https://www.afinalwarning.com/512218.html (Natural News) Amazon, the world’s biggest online retailer, expanded its warehouses in Southern California last year due to the demand for online shopping amid the coronavirus pandemic. But a new report raised concerns regarding the impact of pollution from those warehouses on low-income communities of color in the region.
The report, prepared by nonprofit group People’s Collective for Environmental Justice (PC4EJ) in collaboration with the
University of Redlands, showed how warehouses have proliferated in the Inland Empire in Southern California. The Inland Empire, also known as I.E., is an industrial region east of Los Angeles.
Today we feature Kendra Clark.
Clark, 39, is owner of Kendra Clark Leadership Strategies/C&K Media Solutions, Stockton.
Some may know her from the 18 years she spent in the sports and live entertainment industry including her years as general manager of the Stockton Arena, Stockton Ballpark, Bob Hope Theatre, Oak Park Ice Rink, and Stockton Downtown Marina.
Clark was familiar with Stockton long before she began working here. She grew up in Reedley and used to travel to Stockton to compete in figure skating events at Oak Park Ice Rink.
She plans to promote and bring awareness to the importance of leadership in business and also life.
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Southern California air quality officials have adopted first-of-their-kind rules on warehouse distribution centers in an effort to cut truck pollution, increase electrification and reduce health risks in communities hit hardest by lung-damaging diesel exhaust.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District’s governing board approved the rules Friday on a 9-4 vote
after an hours-long public hearing.
The rules apply to nearly 3,000 warehouses across the region and mark the first comprehensive effort to limit the environmental impacts of the booming goods-movement industry. As massive logistics warehouses have proliferated in areas that are disproportionately Black and Latino, increasing numbers of diesel trucks are plying routes closer to homes, schools and neighborhoods that are already burdened with some of the dirtiest air in the nation.
LOS ANGELES â Southern California air quality officials have adopted first-of-their-kind rules on warehouse distribution centers in an effort to cut truck pollution, increase electrification and reduce health risks in communities hit hardest by lung-damaging diesel exhaust.
The South Coast Air Quality Management Districtâs governing board approved the rules Friday on a 9-4 vote after an hours-long public hearing.
The rules apply to nearly 3,000 warehouses across the region and mark the first comprehensive effort to limit the environmental impacts of the booming goods-movement industry. As massive logistics warehouses have proliferated in areas that are disproportionately Black and Latino, increasing numbers of diesel trucks are plying routes closer to homes, schools and neighborhoods that are already burdened with some of the dirtiest air in the nation.