On the one-year anniversary of the clean-trucks program in the Port of Los Angeles, Michael Day, president of the Teachers Association of Long Beach, issued a statement praising the program aimed at reducing diesel emissions.
In the statement, Day said:
"Long Beach has over a dozen schools along the I-710 corridor and adjacent to the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, an area commonly referred to as a 'diesel death zone.' We applaud the Clean Truck Program for what it has done already by removing almost 2000 pre-1989 diesel trucks from our neighborhoods with trucks that produce more than 90% fewer emissions. TALB is also working with our community partners to ensure the future success of the Clean Truck Program so the Ports will be able to meet their 2012 goal of 80% emissions reductions in overall drayage operations."
The entire statement is online here.
