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CNBC: Mayor Says 80% Reduction In Truck Pollution Likely By End Of 2010
Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster appeared this morning on the CNBC talk show “The Squawk Box" to talk alternative energy and air quality, on a special edition of the television show guest-hosted by billionaire energy advocate T. Boone Pickens. Mayor Foster explained the various alternative energy methods that Long Beach has used, from a 20% alternative fuel City vehicle fleet to the use of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) in trash trucks and street sweepers. He also spoke at length about the Clean Trucks Program at the Port, which he says has worked more quickly than expected and that an 80% reduction in greenhouse gasses that was expected to be achieved by 2012 may actually be achieved as early as the end of next year. Continue reading Long Beach Post.