This is so important and I'm glad to see California move forward on this and publicize it.  It amazes me why truckers will leave their rigs running for hours on the road, even if empty.  Today I had just such an incidence occur.  The trucker parked on the side of the road and just left his truck running unattended and the fumes filled a 1 block radius.  When he finally returned an hour later and drove off, a thick cloud of black smoke followed.  Sal

 

New diesel pollution rules will save lives

http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/763613.html

The California Air Resources Board took a decisive step last week that will soon save lives throughout the state. It adopted a fair plan to begin distributing $1 billion in bond money to truckers and other freight haulers who are willing to help cut their toxic diesel air pollution.

This action couldn't come at a better time. In October, the Air Resources Board plans to adopt regulations that will require owners of older polluting trucks operating in the state to clean up their pollution. A similar rule already has been adopted for trucks that work at the ports.

As a group, trucks are the largest source of toxic diesel pollution in the state, and about three-quarters of the $1 billion is earmarked for truck cleanup. Air pollution experts agree that if the state's most polluted regions are ever going to achieve clean air, diesel trucks have to get cleaner faster than they would through natural turnover. The reason: Diesel engines are tough and last a long time. <snip>