World Class Ports Mean World Class Smog

Southern California's Air Quality Management District seeks to impose fees on freight train operators that fail to lower smog-forming emissions.

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March 12, 2004, 5:00 AM PST

By Erin Clark

"The expanding rail yards east of Los Angeles, brimming with foreign cargo from the area's two ports, are a brawny symbol of Southern California's growing stature as one of the world's great crossroads of international trade. But the economic bonanza is exacting a rising price. Exhaust and soot from diesel locomotives, ships and planes are dirtying the air in neighborhoods from Wilmington to Commerce, threatening to undermine decades of progress toward healthful air."

Thanks to Erin Clark

FULL STORY: Trains Are Targeted in Smog Fight

Sunday, March 7, 2004 in The Los Angeles Times

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