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GreenNews - USA - California air agency adopts idling truck rule
SAN FRANCISCO,CAL,USA -Reuters-21 Oct 2005: -- California air quality regulators have issued an order that will prohibit big-rig trucks with sleeping berths from idling their diesel engines while parked... The order, adopted late Thursday by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), is believed to be the first in the nation to require big sleeper trucks to shut off their engines during layovers, according to the agency... The decision will affect an estimated 180,000 big-rig trucks operating on California roads every day, most of them equipped with sleeper cabs, CARB spokesman Jerry Martin said. About 40,000 sleeper trucks are from outside California.... while big rigs in California are idling, they emit 53 tons a day of nitrogen oxide, which contributes to the formation of smog, Martin said...
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