Environmentalists Press SCAQMD To Speed Indirect Source Rule For Ports

Environmental and environmental justice (EJ) groups are pressing South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) officials to expedite development of an indirect source rule (ISR) to reduce truck and other vehicle pollution at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, claiming the schedule for the rule continues to be pushed back. “I reject that we have to choose between a strong economy and clean air,” Chris Chavez, deputy policy director of the Coalition for Clean Air, told the SCAQMD’s...