Old truck gets crushed in California's battle against climate change - Los Angeles Times
8-million program, one piece of a broader effort to battle climate change and improve air quality in California, is funded with cap-and-trade revenue and could put 600 cleaner cars on the road. More funding could be approved by the Air Resources Board this summer. State officials said the majority of transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions come from a relatively small number of older cars, and those vehicles are often owned by residents who can't afford new ones. So with this program, they're trying to make clean cars available to Californians from poorer communities that often have larger problems with air quality. requires policies that touch all of California's communities," said Senate leader Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles), who worked on legislation to support the program. Source: www.latimes.com
