ENVIRONMENTALISTS SEEK STRONGER L.A. PORT CLEAN AIR PLAN

Environmental groups are pressing Los Angeles and Long Beach port officials to strengthen their recently released draft clean air action plan, complaining that the strategy should set more definitive standards and deadlines for emission reductions. The critics say the plan falls short of a comprehensive "No Net Increase" plan gathering dust in the Los Angeles mayor's office. Measures to reduce port emissions -- from trucks, cargo vehicles and ships -- are considered critical to local and state officials to protect...