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Californians Who Breathe Should Like This

July 25, 2008

Posted by David Pettit in Health and the Environment

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airpollution, cancer, diesel, fuel, lowsulfurfuel, portpollution, shippingindustry, ships, sulfur

Yesterday, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) enacted historic regulation to require oceangoing vessels, including container ships and tankers, to use low-sulfur fuel within 24 miles of California’s coast, beginning on July 1, 2009.  This regulation, the only one of...continued

David Pettit
David Pettit
Director, Southern California Air Program
Santa Monica, CA
I grew up in the L.A. area and am a die-hard Dodgers and UCLA Bruins...
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