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Demand a Strong Clean Air Action Plan for Southern California

Target: Ports of LA and Long Beach
Sponsored by: Communities for Clean Ports

It’s a simple fact - port pollution kills.

Port pollution poisoning from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach affects the entire Southern California basin. And the costs are staggering: 2,400 premature deaths per year; cancer-risk rates up to 19 times higher than federal clean air standards; childhood asthma-related diseases at nearly double the national average; kids missing school and parents missing work; and health costs alone totaling $19.5 billion a year.

On November 20th, the Ports of LA and Long Beach will vote to pass the Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) - our best chance to end Port Pollution Poisoning in Southern California. The Plan calls for proven, cost-effective alternative fuels and clean technologies to be adopted to reduce the pollution created by this $300 billion industry.

Sign our petition asking the Ports of LA and Long Beach to pass the Clean Air Action Plan, implement it immediately, and help make it safer for all Southern Californians to breath.

deadline: 11-14-2007
goal: 5,000

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It’s a simple fact -- port pollution kills. And it's about to get worse, unless we act now.

Port Pollution Poisoning from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach affects the entire Southern California basin - from the San Fernando Valley to Orange County, from West L.A. to Riverside, from Long Beach and San Pedro to Downtown L.A.

The costs are staggering: 2,400 premature deaths per year; cancer-risk rates up to 19 times higher than federal clean air standards; childhood asthma-related diseases at nearly double the national average; kids missing school and parents missing work; and health costs alone totaling $19.5 billion a year.

Proven, cost-effective alternative fuels and clean technologies can be adopted today - for cleaner trucks, cargo-handling equipment (“yard tractors”) and ships - to dramatically reduce pollution from port-related industries. And since it's a profitable $300 billion industry, they can afford it.

The Ports' Clean Air Action Plan is a historic opportunity to immediately and dramatically begin reducing the devastating effects of port pollution. And we applaud those leaders pushing for the strongest, most aggressive plan. However, it can only succeed if key decision-makers have the courage to implement it immediately and without influence from the powerful interests who want to protect the status quo.

Trade is about to triple -- sending pollution levels even higher -- which means the time for action is now. Our lives, our livelihoods and our quality of life are at stake.

We strongly urge you to support a strong, aggressive Clean Air Action Plan -- and to implement it immediately. We don't have time to wait.

We will be watching closely.

Signed,
[Your name]
[Your address]

We signed the “Demand a Strong Clean Air Action Plan for Southern California” petition!

# 200:

2:00 pm PST, Nov 17, Kaye Peters, California

# 199:

2:00 pm PST, Nov 17, Kris Olson, California

# 198:

2:00 pm PST, Nov 17, Sarah Worth, California

# 197:

2:00 pm PST, Nov 17, Paul White, California

# 196:

2:00 pm PST, Nov 17, Joseph S. Cox, California
We ALL breath this air, and it's in our best interests to protect it as best we can.

# 195:

1:59 pm PST, Nov 17, Lourdes Sanchez, California

# 194:

1:59 pm PST, Nov 17, Mani Suri, California
Lake Balboa's in my neighborhood. Don't mess it up for our kids who play there!

# 193:

1:59 pm PST, Nov 17, Kendall Moore, California

# 192:

1:59 pm PST, Nov 17, Elizabeth Guise, California

# 191:

1:59 pm PST, Nov 17, Margaret Henke, California

# 190:

1:58 pm PST, Nov 17, Danielle Aromando, California

# 189:

1:58 pm PST, Nov 17, Name not displayed, California

# 188:

1:56 pm PST, Nov 17, Wanda Nowicki, Canada

# 187:

1:56 pm PST, Nov 17, Maureen Gragnani, California

# 186:

1:56 pm PST, Nov 17, Name not displayed, California

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1:56 pm PST, Nov 17, Sharon Earle, California

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1:56 pm PST, Nov 17, Holger Brix, California

# 183:

1:56 pm PST, Nov 17, Kristen L. Andersen, California

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1:56 pm PST, Nov 17, Name not displayed, California

# 181:

1:56 pm PST, Nov 17, Michael Mangiamele, California

# 180:

1:55 pm PST, Nov 17, Jessica Landau, California

# 179:

1:55 pm PST, Nov 17, Ann Lavine, California

# 178:

1:55 pm PST, Nov 17, Li Starr, California

# 177:

1:55 pm PST, Nov 17, Stacy Rozmenoski, California

# 176:

1:54 pm PST, Nov 17, John Kevin Laffey, California

# 175:

1:54 pm PST, Nov 17, Sara Earhart, California

# 174:

1:54 pm PST, Nov 17, Donna Clark, California

# 173:

1:54 pm PST, Nov 17, Rob Seltzer, California

# 172:

1:54 pm PST, Nov 17, Randy Tashjian, California
Keep Southern California clean and beautiful!

# 171:

1:53 pm PST, Nov 17, Lauri Julian, California

# 170:

1:53 pm PST, Nov 17, Valerie Belt, California

# 169:

1:53 pm PST, Nov 17, David Newlon, California

# 168:

1:53 pm PST, Nov 17, PAM AND AL ROTH, California
WE SEE THE POLLUTION EVERYDAY AND HAVE LIVED IN IT FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS! CLEAN UP OUR AIR NOW!!

# 167:

1:53 pm PST, Nov 17, Arnold Shecter, California

# 166:

1:53 pm PST, Nov 17, Raul Anorve, California

# 165:

1:52 pm PST, Nov 17, Roxanne Braithwaite, California

# 164:

1:52 pm PST, Nov 17, Tsegalem Woldemariam, California

# 163:

1:52 pm PST, Nov 17, Sheila Holenda, California

# 162:

1:52 pm PST, Nov 17, Anita Kuhn, California

# 161:

1:52 pm PST, Nov 17, Rae Lynne Gard, California
Everyone has to do their fair share to address this problem NOW.

# 160:

1:51 pm PST, Nov 17, Francisca Osborn, California
Our health is just too important to overlook--Please pass the CAAP for California!

# 159:

1:51 pm PST, Nov 17, Paul Marin, California
Its time to clean our air especially since its our only way to survive.

# 158:

1:51 pm PST, Nov 17, C l Spray, California

# 157:

1:50 pm PST, Nov 17, Alessa Carlino, California

# 156:

1:50 pm PST, Nov 17, Rebecca Foster, California
Why continue participating in polluting our air when there is a better way. Use these systems that keep our air clean....YOU will feel better and our planet will last longer. Remember the rule to always leave a place BETTER than you found it......... Just do the right thing!

# 155:

1:50 pm PST, Nov 17, Jennie Webb, California

# 154:

1:50 pm PST, Nov 17, Terry Vreeland, MFT, California

# 153:

1:49 pm PST, Nov 17, Lisbeth Davidow, California

# 152:

1:49 pm PST, Nov 17, Michelle Saifer, California

# 151:

1:49 pm PST, Nov 17, Eugene Haberman, California
Please act to clean our air. The people all around you need cleaner air.

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