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Sep 3 8:00 am
  • air pollution

New bill aims to reduce air pollution from shipping as ports see record cargo levels

Kelly Puente

The Clean Shipping Act, introduced by Congressman Alan Lowenthal, would set stricter carbon emission standards for fuels used by ships.

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Feb 5 8:00 am
  • environment

Has California’s landmark law cleaned communities’ dirty air?

By Rachel Becker, CalMatters 

At stake is the health of millions of people who live near California’s refineries, ports, freeways and other sources of tiny, lung-damaging particles, gases that form smog and trigger asthma attacks, and toxic air pollutants linked to cancer.

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Nov 6 2021 10:32 am
  • air pollution

Southern California enacts new smog rules on refineries

The Associated Press

The rules apply to some 300 pieces of combustion equipment at the facilities such as boilers and gas turbines.

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Apr 22 2021 10:04 am
  • pollution

Los Angeles-Long Beach area ranks as the most ozone-polluted region in nation—again

City News Service

The Los Angeles-Long Beach metropolitan area again ranked as the most ozone-polluted region in the nation, joining six other California areas on the list of the 10 worst cities for ozone in the United States, according to an American Lung Association report released Wednesday.  

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Apr 13 2020 12:47 pm
  • coronavirus

As Californians stay at home, air quality improves—for now

CALmatters

Highway traffic is down by more than half since the start of the pandemic, according to official tallies, and emissions that form smog and soot have been reduced by about the same amount in parts of the state.

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Mar 12 2019 2:09 pm
  • air pollution

Companies fined $530K for importing illegally polluting engines at LB-LA port

Jeremiah Dobruck

To be brought into the U.S. legally, any engines or vehicles must be certified by the EPA, which checks to make sure the meet federal emissions standards.

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Dec 26 2018 4:45 pm
  • air pollution

Mandatory no burn alert issued throughout SoCal due to bad air

City News Service

The order bans burning wood or manufactured fire logs in fireplaces or any indoor or outdoor wood-burning device.

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