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 Stories About: air pollution AND California AND health AND placemaking AND toxics
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Light on Their Fleet
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10 Jun 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Light on Their Fleet The Supreme Court agreed yesterday to hear a case about whether the Los Angeles area can go beyond the federal Clean Air Act to impose strict anti-pollution rules on buses, taxis, garbage trucks, airport shuttles, and other vehicle fleets. Oil companies and engine manufacturers challenged a rule issued in 2000 by the South Coast Air Quality Management District that requires owne ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, California, health, placemaking, toxics (all these topics) |
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Dolorous Haze
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16 Jan 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Dolorous Haze Emissions that contribute to smog in the Los Angeles area are drastically worse than previously estimated, air-quality officials admitted yesterday. The announcement marked a reversal of the usual optimistic rhetoric about California air quality, which has been steadily improving since the late 1980s. Now it seems that progress in eliminating the two most common pollutants t ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, business, California, health, placemaking, toxics (all these topics) |
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