Climate Changed
California's Hunt for Cleaner Air Smells Like Opportunity
- Ship & Shore Environmental CEO takes on industrial pollution
- As technology emerges, refiners forced to change their ways
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California’s push for cleaner air means extra cost for giant oil refiners and an opportunity for small companies using new technologies to help them pollute less.
In 2017, the state’s Governor Jerry Brown signed a law that expands refinery emissions monitoring rules and seeks to improve the air quality for neighboring communities. For Anoosheh Oskouian, it’s a chance to grow her 18-year-old Long Beach-based company Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc., which employs about 100 people.