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Home / Court Tosses California’s Ship Emissions PlanCourt Tosses California’s Ship Emissions Plan
Last Updated on Thursday, 28 February 2008 11:28 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 28 February 2008 10:19
You ever get the feeling that California just wants to be on it’s own out there on the Left Coast?
California must get the federal government’s approval before limiting sulfur emissions from ocean-going ships that enter the state’s waters, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals barred the state Air Resources Board from enforcing a rule that would require ships to use low-sulfur fuel, instead of dirtier bunker fuel, on auxiliary diesel engines within 24 miles of the coast.
Auxiliary engines run electric generators on the ships. The state board has also been considering rules that would limit pollution from the diesel engines that power the ships themselves but has not yet formally proposed those regulations.