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Environmental

Feb. 27, 2010

Pollution Dispute Heads to Court

The trucking industry and the Port of Los Angeles are headed to trial after a Los Angeles federal judge on Thursday refused to dismiss a case involving big rig diesel pollution on summary judgment.

By Fiona Smith

Daily Journal Staff Writer

The trucking industry and the Port of Los Angeles are headed to trial after a Los Angeles federal judge on Thursday refused to dismiss a case involving big rig diesel pollution on summary judgment.

The American Trucking Associations sued in 2008 over the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles's jointly enacted clean truck programs to cut diesel pollution from port traffic by 80 percent...

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