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Cleaner Truckin’

One man’s solution to reduce diesel exhaust pollution caused by idling is spreading to truck stops across the country.

More than a million truck drivers in the United States spend most of their time living in their cabs. To keep warm or to keep cool, most have to idle their engines, which spew particles and harmful gases. But, as Living on Earth’s Ingrid Lobet reports, a Tennessee inventor has come up with a solution that’s proving very popular in truck stops across the nation.