LEGISLATURE OKS RESOLUTION PUSHING COASTAL SULFUR EMISSION REDUCTION AREA

Lawmakers have approved a resolution calling on Congress to advance an international process requiring ships off the California coast to reduce sulfur emissions. Proponents say sulfur emission reductions are key in decreasing overall ship exhaust pollution, which inundates California ports, especially in Los Angeles and Long Beach. The resolution, AJR 8 (Assemblyman Joe Canciamilla, D-Pittsburg), asks Congress to ratify an international treaty called "MARPOL 73/78 Convention," which would allow regions to petition the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to declare areas...