Thread by @pacenvironment

Couldn’t make it to our Rally and Press Conference for Our Lives #LosAngeles event today?

Follow along in real-time as we urge local, state & federal decision-makers to prioritize #CleanAir, save lives & reduce ship #pollution in portside communities! 🚢

Our thread below: 🧵👇

PE, @EYCEJ @MoveLATransit @Earthjustice @SierraClubCA are at the @PortofLA Administration Building in the San Pedro neighborhood of LA to urge the @EPA to approve #CleanAir amendments by @AirResources to clean up dirty ocean #shipping 🚢 and SAVE LIVES.

We're getting started! 👋

Pacific Environment's Dawny'all Heydari & @EYCEJ's Jan Victor Andasan kick off today's event, calling on @EPA @AirResources to #RuleOutShipPollution! 🚢 🌊

“I grew up in LA County in a community that’s in the 80th percentile for diesel particulate matter… So I’m all to familiar with the harm that #pollution can cause to those who live near pollution sources, such as the ports.” 🏗️ 🚢

- Marisa Garcia, @MoveLATransit 🙌

#CleanAir

We’re calling on @EPA and @EPAMichaelRegan to APPROVE @AirResources #CleanAir amendments to save lives, not continue to let polluting ocean ships sicken CA communities. 👎

📸: @EPAregion9 Reg. Administrator Martha Guzman receives our letter calling for #ClimateAction from EPA!

@Earthjustice's Regina Hsu makes it clear:

“We need #ZeroEmission ship standards so we can finally achieve #PollutionFreePorts & move our goods with zero emissions & ZERO REGRETS.”

#RuleOutShipPollution

👍 🚢 ⚡

“We’re here to wake up and make a change and remind each other that we CAN stop dirty ships.” — @SierraClubCA's Yassi Kavezade 💚

📣 @EPA @EPAMichaelRegan, are you listening?

LA, we're wrapping up by shouting out: We want #CleanAir now! 🙌

Thank you to all partners & participants for your support of cleaner air & safer portside communities for all Californians. 💙 @MoveLATransit @EYCEJ @Earthjustice @SierraClubCA & many more!

#RuleOutShipPollution