Company ordered to pay $5.6 million after breaking little-known driving law
- A bus company that left its buses’ engines running while parked in Boston neighborhoods has settled a lawsuit by agreeing to pay US$5.6 million in damages for the resulting air pollution.
- The settlement came in a citizen-enforcement lawsuit under the Clean Air Act, which allows any person to sue alleged polluters for the harm done to human health and the environment.
- The case was based on a Massachusetts law that limits vehicle idling to no more than five minutes.
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- A bus company that left its buses’ engines running while parked in Boston neighborhoods has settled a lawsuit by agreeing to pay US$5.6 million in damages for the resulting air pollution.
- The settlement came in a citizen-enforcement lawsuit under the Clean Air Act, which allows any person to sue alleged polluters for the harm done to human health and the environment.
- The case was based on a Massachusetts law that limits vehicle idling to no more than five minutes.
Sources: The Independent