January 2025 Newsletter: Taking bold action for a plastic-free future, clean air and climate progress

Blog Post | January 13, 2025 | Salo Aburto
Welcome to the first edition of Pacific Environment’s monthly e-newsletter for 2025! This is an opportunity to highlight some of our work and share victories for communities, climate and wildlife. JUMP AHEAD

EPA approves partial waiver for commercial harbor craft, clearing the air for millions of Californians and catalyzing technology innovation

Press Release | January 8, 2025
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the majority of California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) waiver request for the Commercial Harbor Craft Rule, including most of the zero-emission requirements.   This regulation paves the way for zero-emissions harbor craft such as ferries, tugboats and workboats. This rule will significantly...

New York City Council introduces Zero-Emission Ports Feasibility Study Bill

Press Release | December 19, 2024
NEW YORK CITY (December 19, 2024) — The New York City Council introduced Bill LS 17648 today that calls...

Biden administration releases new U.S. Maritime Decarbonization Action Plan 

Press Release | December 16, 2024
WASHINGTON (December 16, 2024) — On December 11, President Biden announced a U.S. Maritime Decarbonization Action Plan that builds...

Shipping and Ports Associate

Job | December 11, 2024 | Salo Aburto
Pacific Environment seeks a Shipping and Ports Associate to support its climate emergency shipping campaign objectives in the Republic...

January 2025 Newsletter: Taking bold action for a plastic-free future, clean air and climate progress

Blog Post | January 13, 2025 | Salo Aburto
Welcome to the first edition of Pacific Environment’s monthly e-newsletter for 2025! This is an opportunity to highlight some of our work and share victories for communities, climate and wildlife. JUMP AHEAD

December 2024 Newsletter: Big retailers mostly failing climate in new progress reports, COP16 and INC-5 insights, plus more

Blog Post | December 10, 2024 | Salo Aburto
Welcome to the December 2024 edition of Pacific Environment’s monthly e-newsletter! This is an opportunity to highlight some of our work and share victories for communities, climate and wildlife, and we look forward to sharing more of our accomplishments...

Despite global mandate, no plastic treaty yet 

Blog Post | December 4, 2024 | Kristen McDonald
Last week in Busan, Republic of Korea, world leaders met to once again try to come to agreement over...

Insights from COP16: Advancing global marine conservation

Blog Post | November 11, 2024 | Silvia Bor
Pacific Environment’s Marine team just returned from the 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16)...

Climate action in Long Beach: A personal story

Blog Post | October 29, 2024 | Cristhian Tapia-Delgado
Cristhian Tapia-Delgado shares his personal journey from growing up in Long Beach to becoming a passionate advocate for environmental...

EPA approves partial waiver for commercial harbor craft, clearing the air for millions of Californians and catalyzing technology innovation

Press Release | January 8, 2025
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the majority of California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) waiver request for the Commercial Harbor Craft Rule, including most of the zero-emission requirements.   This regulation paves the way for zero-emissions harbor craft such as ferries, tugboats and workboats. This rule will significantly...

New York City Council introduces Zero-Emission Ports Feasibility Study Bill

Press Release | December 19, 2024
NEW YORK CITY (December 19, 2024) — The New York City Council introduced Bill LS 17648 today that calls for a feasibility study of zero-emission port operations by 2040 that includes all aspects of port transportation, maintenance, loading and unloading, ocean-going vessels, handling equipment, trucks and locomotives. The feasibility...

Biden administration releases new U.S. Maritime Decarbonization Action Plan 

Press Release | December 16, 2024
WASHINGTON (December 16, 2024) — On December 11, President Biden announced a U.S. Maritime Decarbonization Action Plan that builds...

Rep. Barragán introduces Zero-Emission Vessel Innovation Act

Press Release | November 22, 2024
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Nanette Barragán (D-CA) introduced the Zero-Emission Vessel Innovation Act, a bill that would support the development...

Shipping emissions in focus: Ship It Zero reveals Amazon, LG, Samsung and Home Depot’s stalled progress

Press Release | November 19, 2024
Just in time for the holidays, the Ship It Zero campaign is bringing visibility to the impacts of dirty...

California can lead the world to reduce emissions from ocean cargo ships, lower climate impacts, and improve air quality around ports

Report | May 23, 2024
Two reports co-released today by Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California Berkeley and Energy & Environmental Research Associates delve into policy changes and technology to decarbonize ocean going vessels. Non-profit Pacific Environment commissioned these reports. This set of reports seeks to inform stakeholders and policymakers on potential...

Battery Ships In The Yangtze River Basin

Report | May 17, 2024
Since President Xi Jinping solemnly announced the “3060” carbon target at the general debate of the 75th United Nations General Assembly on September 22, 2020, the shipping industry in China has been moving towards the goal of creating low-carbon fuel supply, building a modern value chain, and achieving high-quality...

Making Reuse the Key Solution to the Climate Crisis

Report | May 20, 2023
Plastic pollution threatens the ecological environment, human health, and is a key driver of climate change. Single-use plastic is...

Stemming the Plastic-Climate Crisis

Report | May 10, 2023
In honor of International Plastic Free Day and ahead of the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations, Pacific Environment has released...

Ports Playbook for Zero-Emission Shipping

Report | September 20, 2022
The Ports Playbook for Zero-Emission Shipping focuses on three main tracks: commitments, policy, and progress. These tracks lay out...