwest Office: “These warehouses are highly automated. It’s a lot of robots moving things around, so the job increases are not actually there. The jobs associated with warehouses are decreasing as technology gets better in these warehouses and gets more automated.”

Warehouse Rule brings zero emissions equipment to California, proving the strength of the model.

The pivotal bill provides advancements in public health and clean air, prevents corporations from clustering mega-warehouses in low-income communities of color, and advances New York’s climate mandates

Where the warehouse project is located, its likely impacts, and how you can get involved

In the matter of the appeal of 350 Tacoma and South Tacoma Neighborhood Council. From the April 21, 2023, Mitigated Determination of Nonsignificance and Critical Area Development Permit issued by the City of Tacoma

Exhibit numbers and descriptions for appellants 350 Tacoma and South Tacoma Neighborhood Council

Witness names and summary of testimony for appellants 350 Tacoma and South Tacoma Neighborhood Council

Letter to City of Tacoma on behalf of 350 Tacoma and the South Tacoma Neighborhood Council addressing the question of the City’s authority to conduct a Health Impact Assessment for the proposed Bridge Industrial warehouse project.

Despite vocal opposition from concerned neighbors and environmental and health advocates, the City of Tacoma approved a land use permit for a mega-warehouse project in April 2023, without requiring an Environmental Impact Statement to examine the project’s environmental, health, and community impacts. The South Tacoma location of the mega-warehouse poses serious environmental justice concerns. The…

The plan would pave over a large undeveloped space, increase traffic, air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, disturb a former Superfund site, and jeopardize the city’s aquifer.

The massive 147-acre warehouse complex poses serious health threats and environmental justice concerns for the surrounding communities

Two community groups, represented by Earthjustice, filed a legal appeal to the Tacoma Hearing Examiner to force the City of Tacoma to take a comprehensive look at the environmental harms of permitting a massive warehouse complex in South Tacoma.

California is not just staying in the running, but picking up the pace for zero emissions.

Modificar las regulaciones sobre los almacenes de última milla es fundamental para lograr los objetivos de justicia ambiental y equidad racial de la ciudad de Nueva York

Amending regulations on last-mile warehouses is critical to achieving New York City’s environmental justice and racial equity goals

According to a December 2021 investigation by Consumer Reports, companies like Amazon have opened up the vast majority of last-mile logistics facilities in communities of color that have long suffered disparate environmental harms like increased rates of air pollution, noise, and asthma

Advocates call on Department of City Planning to manage the explosive growth of last-mile trucking facilities, concentrated in low-income communities of color, and the resulting pollution, congestion, unsafe streets