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GREEN NEWS - * Cleaner trucks = cleaner air
Long Beach,CA,USA -Long Beach Press-Telegram, by Kristopher Hanson -23 Oct 2006: -- Each day, an estimated 12,000 heavy-duty diesel trucks rumble in and out of the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles carrying toys, clothing, furniture, petroleum, chemicals and countless other products that form the backbone of the nation's consumer economy... The majority of these trucks are old, high-mileage and emission-heavy - spewing several thousand tons of poisonous gases and tiny diesel particles into the region's air annually... Cheap to operate and maintain, these haulers cut costs for drivers, retailers and ultimately, consumers, but present a health risk for port workers and people living in surrounding communities... If the ports hope to reach their goal of reducing dangerous emissions from all port-related commerce by 50 percent in the next few years, they'll need a mix of technologies, including exhaust filters, shore-side electricity for cargo vessels, use of ultra-low sulfur fuel and cleaner trains, cranes, forklifts and other off-road equipment... (Jeff Gritchen / Press-Telegram - This truck, on display at the Port of Long Beach's recent "Green Port Open House," is outfitted with a Cleaire diesel exhaust filter)
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