In the Midst of the Coronavirus, California Weighs Diesel Regulations
In the Midst of the Coronavirus, California Weighs Diesel Regulations
June 9,2020-InsideClimateNews.com
Communities that live in the shadow of the industry are hit hard by pollution, and by Covid-19. But companies are using the pandemic to try to delay stricter rules. Every day, nearly 18,000 diesel-powered trucks barrel along State Route 60 in Jurupa Valley, a small city 45 miles east of Los Angeles. The trucks come and go from over 40 square miles of warehouse space in the area, but a blanket of smog lingers behind.”The air, the pollution just sits there,” Brenda Angulo, a kindergarten teacher, said. Her students breathe in that “layer of thick, brown sky.
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