The EPA has a role in these talks as well. If the unions are responsible for the increased pollution to the area, that is something that cannot be ignored. Pollution shortens lives and no union is allowed to put lives in peril in these circumstances. The hospitals should be interviewed for increased asthma attack rates, especially with children.
By Tony Biscoe
When Janet Schaaf-Gunter peered (click here) through the window at San Pedro Bay last year, she saw so many cargo ships it looked as if Southern California was on the brink of an invasion.
As a veil of gray exhaust settled over the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Schaaf-Gunter worried about how much more diesel pollution she and her neighbors would be inhaling during the shipping logjam.
“I’m looking out my window, and I have a view of the harbor, which is lovely — and used to be more lovely,” said Schaaf-Gunter, a member of San Pedro Peninsula Homeowners United. “And I’m seeing dozens of ships that are along our coast sitting out there spewing.”...
