Port’s Environmental Program Aids Survival of Endangered Bird

Monday, 03 November 2008
Contact: Marguerite Elicone (619) 686-6222 or Kate Meyerowitz (619) 686-6222

Five endangered light-footed clapper rails will be released tomorrow (Nov. 4) at the Chula Vista Nature Center in the Sweetwater National Wildlife Refuge. The birds are the product of a captive-breeding program started in 2001 by the Chula Vista Nature Center.

Cleanup Event - D Street Nesting Site

Monday, 27 October 2008

San Diego Audubon Society (a recipient of an Environmental Fund grant) is holding a cleanup event to improve the nesting habitat for the endangered California Least Tern at the D Street Nesting Site.  Volunteers will be removing invasive plants. 

• Saturday, November 22, 2008

  9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Meet at the entrance of the bike path located on the east side of the street just as Marina Way curves to the right. 

  Cleanup Event - D Street Nesting Site

Port of San Diego Receives Grant Funding for Shore Power

Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Contact: Marguerite Elicone (619) 686-6222

Alternative method for powering cruise ships in port will reduce air emissions
In February 2008, the Port of San Diego's Draft Clean Air Program was presented to the Board of Port Commissioners. The program identified four methods of reducing air emissions around the Port tidelands. These are: retrofitting or replacing older model trucks that do business at the Port, retrofitting or replacing cargo handling equipment used at the Port's marine terminals, requiring ships to plug into shore power while berthed and reducing the speed of vessels traveling to and from the Port.

Port’s Seventh Round of Environmental Projects Approved

Friday, 10 October 2008
Contact: Marguerite Elicone (619) 686-6222

The Board of Port Commissioners has approved funding for ten new environmental projects. The projects were recommended for funding through the Port's environmental committee and received final approval by the Board at the October 7 Board of Port Commissioners meeting.

This is the seventh round of environmental projects approved since the Port's Environmental Policy was approved in June 2006. The policy calls for funding and decision making direction to select and execute projects that would improve the condition of San Diego Bay and its surrounding tidelands.

Additional Funding Available to help Reduce Emissions from Trucks doing Business with the Port

Tuesday, 30 September 2008
Contact: Marguerite Elicone (619) 686-6222

In June 2008, the Port of San Diego announced that funding was available to help truck owners pay for retrofitting or replacing their older model trucks to reduce air emissions. This was part of the Port's Clean Truck Program, which was approved by the Board of Port Commissioners on June 10, 2008.