Ports are big pollutors. Big surprise?

A recent study of US ports, including Charleston, concluded that "Most U.S. ports are now among the largest sources of air pollution in their cities and progress toward reducing that pollution has been slow." And more interestingly "Charleston is the only port among the top ten U.S. container ports not to grant Energy Futures an interview during the researching of this report. It is also the only port that does not list a director of environmental protection among its port personnel." The report mentions that Charleston got an "F" from the NRDC in 2004, but has since made some efforts to improve, including formal partnership with SC DHEC. And of course, "There are no known applications of alternative fuels or advanced transportation technologies at the port of Charleston," which is a shame given the proximity to Southeast BioDiesel.