gross polluters
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California may expand a program that pays low-income drivers to trade older cars for newer, greener ones.
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CA Clean-Air Initiative: Cash In A Clunker, Buy An Electric Car
California has been a world pioneer for decades in reducing vehicle emissions, including its 20-year effort to get significant numbers of zero-emission vehicles on the roads. It's also had intermittent programs to encourage the trade-in of older cars that qualify as "gross emitters" for newer and...
John Voelcker -
China To Ban 6 Million Gross Polluters From Roads In Smog Fight
China will step up enforcement of emissions standards, removing 6 million of the worst-polluting vehicles from its roads.
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Coloradans: Donate An Old Polluting Car, Get A Tree Planted
While it's not quite the 2009 Cash for Clunkers program, it's a nice gesture with a clear mission: get the most polluting cars off Colorado roads. If you're a Coloradan who owns a pre-1990 car, donate it to the Clear the Air Foundation and the ReForest Colorado program will plant a tree in an area...
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California Steps Up Gross-Polluter Vehicle Retirement Program
Not only do old cars pollute more than new ones, they pollute a lot more. According to a rule proposed by the California Bureau of Automotive Repair, fully “75 percent of vehicular pollution is caused by just 25 percent of the vehicle fleet" in the state. Those vehicles were built before 1995...
John Voelcker