California's Top Air Official Looks To Quell Flap Over Rail Industry Deal

The new head of the California Air Resources Board, Cindy Tuck, has called for several special meetings to review an agreement to reduce emissions by the railroad industry after environmentalists and state lawmakers criticized the arrangement as a concession to industry. Chairwoman Tuck's announcement, which came at her first air board meeting July 21, aims to quell the outcry over a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and could establish a process for establishing other similar agreements with industry. The agreement could...