CALIFORNIA’s Long Beach Democratic Congressman Alan Lowenthal, who faces re-election on November 8, is leading a campaign to end ocean shipping pollution in ports and at sea, reports WPO.
Mr Lowenthal, who occupies a safe seat, is first speaking to Community Town Hall hosted by Pacific Environment and Long Beach Alliance for Children with Asthma.
‘Community members are invited to ask policymakers and regulators about existing clean shipping initiatives, as well as what else we can do to end life-shortening ship pollution in Long Beach communities,’ said his press release.
He said that through the Inflation Reduction Act, Democrats secured billions of dollars for a zero-emission transition at the ports. In July, he introduced the Clean Shipping Act, aimed at ending pollution from all ocean shipping companies that do business with the US.
