San Francisco Passes Clean Construction Ordinance
Thanks in part to letters from UCS activists, and a UCS report on the health impacts of pollution from construction equipment in California, the City of San Francisco has joined New York as the two cities in the United States who have laws on the books to clean up dirty diesel pollution from construction equipment.
The San Francisco Clean Construction ordinance will require city contractors performing major projects near sensitive sites (hospitals, residential care facilities, schools or child-care centers) to use cleaner engines. This ordinance will reduce global warming pollution, toxic emissions, as well as fine and ultra fine particulates from construction sites across the city. These fine particles have been associated with severe health impacts including cardiovascular and lung disease, asthma, bronchitis, heart attacks, and strokes.
