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CLEAN TRUCKS * USA - Backroom Deal Leaves Long Beach Truck Program in Hands of Polluting Industry
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -Big Trucks -January 4, 2010: -- A backroom agreement between the American Trucking Associations (ATA) and the Long Beach Harbor Commission could illegally reverse efforts to improve air quality in communities surrounding the Port of Long Beach, according to a lawsuit filed last week by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Sierra Club...
* Environmental Groups Sue Long Beach Over Port Agreement
Long Beach,CAL,USA -Transport Topics -5 January 2010: -- Two environmental groups have filed suit against the Port of Long Beach, Calif., over its decision to settle a federal lawsuit challenging its authority to regulate trucking at the port, the Associated Press reported... The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit in state court last week, claiming port and city officials violated state law requiring public involvement and an environmental review before agreeing to a deal with American Trucking Associations... The agreement involves settling certain aspects of the port’s clean trucks program, aimed at reducing diesel emissions... Meanwhile, both ports, faced with declining container traffic, have launched a new campaign to compete aggressively with smaller U.S. ports and other competitors in Canada and Mexico, the Los Angeles Times reported...
* Port of Oakland, truckers reach agreement on emissions
Oakland,CAL,USA -ABC/KGO TV, by Don Sanchez -January 4, 2010: -- A threatened shut down at the port of Oakland was averted on Monday, but it did not return to business as usual. Hundreds of truckers are idle filling out paperwork as part of deal reached in a marathon negotiating session over the weekend to help them meet new clean air standards... The line was so long, people had to be turned away at the end of the day at the Port of Oakland. They were filling out forms to ask for financial assistance for a filter to help reduce diesel emissions, so they can continue driving their trucks into the Port of Oakland... Hundreds of independent truck drivers parked for the day, but not as a work stoppage. They are applying for money to help them retrofit their trucks with a new filter to meet new state diesel emission standards...
* CARB adds $11 million to port truck funding
Sacramento,CAL,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Charlie Morasch -January 4, 2010: -- The California Air Resources Board and a local air quality district have released an additional $11 million to help truck owners comply with a New Year’s Day deadline for California’s port drayage rule... The new funding allocates $5,000 per truck toward the cost of retrofitting a diesel particulate filter for more than 1,200 trucks, as well as $50,000 toward the purchase of new trucks to replace 103 old trucks...
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