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Clean Trucks Are Not A Choice Between Money or Life

December 16, 2008

Posted by Diane Bailey in Curbing Pollution

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airpollution, asthma, bayarea, CARB, cleantrucks, climate, diesel, health, portofoakland, portpollution, trucks

Your money or your life?  That's how one observer summed up the truck clean-up rule that the California Air Board bravely voted to adopt last week.  After an intense two-day hearing, the Board grappled with the competing concerns of the...continued

Clean Trucks: We Can't Afford Anything Less

December 8, 2008

Posted by Diane Bailey in Curbing Pollution

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airpollution, asthma, CARB, cleantrucks, diesel, fueleconomy, ghg, globalwarming, health, truckefficiency, trucks

This is shaping up to be a monumental week in the fight against global warming and air pollution in California. On Thursday, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) will vote to adopt the Scoping Plan to implement AB 32, California's...continued

The Port of Oakland Passes the Buck Again, Letting Oakland Stew in More Air Pollution

November 25, 2008

Posted by Diane Bailey in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment

Tags:
airpollution, asthma, bayarea, CARB, cleantrucks, diesel, health, portofoakland, portpollution, trucks

When the Port of Oakland falls on tough financial times, they have no problem jettisoning critical health and environmental programs.  Last Wednesday, the Port of Oakland Board of Commissioners did just that in a surprise move that will delay and...continued

Diane Bailey
Diane Bailey
Senior Scientist
San Francisco
I live in Oakland, CA in a mostly fixed fixer upper by Lake Merritt, with...
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