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CELAN AIR * USA - Port of Oakland approves truck emissions plan
Oakland,CAL,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Charlie Morasch -March 19, 2008: -- ... On Tuesday, March 18, the Port of Oakland became the latest port to venture into emissions-busting by approving the first of several clean truck initiatives the port plans to tackle by June. The program will use container fees and other money to spend $520 million on truck retrofit and replacement and other emissions programs... The Port of Oakland adopted early action measures that include approving a container fee to be determined later that will encourage replacing trucks as well as cutting ship idling emissions... Oakland brings in 8 percent of California’s container imports, behind the giant twin ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, Port Spokeswoman Libby Schaaf said... Several shipping associations have indicated they are willing to sue and tie up port “clean truck” proposals in court if they prove inefficient and incongruent with constitutionally protected interstate commerce...
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