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CLEAN TRUCKS * USA - Port of Oakland votes to ban dirty diesel trucks
The Port of Oakland Commission voted to ban trucks that burn dirty diesel fuel
Oakland,CAL,USA -The Contra Costa Times/The Mercury News, by Janis Mara -16 June 2009: -- People living near the Port of Oakland may soon breathe easier after the Port Commission on Tuesday voted to ban trucks that burn dirty diesel fuel... The ban, part of a $15.2 million comprehensive truck management program for the port that takes effect Jan. 1, 2010, restricts truck models older than 1994, as well as models from 1994 to 2006 not equipped with soot filters. Later-model trucks have much cleaner emissions technology than those of previous years... Critics say the Oakland port has lagged behind the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports, which have adopted freight container fees to fund clean-air measures, and adopted their own bans ahead of the state's deadline... The Oakland port is spending $5 million to help finance retrofitting trucks at the port along with a $5 million grant from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District... (Photo from coolexcooling: Pollution. Diesel Fumes Damage Your Brain)
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