Clean Air.
Good Jobs.
Healthy Communities.
A people-powered coalition organizing for zero emissions, worker protections, environmental justice, and economic justice at the Ports of New York and New Jersey.
Healthy Ports, for Everyone They Touch
The Port of New York and New Jersey is the largest port complex on the East Coast, and the communities closest to it have carried the public health costs for decades: some of the highest childhood asthma rates in the country, premature deaths from diesel exposure, workers earning poverty wages.
Since 2007 we’ve organized for clean air, zero emissions, worker protections, and economic and environmental justice.
“Healthy ports, for the workers inside them, the residents around them, and the region that depends on them.”
The Mission Is Simple.
What We're Fighting For
Clean air, zero emissions, worker protections, economic justice, and community empowerment, at the ports and throughout the logistics industry.
“Employ Us | Don't Poison Us.”
The banner the Coalition carried alongside Newark Mayor Ras Baraka in 2015 and 2016, demanding modern low-emission engines and local hiring for port jobs.
Wins That Move the Region
Real policy. Real outcomes. Real accountability, built by coalition, sustained by community.
FIRST
in the nation to require permit denials for cumulative pollution impacts | NJ EJ Law (S232), 2020
FIRST
on the East Coast to adopt the Advanced Clean Trucks rule | NJ, 2021
FIRST
city with an Environmental Justice & Cumulative Impacts Ordinance | Newark, 2016
daily truck trips through Elizabeth, Newark, Bayonne, and Jersey City
premature deaths in NJ from diesel exposure in 2023
$3.75B
in monetized health damages from diesel exhaust in NJ in 2023
Standing With Our Communities
Newark’s Ironbound and South Ward, Elizabeth, Bayonne, Staten Island, and Jersey City carry some of the highest concentrations of port-related air pollution in the country. The result is asthma rates among the highest in the United States, elevated cancer risk, and premature deaths that should never have happened.
Healthy Ports, not just clean ports, not just green ports, because a port serving the public good has to be healthy for the workers inside it, the residents around it, the air above it, and the regional economy depending on it.
News, campaigns, and
community action.
“NJ Leaders, Residents & Businesses Highlight Clean Truck Progress”
September 2025
“New Jersey Advocates Rally for Clean Trucks, Urge State to Uphold ACT Rule”
May 2025
“Coalition for Healthy Ports and Other Allies Take On Still-Pending ACT Bill”
January 2025
Each Member Is Part of the Stack.
The homepage treats each steering committee organization as a container in the CHP mark, making the coalition structure visible, and alive.
Clean Water Action
Protects public health, clean air, and clean water through grassroots organizing and campaigns across New Jersey and New York.
- Organizes residents and workers most affected by port and warehouse pollution
- Advocates for zero-emission standards in freight and goods movement
- Chairs and convenes the Coalition for Healthy Ports
The work
doesn't stop.
Neither do we.
Add your organization or your voice to the coalition fighting for clean air, good jobs, and healthy communities.
Organizing for clean air, good jobs, and healthy communities at the Ports of New York and New Jersey.
© 2026 Coalition for Healthy Ports NJ–NY
Clean Air. Good Jobs. Healthy Communities.