CARB Eyes Industry Incentives To Curb Emissions at Key Ports

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he California Air Resources Board is considering whether to push for financial incentives to prompt freight transportation firms operating around nearby ports to curb diesel emissions, said a spokesman for that regulatory agency.

CARB spokesman Jerry Miller said the board had not decided whether to urge state lawmakers to create such incentives, because of the state’s current budget problems, but discussed the matter at a board meeting Feb. 24.

At issue is how best to curb emissions at the sprawling nearby port facilities of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the two largest container ports in the United States and the ones that handle a huge portion of U.S.-Asia trade.

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