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Clean Air * USA - Ports clean-up plan threatened
A labor-environmental alliance threatens to sink efforts to decrease pollution at the L.A. and Long Beach facilities
Los Angeles,CA,USA -The Los Angeles Times -February 24, 2008: -- Pollution, death and economic stagnation. These catastrophes are being brought to you by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters... Here's how all this is likely to shake out: The NRDC will sue the Port of Long Beach, delaying the clean air program, and any expansion projects, indefinitely. Meanwhile, if the Port of Los Angeles passes a plan that calls for employee truckers, it will be sued by the American Trucking Assn., which will have a very strong case. Federal law prohibits states or agencies from passing laws that affect the prices, routes or services of truckers. The end result is that both plans could be stuck in court for years. Everyone in Southern California will pay the price as expansion stalls and pollution worsens... (Video from YouTube, by hotboy66671 -April 01, 2006: "Helicopter into Port of Los Angeles" Heli landing in port L.A. from C. Island)
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