Port of Long Beach mulls alternative energies as power demand set to skyrocket

[Source: PORT Technology] The Port of Long Beach (PoLB) expects its power demand on the electricity grid “to triple or quadruple” by 2035 from increases in shoreside power and electricity-powered yard equipment. The first of nine electric rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) stacking cranes entered service at the SSA Terminal (Electric cranes mark milestone for Port of Read More…

Court allows Exide to abandon a toxic site in Vernon. Taxpayers will fund the cleanup

[Source: Los Angeles Times] A bankruptcy court ruled Friday that Exide Technologies may abandon its shuttered battery recycling plant in Vernon, leaving a massive cleanup of lead and other toxic pollutants at the site and in surrounding neighborhoods to California taxpayers. The decision by Chief Judge Christopher Sontchi of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of Read More…

Covid-19 cuts deep into LA jobs

[Source: Los Angeles Business Journal] It’s no surprise that L.A.’s economy has been walloped by coronavirus-driven business shutdowns, but the extent of the damage and how much worse L.A. County has fared only became apparent with the release of data for April. The state Employment Development Department reported on May 22 that L.A. County’s April Read More…

L.A.-Long Beach ports approve truck fee too low to clean smog, groups charge

[Source: Los Angeles Times] Los Angeles and Long Beach officials voted Monday to impose a modest fee on shipping containers moving through the nation’s largest port complex, in a first step toward helping truckers replace their diesel vehicles with lower-polluting models. The decision by harbor commissioners, which followed hours of public testimony at a joint Read More…