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Jun 28, 2007

Air Pollution * USA - Some Truckers Underscore the Problem

A convoy of 100 diesel trucks is scheduled to trundle down the southbound Harbor (110) Freeway from South L.A. to Port of Long Beach

Los Angeles,CA,USA -KNX1070 -28 June 2007: -- ... a demonstration for cleaner air and better working conditions likely to slow morning traffic. Spearheaded by a hearse, meant to symbolize the premature deaths caused by pollution emitted at the port, the convoy will use one freeway lane and should take two hours to reach its destination... The convoy is being organized by the Coalition for Clean & Safe Ports, a group that includes truck drivers and environmental, health, labor and community groups in southern Los Angeles County. It supports a draft plan by the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to reduce diesel pollution from trucks by 80 percent in five years...

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