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Aug 10, 2015

AIR POLLUTION * USA: Trucks operators must to cut it

* New Jersey - Freight trucks at the Ports must curb idling

-- The air in Newark, New Jersey’s largest city, is expected to clear up now that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized agreements with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and port terminal operators that will cut air pollution caused by idling diesel trucks at the port... Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal, a major component of the Port of New York and New Jersey, is the principal container ship facility for goods entering and leaving the New York metropolitan area and the northeastern region of North America... With a population of just under 300,000, the Newark metropolitan area has unhealthy air that does not meet the EPA’s air quality standards for smog... Smog and diesel exhaust particles pose serious health risks, including aggravating the symptoms of asthma and other respiratory problems... New Jersey State law prohibits diesel-powered motor vehicles from idling for more than three consecutive minutes when they are not in motion... Under the agreements reached in late July, the Port Authority, APM Terminals North America, Maher Terminals and Port Newark Container Terminals will reduce truck idling at the Port of Newark and take other actions to reduce harmful air pollution from diesel exhaust... 
(Photo by Kramchang - Heavy-duty trucks idling near Port Newark-Elizabeth, New Jersey)  --  Port Newark-Elizabeth, NJ, USA - Enviroment News Services - 6 Aug 2015

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