Life Threatening Veto Leaves Californians Gasping for Air

BREATHE LA is disheartened to report on the failure of Governor Schwarzenegger to support clean air legislation embodied in the recently vetoed Ports Investment Bill (SB 974).

 

According to Clean Air Coalition, “Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's veto of the Ports Investment Bill (SB 974 - Lowenthal) has killed this year's most important environmental bill, leaving thousands of Californians quite literally gasping for air. His action ignores California's public health crisis: Every year some 3,700 Californians die due to air pollution from ports and goods movement. The public foots the bill for this dirty air --more than $19 billion in health related costs yearly.  The Governor has betrayed the Californians who need his help the most. Instead of helping the ten people who die daily from this pollution source, he has turned his back on them and on his campaign promise to cut air pollution in half."

 

"It is upsetting that he has sided with polluters over the health and well-being of those here at home," said Martin Schlageter, campaign director at the Coalition for Clean Air.

BREATHE LA has called upon the community to support this bill from the very beginning, and has been active in efforts to ensure its passage. We share the disappointment of other environmental organizations throughout California and urge you to let the governor know your opinions on the matter.

http://www.breathela.org/advocacy/call-action-support-sb-974

http://www.breathela.org/advocacy/sb-974

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