Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Court OKs air-pollution restrictions for ships

Court OKs air-pollution restrictions for ships
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/28/BAD91IL0RQ.DTL

"A federal appeals court rejected a shipping industry challenge Monday to California's offshore air pollution rules requiring vessels to use low-sulfur fuel within 24 miles of the coast, standards that the court said would save about 3,500 lives over six years while modestly increasing shipping costs."

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