Why is eco-conscious California spending millions to support natural gas?
by Miranda Green for Floodlight in partnership with t from Environment | The Guardian on (#602S5)
A Los Angeles-area air board faces questions over grant spending amid some of the worst air pollution in the US
In the course of an hour, more than a hundred big rig trucks chug through the aptly named city of Commerce. The heavily Latino community in Los Angeles intersects Interstate 710 - the main highway that moves cargo shipments from the nearby ports to their final destinations.
Along with the merchandise they deliver - Amazon shipments, produce and Mitsubishis - the trucks emit significant amounts of air pollutants. As do the dozens of cargo ships that cluster outside the ports and the freight trains that transport goods.
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