EcoNews - USA - Panel Urges Stricter Emissions Rules for L.A.'s School Buses
Los Angeles,CA,USA -Los Angeles Times, by Julie Cart -Sept 15, 2005 :-) The South Coast Air Quality Management District on Wednesday urged the state to adopt strict emissions standards for Los Angeles' school bus fleet, saying continued exposure to diesel exhaust puts children's health at risk... The statement came a day before the California Air Resources Board is scheduled to consider a rule requiring that new school buses purchased to transport Southern California students have the cleanest-burning engines available. The rule would also apply to public and private fleets of municipal transit vehicles and trash trucks in the AQMD's four-county jurisdiction... Some education officials, however, fear such new rules may cause some financially strapped districts to cease providing buses entirely...
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