Federal agency to sue California ports over emissions rules
Articles — By forcechange on October 31, 2008 12:46 pm
The Federal Maritime Commission decided this week to seek an injunction against the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles to block aspects of their Clean Trucks program. The Commission found the program would cause “unreasonable” increases in shipping costs.
The Clean Trucks program was implemented this year to address the massive amounts of pollution coming out of these two ports, which account for 40% of all US international trade. The program calls for a ban on all trucks built before 1989, which emit up to 90% more air pollution than modern rigs. If the injunction is granted, the port may have to wait until 2012, when federal emissions standards kick in, before this problem is addressed.
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