MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA SIGNS LANDMARK LAW TO CLEAN LOS ANGELES' AIR
Law sets into motion LA's Clean Truck Program - the first of its kind in America - taking more than 16,000 dirty diesel trucks off the road and slashing harmful emissions by 80 percent
20 percent of dirtiest trucks to be replaced by October program start
LOS ANGELES - Setting in motion a historic move to take more than 16,000 dirty trucks off the road for good, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa - joined by Councilmember Jan Perry, Harbor Commission President S. David Freeman and members of the environmental and public health communities - signed into law the landmark Clean Truck Program, requiring all 16,000 diesel trucks at the Port of Los Angeles to meet some of the toughest environmental standards in the nation.
"Los Angeles has said enough is enough. When 1,200 lives are cut short every year by toxic emissions coming from the Port, we have a moral mandate to act fast and effectively," Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said. "That is why I am signing into law the cornerstone segment of the world’s most comprehensive, sustainable plan to clean up a major port."
Developed by the Port and management-consulting firm Boston Consulting Group, the program tackles the pollution problem at its roots: transforming the broken system currently operating at the Port to one that can pay for and sustain environmental gains now and in the future. more
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