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Thanks to AB 32, our ports have used about $1 billion in transportation bond money to force new trucks on corporations and independent truckers to lose their trucks and forced to pay bribes to drive for union companies. Now the Feds want to make it worse.
"But the American Trucking Association and the Clean and Sustainable Transportation Coalition an association of more than 35 trade associations are opposed.
We support the current law that is in place right now, said Brandon Borgna, spokesman for the trucking association. We dont see a reason to change the Federal Motor Carriers Act to make environmental progress, because the ports have already shown they can do that without new legislation.
Indeed, since the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach instituted their landmark Clean Truck Program in 2008, more than 8,000 trucks have been replaced to meet or exceed 2007 EPA emissions rules. And air emissions have been cut by 80 percent."
Want to now why California is in a Depression--8,000 trucks were replaced--many in good shape but could not meet arbitrary government standards--oh, many of the truckers who lost their businesses are Hispanic--did Arnold and the Democrats profile Hispanics?
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"But the American Trucking Association and the Clean and Sustainable Transportation Coalition an association of more than 35 trade associations are opposed.
We support the current law that is in place right now, said Brandon Borgna, spokesman for the trucking association. We dont see a reason to change the Federal Motor Carriers Act to make environmental progress, because the ports have already shown they can do that without new legislation.
Indeed, since the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach instituted their landmark Clean Truck Program in 2008, more than 8,000 trucks have been replaced to meet or exceed 2007 EPA emissions rules. And air emissions have been cut by 80 percent."
Want to now why California is in a Depression--8,000 trucks were replaced--many in good shape but could not meet arbitrary government standards--oh, many of the truckers who lost their businesses are Hispanic--did Arnold and the Democrats profile Hispanics?
More...