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Pacific Environment Working to promote a healthy climate 🌏, reduce pollution 📉 and conserve biodiversity 🐠🐙🐋 for an equitable and thriving future ✨.

Pacific Environment is a non-profit organization that protects the living environment of the Pacific Rim by promoting grassroots activism, strengthening communities and reforming international policies. For nearly two decades, we have partnered with local communities around the Pacific Rim to protect and preserve the ecological treasures of this vital region. Our success stems from a deep and abid

ing trust that local people, armed with the right tools and solid support, are the world's best hope for environmental renewal. We see ourselves as a catalyst in a community of individuals and organizations working to protect the Pacific Rim's wild places and wildlife. As such, we support the development of grassroots organizations around the Pacific Rim, prioritize coalition-based advocacy, and use international leverage points in the service of our local partners. Together with partners in Russia, China, Japan, Alaska, California and elsewhere, we've shielded tens of thousands of acres of old growth forest; we've won protections for endangered species; we've forced oil, gas and mining companies to heed local concerns; and we've changed the way some of the world's most powerful financial institutions work.

The federal government is now trying to roll back protections that reduces air pollution at American ports.💨Frontline, B...
08/27/2026

The federal government is now trying to roll back protections that reduces air pollution at American ports.💨

Frontline, Black, brown and working class portside communities breathe in diesel pollution daily, leading to higher rates of asthma, stroke, and preterm birth.

That’s why California strengthened the Commercial Harbor Craft Ocean-Going Vessels and At Berth waivers to prevent idling ships at the ports and move away from diesel-powered ships, reducing toxic air pollution.

Now, EPA is trying to dismantle these protections. ❌ This month, Congress took further steps to undermine California’s clean shipping waivers by introducing resolutions to overturn them — threatening investments already made in cleaner vessels, port infrastructure and maritime innovation.

Learn what our team had to say: bit.ly/4z6mG6t

ICYMI — we’re in the news! 📰Earlier this month, Congress introduced resolutions to California’s clean shipping regulatio...
08/21/2026

ICYMI — we’re in the news! 📰

Earlier this month, Congress introduced resolutions to California’s clean shipping regulations. This congressional overreach threatens decades of progress to reduce cancer causing diesel pollution from boats and ships and longstanding investments in cleaner vessels, port infrastructure and maritime innovation. 🚢

Read the coverage in Bloomberg & POLITICO ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ Link in bio.



California Environmental Voters Center for Biological Diversity Coalition For Clean Air West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project (WOEIP) Environmental Health Coalition Friends of the Earth (Action), Inc. GreenLatinos California Little Manila Rising MoveLA Ocean Conservancy Sierra Club Union of Concerned Scientists East Yard Communities for EJ

U.S. EPA Nanette Diaz Barragán Congressman Hakeem Jeffries Congresswoman Doris Matsui Congressman Jimmy Panetta Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren Robert Garcia Energy & Commerce Democrats

ICYMI: U.S. EPA is attacking two waivers that help reduce pollution from ships at ports, putting public health at risk.‼...
08/13/2026

ICYMI: U.S. EPA is attacking two waivers that help reduce pollution from ships at ports, putting public health at risk.‼️

The Ocean-Going Vessels At Berth and Commercial Harbor Craft waivers cuts cancer-causing emissions from ships and vessels preventing hundreds of premature deaths and saving more than $2.31 billion in public health costs. 🩺

Now they are under attack.

And last Friday, Congress introduced resolutions to overturn California’s clean shipping waivers, threatening investments already made in cleaner vessels, port infrastructure and maritime innovation.

H.J.Res.210 sponsored by Vince Fong (R-CA-20) and S.J.Res.209 sponsored by Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) would undercut these critical protections and business certainty.

Read what our team had to say ➡️ https://bit.ly/4z6mG6t

🚨BREAKING: On the last day before heading out for recess, Congress introduced resolutions attacking California’s shippin...
08/10/2026

🚨BREAKING: On the last day before heading out for recess, Congress introduced resolutions attacking California’s shipping waivers, include the At Berth and Commercial Harbor Craft waivers.

The Ocean-Going Vessels At Berth and Commercial Harbor Craft waivers cuts cancer-causing emissions from ships and vessels preventing hundreds of premature deaths and saving more than $2.31 billion in public health costs. 🩺

This congressional attack on California’s At Berth and Commercial Harbor Craft waivers will also undercut investments already made in cleaner vessels, port infrastructure, utilities and maritime innovations. 💰❌

Read our new press release: https://bit.ly/4z6mG6t (Link in bio)

BREAKING: The U.S. EPA transmitted two California waivers, including the Ocean-Going Vessels At Berth and Commercial Har...
07/27/2026

BREAKING: The U.S. EPA transmitted two California waivers, including the Ocean-Going Vessels At Berth and Commercial Harbor Craft waivers to Congress.

For 50 years, the precedent set under both Democratic and Republican administrations is that the Clean Air Act waivers are not rules. EPA’s move to reclassify them is misuse.

