Pacific Environment partners with U.S. environmental groups and indigenous leaders to promote climate justice, fight offshore oil drilling in Alaska, and advocate ocean rules that protect California and Arctic coastal communities, marine wildlife and fragile coastal waters.

A fight for clean air for Californians

Blog Post | May 19, 2025 | Teresa Bui & Davina Hurt
In West Long Beach, where container ships tower over neighborhoods, a child with asthma struggles to breathe, suffering from frequent nosebleeds and headaches. Her family and many others live...
Stand.earth and SIZ hold a mock recruitment event at U of Washington to speak to students about Amazon's shipping pollution.

Activists stage mock Amazon Career Fair at University of Washington to spotlight company’s climate and labor failures

Press Release | April 8, 2025
SEATTLE (Traditional Puget Sound Salish and Duwamish Lands) —  As Amazon continues its aggressive recruitment efforts at the University of Washington (UW), a coalition of climate and labor activists...

Clean air victory: New rule will curb deadly pollution from Southern California railyards — ports should be next.

Blog Post | August 13, 2024 | Cristhian Tapia-Delgado
This month, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) Headquarters was packed with about 100 clean air advocates in attendance, who erupted in cheers as the South Coast...

Hydrogen-fueled passenger ferry makes history in San Francisco

Blog Post | July 24, 2024 | Jared Saylor
On a perfect San Francisco morning on July 12, history was made. The world’s first hydrogen-powered passenger ferry, the Sea Change, made its inaugural sail from the San Francisco...

Biden Administration Sets National Goal of Zero-Emissions Freight Sector Including Maritime

Blog Post | April 26, 2024 | Antonio Santos
On April 24, the Biden administration announced its first-ever national goal to transition the U.S. to a zero-emissions freight sector (i.e., truck, rail, aviation, and maritime), as well as...

EPA: Approve life-saving protections and safeguard California’s health and air quality!

Blog Post | March 22, 2024 | Jared Saylor
In a victory for people and climate, the California Air Resources Board amended the Commercial Harbor Craft Rule in 2022, setting the first zero-emissions mandate for ferries in the...