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CLEAN TRUCKS DEBATE * USA - Environmental groups to seek congressional help on clean-truck program
Clean-air advocates will ask lawmakers for help in revising laws after a federal court ruled many of the provisions of the port cleanup plan unconstitutional
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -The Los Angeles Times, by Louis Sahagun & Ronald D. White -April 15, 2009: -- Only a month ago, officials at the nation's busiest port complex believed the landmark clean-truck program -- a $1.8-billion strategy to slash toxic diesel emissions by phasing out 17,000 old, dirty big rigs -- had survived its toughest challenges and was on its way to becoming a model for green growth... But many of the program's key provisions were declared unconstitutional by a federal appeals court... The ruling stunned a coalition of backers led by Los Angeles Mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters... Now, a week before a federal trial that will determine whether those provisions can be implemented, coalition leaders said they planned to seek congressional action -- regardless of what happens in court -- from potentially sympathetic lawmakers...Labels: Clean Trucks Program
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