Added October 29, 2007:

Sad Storrie: Spill from derailment has property owners battling with railroad. At least 10 freight and tanker cars were pushed off tracks that run virtually over the top of a local property. Union Pacific Railroad officials said two tanker cars ruptured. One spilled about 20,000 gallons of cooking oil, the second lost its entire load -- 30,000 gallons of ethanol. Chico Enterprise Record, Chico, California. http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_7303015

Added October 26, 2007:

California air regulators adopt new global warming standards. Car tires must be fully inflated, trucks fitted with aerodynamic devices and cargo ship engines silenced when docked at port under global warming proposals adopted Thursday by California state air regulators. Associated Press
http://www.pe.com/ap_news/California/CA_Global_Warming_Regulations_312720C.shtml

Added October 22, 2007:

American Imports, Chinese Deaths Series

Series: Part 1

American Imports, Chinese Deaths: The human cost of doing business. Their lungs shut down, their kidneys fail, they lose fingers, limbs, all so Americans are guaranteed an unfettered flow of cut-rate merchandise. The Salt Lake Tribune. October 21, 2007.

Series: Part 2, Outdated machines cause an epidemic of amputations.

Death in the air. Worker: 'I know my days are numbered.' Father wanted a better future for his kids, so he left his farm for factory work, but now he's slowly dying. The Salt Lake Tribune. October 22, 2007.

Series: Part 3, Batteries made by hand lead to kidney failure and death.

Series: Part 4, Who's responsible for workers' health? Not us, American companies say.

Added October 19, 2007:

Historic bill in Senate to fight warming. A bipartisan group of senators, borrowing heavily from California's efforts to fight climate change, fired the starting gun on what's expected to be a long global-warming debate in Congress with a proposal for limits on greenhouse gases affecting every major segment of the nation's economy. San Francisco Chronicle, California.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/19/MNKCSSD3I.DTL

Los Angeles County: A Diverse Economy Plays Critical Role in LA County’s Continued Growth. United Airlines Hemispheres Magazine, October 2007, pgs 84-96. Special Advertising Feature. http://www.hemispheresmagazine.com/special/LAEDC_Oct07_WEB.pdf

Exports fuel China's CO2 output. A quarter of China's greenhouse gas emissions are produced making goods exported to the West, a report from a UK government-funded body has found. BBC, United Kingdom. 19 October 2007.

Substance and style fuel race for Port of Seattle Commission seat. Alec Fisken and Bill Bryant both want to double the amount of cargo that moves through the Port of Seattle. But the two Port Commission candidates differ on how to pursue that goal. Fresh Poulp. http://www.freshpoulp.net/2007/10/17/substance-and-style-fuel-race-for-port-of-seattle-commission-seat/

Added October 12, 2007:

Targeting freight. Diesel trucks and trains carry wealth and jobs to the Inland Empire, but they also bring debilitating air pollution. Sen. Barbara Boxer came to the San Bernardino County Government Center in San Bernardino on Wednesday to pin a target on the unwelcome interloper. SBSun.com, San Bernardino, CA. http://origin.sbsun.com/news/ci_7143400

Health Coalition Working to Lessen Port of San Diego Air Pollution. The Environmental Health Coalition is working with the Port of San Diego to clean up the air at port docks. Exhaust from diesel trucks and cruise ships spew toxic air in nearby neighborhoods. KPBS, San Diego, CA. http://www.kpbs.org/news/local;id=9846

U.S. seeks new safeguards for imported food. Congress and the Bush administration are moving toward the creation of a new system for screening imported foods that would require American companies to certify that their foreign suppliers meet U.S. standards. Los Angeles Times, California. [Registration Required]
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-food12oct12,1,6782697.story

Feinstein urges progress on energy. U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Thursday that if Congress fails to pass Senate-approved legislation that would mandate more efficient cars and trucks by 2020, it would set back the fight against global warming by 10 years. San Jose Mercury News, California. 12 October 2007.

