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CLEAN AIR PORT DEBATE * USA - Environmentalists Oppose Air-Cleanup Plan
Long Beach,CAL,USA -The Wall Street Journal (NY,USA), by Jim Carlton -14 May 2008: -- The Port of Long Beach adopted an ambitious plan in February to clean its air by replacing thousands of aging diesel trucks that haul cargo at the facility. But the plan faces an unlikely opponent: a big environmental group... The point of contention is that the port's plan doesn't guarantee that driving jobs will go to trucking-company employees, who are easier for unions to organize than independent owner-operators. That doesn't sit well with the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group whose stated mission is to "safeguard the Earth" and also is tied closely to to labor unions. The group, based in New York, has threatened legal action that might block the port's emission-cutting plan.... The environmental group's alliance with the Teamsters is part of a general accord many green groups have forged with organized labor in recent years to pool their resources in common struggles, such as that over the globalization of commerce... Labels: clean air plans debate
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