Trucking industry fighting port greening
An effort to reduce diesel emissions at Southern California's ports by imposing stricter regulations on the trucking industry could lead to an economic crisis reminiscent of the 2002 dockworkers' lockout, a new study warns.Kristopher Hanson in the Daily News.
The strike five years ago shut down all major West Coast ports for 10 days, costing the national economy an estimated $10 billion as ships backed up in harbors and containers piled up at waterfront marine terminals.
Similar backlogs may result in the first weeks of the Clean Trucks Program that could begin Jan. 1 at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, says a study by economist John Husing.
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