Gladstein, Neandross & Associates

Award recognizes efforts to improve environmental sustainability throughout Los Angeles County.

LOS ANGELES, CA - April 20, 2010 - The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors today honored California Cartage Company (Cal Cartage) and its President, Robert Curry, with a "2010 Green Leadership Award" in recognition of significant accomplishments in the areas of energy conservation and environmental sustainability. The award cast a bright spotlight on the "California Cartage Company Natural Gas Port Truck Project"—a revolutionary undertaking that has greatly contributed to the San Pedro Bay Port complex possibly being the cleanest port truck operation in the nation. The honor was presented in Los Angeles during the Supervisors meeting at the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration and was part of celebrations designed to commemorate the 40^th anniversary of Earth Day.

Gladstein, Neandross & Associates (GNA) has collaborated with Cal Cartage for several years on the development of an alternative fuels strategy that includes the deployment of low-emission and cutting-edge technologies throughout the company's operations. This effort has resulted in a significant reduction in air pollution and the displacement of millions of gallons of petroleum fuel. "The Cal Cartage project was absolutely a game-changer in that it has served as an excellent model for replication," commented GNA Chief Executive Officer Erik Neandross. "While projects of this large scale aren't always easy to assemble, the innovative financing model used by Cal Cartage was well-supported by project partners and really worked for the local port truck drivers. The Green Leadership Award was certainly well-deserved and a great honor for the company."

The Green Leadership Awards were presented in several categories for accomplishments in a variety of areas including transportation, energy, water, sustainability, outreach, and education. Additional recipients of 2010 awards included:

• The Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council for the "Elmer Avenue Neighborhood Retrofit Project"
• City of Pasadena for the "Sustainability Metrics Program"
• Joe Linton for "LA Creek Freak Blogger"
• Ashley Zarella Hand, Chair, Sustainability Committee for "Community-Driven Change"

Cal Cartage operates the largest port drayage company in Los Angeles County. In response to a strong call to reduce emissions from the ports, the company developed and implemented the "California Cartage Company Natural Gas Port Truck Project" the largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) truck deployment project in the nation. Their efforts have resulted in a revolutionary lease-to-own program with 350 LNG trucks currently serving the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Within weeks, Cal Cartage will add an additional 50 natural gas trucks to its operation and their fleet will soon represent nearly 50% of all alternative fuel trucks in the San Pedro Bay Ports.

For more information about the Green Leadership Awards, please click here.

Watch the video of the awards ceremony!
(Cal Cartage segment begins at 2:15)

About California Cartage Company
California Cartage is a family-owned and controlled company now into a third generation involved in the company's operations on a day-to-day basis. The company has more than 1,200 owner-operators in its nationwide fleet, providing drayage, intermodal drayage and consolidation trucking services to warehouses, and specializes in import trucking, warehousing, deconsolidation, and distribution throughout Southern California. Within the last decade, the company also opened facilities and expanded into the Port of Savannah, Georgia, at the intermodal hub at Centerpoint, Elwood, Illinois, and in the Port of Oakland, California.

About GNA
With headquarters in Santa Monica, California, and in New York, New York, Gladstein, Neandross & Associates (GNA) is one of the nation's leading environmental consulting firms specializing in emission reduction, energy and transportation policy, carbon management, and market development for clean, alternative fuel and efficient vehicle technologies. GNA works with businesses, governments and communities to expand markets for environmentally responsible products and services and to develop strategies and raise awareness about projects and technologies that promote a sustainable economy, environment and communities. Over the last 15 years, GNA has successfully secured over $210 million on behalf of its clients and the multiple clean energy and transportation technology projects on which it has collaborated.

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