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Harboring Pollution: Strategies to Clean Up US Ports
Publication Date: January 2004
Publisher(s): Natural Resources Defense Council
Author(s): Todd R. Campbell; Gina M. Solomon; Thomas Plenys; Diane Bailey
Funder(s): Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment; Richard and Rhoda Goldman Charitable Funds; Environment Now; Entertainment Industry Foundation; David Bohnett Foundation; William C. Bannerman Foundation
Funder(s): Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment; Richard and Rhoda Goldman Charitable Funds; Environment Now; Entertainment Industry Foundation; David Bohnett Foundation; William C. Bannerman Foundation
Topic: Environment (Pollution and environmental degradation)
Transportation (Maritime industry and transport)
Type: Report
Abstract:
Marine ports in the United States are major hubs of economic activity and major sources of pollution. Enormous ships with engines running on the dirtiest fuel available, thousands of diesel truck visits per day, mile-long diesel locomotives hauling cargo and other polluting equipment, and activities at marine ports cause an array of environmental impacts that can seriously affect local communities and the environment.