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Cleaner Trucks at the Ports
The ports of LA and Long Beach handle half of all America's imports from overseas. Together, they are a principal economic engine for Southern California. But they're also a major polluter and a menace to public health, causing significant illness and premature deaths.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThe ports of LA and Long Beach handle half of all America's imports from overseas. Together, they are a principal economic engine for Southern California. But they're also a major polluter and a menace to public health, causing significant illness and premature deaths. On October 1, new rules go into effect that are expected to reduce diesel pollution from trucks by half—overnight.
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Karen Radziner
Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?
Sonya Geis
Senior Managing Editor
David Pettit
senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council
Oswaldo Hernandez
Truck driver who has served the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach for 16 years
James Hankla
President of the Port of Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners
The full episode
2 of 2The High Price of Environmental Cleanup and Homeland Security- 1:17Schwarzenegger Suggests Raising Taxes
- 5:32Cleaner Trucks at the PortsYou’re reading this