Posted on 04/16/2009 9:59:43 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Edited on 04/16/2009 10:04:45 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
A federal judge in Washington refused Wednesday to halt the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach's clean-truck program, which aims to phase out 17,000 polluting big rigs that shuttle freight to and from rail terminals and other transport hubs.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
The Judge, a pre-9/11 Bush appointee
Leon, Richard J.
Born 1949 in South Natick, MA
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by George W. Bush on September 10, 2001, to a seat vacated by Norma Holloway Johnson; Confirmed by the Senate on February 14, 2002, and received commission on February 19, 2002.
So a change is not as good as an improvement.
“Next month, shipping giant AP Moeller-Maersk will make a move that would have been unlikely a decade ago. A line of 6,000-container ships that now goes to Southern California will dock in Seattle instead.”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123966509693815117.html
Just like water, go around an obstacle.
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