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The American Lung Association of California has continued its tireless campaign for more than three years to clean up California’s ports, a major source of toxic air pollution.The association has been pushing state legislators to pass Senate Bill 974 (Lowenthal), which would impose a container fee at the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach and Oakland, raising $500 million annually for pollution-reduction and congestionrelief efforts.
Cleaning up port pollution would not only provide immediate health benefits to nearby communities that suffer from higher rates of asthma and other lung illnesses, it would also help meet state and federal air quality goals for ozone and particle pollution and help reduce global warming.
