Reuters By Emma Graham-Harrison and Vivi Lin – Thursday, December 11, 2008 Once an isolated haven, the Chinese village of Liukuaizhuang is now a tainted hell, surrounded by scores of low-tech factories that are poisoning its water and air, and the health of many villagers. One in fifty people there and in a neighbouring hamlet [...]
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State Air Regulators Consider New Rules to Require Cleaner Diesel Trucks
Farm Bureau spokeswoman says they can live with rule BY JAKE HENSHAW, Sacramento Bureau – December 11, 2008 In the next two days, state regulators will consider giving big truckers new marching orders to help clean up the air. By Friday, the California Air Resources Control Board may require nearly a million diesel trucks to [...]
What Do You Think of The Discovery Bay Ferry Plan?
SCMP – Updated on Dec 11, 2008 By reducing the Discovery Bay ferry service, the passenger levels on each boat will be higher, making the system more efficient in terms of the highly polluting marine diesel that is being used. Look at the cost in diesel used to transport one person from Discovery Bay to [...]