Added October 11, 2007:

States restrict truck traffic . Truck-only lanes and a plan to divert some truck cargo to ships along the Atlantic Coast are among the initiatives getting scrutiny from state and federal agencies. About 75,000 more big rigs cruise onto already crowded highways every year. USA Today . http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-10-10-trucks_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

Leaking Train Hazardous Materials Leads to Evacuations . BNSF train leaking hazardous chemical forces evacuation of homes in Kansas . WIBW.com , Kansas . http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/10404852.html

Added October 10, 2007:

All eyes on California climate-change fight. Make big-rig trucks more aerodynamic. Allow docked ships to shut off engines and plug into electrical outlets. Those are among early actions in what will be a long, fiercely debated and politically perilous battle against global warming in California . USA Today . http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2007-10-09-warming-regulations_N.htm

Shipping pollution 'far more damaging than flying.' New research suggests that the impact of shipping on climate change has been seriously underestimated and that the industry is currently churning out greenhouse gases at nearly twice the rate of aviation. London Independent , England .   http://environment.independent.co.uk/climate_change/article3043734.ece

Changes urged in proposal for ports. Some of the nation's largest business coalitions and trade associations have floated changes to the clean-air plan under consideration for the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in a letter to the harbor commissioners and mayors of both cities. LA Times, Los Angeles, California. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ports10oct10,1,3534291.story?coll=la-headlines-business

Added October 8, 2007:

Boxer to hear testimony on Inland air pollution. Sen. Barbara Boxer, chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, has scheduled a congressional field briefing Wednesday in San Bernardino to hear testimony about how the Inland region is affected by air pollution from trucks and trains. The Press –Enterprise , Inland Empire , California . http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_H_boxer06.3e50a5f.html

Cruise-ship pollution initiative actually contributes to problem. A $1.5-million pilot project aimed at reducing air pollution from cruise ships - announced with great fanfare in Vancouver this spring - is actually contributing to increased greenhouse gases. Vancouver Province , British Columbia .
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=438279ef-ec5e-42b0-a582-3cce6a54df75

Smog traps California community. This small farming community at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley has a distinction that often brings tears to the eyes of its residents. It is the smoggiest place in the United States . Washington Post [Registration Required]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/07/AR2007100701223.html

A heavy toll from disease fuels suspicion and anger. A small group of SE Massachusetts residents are awaiting a report later this year that could reveal whether the dozens of cases of Lou Gehrig's disease centered around a downtown industrial area were caused by pollution. New York Times [Registration Required]
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/us/07middle.html

Added October 5, 2007:

Guest Editorial: Nothing analytical about Union Pacific plans. Why must we pretend to be analytical about Union Pacific destroying our small-town community? This is our clarion call to stand up for reason. Reason that values our humanity must win out against accounting gimmicks. Brighton Standard Blade , Colorado . http://www.metrowestfyi.com/story_display.php?sid=7675

Standing on Principle: The Global Push for Environmental Justice. Programs are being implemented to help people of all ages more fully understand how everyday decisions affect the environment and how people's surroundings in turn affect their health. Currently, an effort is under way in Congress to strengthen and expand environmental education in U.S. classrooms. Environmental Health Perspectives. http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2007/115-10/spheres-abs.html

Added October 3, 2007:

'Marketplace' Report: Regulating Ship Pollution. A coalition of environmental groups is asking the Bush administration to use the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from all large ocean-going ships National Public Radio , Washington , DC . http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14950326

A load of concern over Mexican trucks. When a big rig carrying explosive chemicals in Mexico blew up several weeks ago and killed more than two dozen, it set off alarms among critics of the Bush administration's program to allow trucks from south of the border to move goods anywhere in the U.S. Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/highway1/la-hy-wheels3oct03,0,1370855.story?coll=la-news-highway_1

Added October 2, 2007:

Wooing white collars in the Inland empire. Victorville, a region flourishing as a center for warehousing cargo, is now focusing on the infrastructure and amenities to attract higher-end technology and professional firms. Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/business/careers/work/la-fi-empire1oct01,1,6352747.story?page=2&coll=la-headlines-business-careers

Added 1 October 2007:

L.A. doesn't save data on traffic growth. Information gathered by the city's vast signal system is kept for only a few days, limiting the city in its long-term planning. Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-traffic1oct01,0,7588367.story?coll=la-home-center

Port Officials See Emerging Threat From South POLA/POLB officials visited with Mexican port officials to discuss possibility of short sea shipping from Mexico to POLA/POLB.  Joint meeting of port officials from both sides next month in San Pedro. Los Angeles Business Journal. http://www.labusinessjournal.com/article.asp?aID=46970978.7509729.1532544.1627728.3945974.734&page=3