Why does this matter? The At Berth and Commercial Harbor Craft regulation saves costs and lives:

🩺 The 2020 At Berth Regulation will reduce potential cancer risk for California’s portside communities by about 60%.

💰 Health benefits from the At-Berth Regulation are valued at $2.31 billion.

💨 The Commercial Harbor Craft Rule will save 530 California lives and protect 9.7 million Californians from elevated levels of air pollution.

⚡ Moving to zero-emissions ferries and away from diesel and other toxic fossil fuels would clear the air for port neighbors, Frontline Black and brown communities have been bearing the brunt of pollution for far too long.

Read the full coalition statement here: https://bit.ly/4yKvmiA (link in our bio).

California Environmental Voters
Center for Biological Diversity
Coalition For Clean Air
Friends of the Earth (Action), Inc.
GreenLatinos
Little Manila Rising
MoveLA
Ocean Conservancy
Sierra Club
Union of Concerned Scientists
West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project (WOEIP)

Plastic production has more than doubled in just the last two decades. 👀 Here’s how you can reduce your exposure to harm...
07/23/2026

Plastic production has more than doubled in just the last two decades. 👀

Here’s how you can reduce your exposure to harmful chemicals in plastics while taking action to support systems change:

✔️Conduct a plastic audit of things you own and buy. Is it made of or packaged in plastic?
✔️Complete ’s Supermarket Audit to hold grocers accountable: https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/supermarket-audit/
✔️Prioritize reducing plastic materials for food storage containers, cookware (like non-stick pans and cutting boards), and drinkware.
✔️Bring a “reusables” bag with you when you leave the house that includes items like a water bottle, coffee cup, food container and cutlery.
✔️Sign the petition for a strong Global Plastics Treaty: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/plastics-are-a-threat-to-human-health
✔️Get involved locally! Join local organizations and coalitions working on zero waste initiatives such as citywide composting, reuse/refill, “skip the stuff” ordinances, site fights against new incinerators or putting pressure on corporations to change their packaging (such as EPR, or Extended Producer Responsibility, laws).

Looking for something inside to do this weekend to escape the heat? 🥵 Join the supermarket audit to take action on pl...
07/17/2026

Looking for something inside to do this weekend to escape the heat? 🥵

Join the supermarket audit to take action on plastic! (PS: plastic is a major contributor to the climate crisis and intensifying heat waves 🔥).

This citizen science project will gather global data to help us fight for supermarkets to adopt viable reuse systems and pressure regulators for plastic-free policies.

🔗 breakfreefromplastic.org/supermarket-audit/

For , we want to shed light on how ocean-going ships in the Arctic — from massive containers carrying goods to cruise s...
07/15/2026

For , we want to shed light on how ocean-going ships in the Arctic — from massive containers carrying goods to cruise ships — are powered by heavy fuel oil (HFO). 🛢️

One of the dirtiest fuels on the planet, HFO emits dangerous black carbon and accelerates Arctic ice melt. 🧊 As more sea ice melts, it opens up more Arctic Ocean areas for shipping, meaning more black carbon pollution.

Pacific Environment is working to stop this negative feedback loop. Our scientific and policy experts advocate at the highest level of maritime shipping policy: at the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMOHQ) to advocate that stricter regulations are needed to ensure ships entering the Arctic run on cleaner fuels and follow better protocols. 🚢

🔗 Donate today to help keep the Arctic frozen: https://action.pacificenvironment.org/a/donate

🔗 Read our blog for Arctic Sea Ice Day: https://bit.ly/arcticice26

For , we want to shed light on how ocean-going ships in the Arctic — from massive containers carrying goods to cruise s...
07/15/2026

For , we want to shed light on how ocean-going ships in the Arctic — from massive containers carrying goods to cruise ships — are powered by heavy fuel oil (HFO). 🛢️

One of the dirtiest fuels on the planet, HFO emits dangerous black carbon and accelerates Arctic ice melt. 🧊 As more sea ice melts, it opens up more Arctic Ocean areas for shipping, meaning more black carbon pollution.

Pacific Environment is working to stop this negative feedback loop. Our scientific and policy experts advocate at the highest level of maritime shipping policy: at the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization to advocate that stricter regulations are needed to ensure ships entering the Arctic run on cleaner fuels and follow better protocols. 🚢

🔗 Donate today to help keep the Arctic frozen: https://action.pacificenvironment.org/a/donate

🔗 Read our blog for Arctic Sea Ice Day: https://bit.ly/arcticice26

We’re almost halfway through ! 💚 Every year, people around the world participate in this global challenge to rethink ou...
07/14/2026

We’re almost halfway through ! 💚 Every year, people around the world participate in this global challenge to rethink our relationship with single-use products, reduce plastic use and take action to work toward a future beyond plastic.

Our new blog explores how you can immediately reduce your exposure to harmful chemicals in plastics while taking action to support the transition to safer, more sustainable reuse systems: https://bit.ly/pfjuly26

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