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Environmental

Jul. 28, 2009

U.S. Agency Drops Port Pollution Suit

A federal agency that oversees the shipping industry has given up its legal fight against the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and their controversial efforts to slash diesel truck pollution.

By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A federal agency that oversees the shipping industry has given up its legal fight against the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and their controversial efforts to slash diesel truck pollution in the nation's busiest port complex.

On Friday, both the Federal Maritime Commission and the ports asked U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon in Washington, D.C., to dismiss the case, capping months of contention...

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