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Article: Clean Trucks Program helps improve Los Angeles' air quality
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- October 2, 2009
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Clean Trucks Program helps improve Los Angeles' air quality
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Clean Trucks Program,
launched one year ago, has led to cleaner air in Los Angeles,
authorities announced on Thursday.
Under the program, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, two
of the busiest ports in the United States, have gotten rid of more
than 2,000 diesel burning trucks and raised the number of "clean"
trucks to 5,500.
The move has reduced air pollution equivalent to the amount
produced by 200,000 cars a year, the National Resources Defense
Council (NRDC) said.
The program is on track to meet its goal of reducing truck-
produced emissions in both ports by 80 percent in 2010, two ...