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- EPA: Oil industry assumptions about Tier 3 are wrong (January 27, 2012)
- Cutting dirty diesel pollution can reduce global warming while it improves human health (January 18, 2012)
- EPA Tier 3 will cut emissions, improve human health, and put money in people's pockets (January 17, 2012)
- When will EPA release its new car pollution proposal? (January 12, 2012)
- Latest Japanese fad gives new meaning to the term "Light Trucks" (December 16, 2011)
- Time to move forward with the right plan to clean up Mexico's dirty diesels (November 30, 2011)
- NRDC joins UNEP to celebrate global elimination of leaded gasoline--A huge step forward for children's health (October 27, 2011)
- Heading to the Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles annual meeting in Nairobi (October 22, 2011)
- Follow-up to yesterday's post: Here's how industry leadership spreads (October 19, 2011)
- Meet the Change-Makers: Maersk leadership is cutting global ship pollution (October 18, 2011)
- New WHO Report: 1.34 million premature deaths from urban air pollution worldwide (September 28, 2011)
- TRAIN Act Now Aiming at EPA's Successful Clean Fuel and Vehicle Programs (September 21, 2011)
- Biking on LI: More dangerous than biking in NYC (July 21, 2011)
- News flash: Air Quality Health Alerts Ahead (July 20, 2011)
- News from London: First-ever greenhouse gas regulations for ships adopted by IMO (July 18, 2011)
- Pollution inside school buses: Still a problem, but NYC has a model for solving it (July 8, 2011)
- WSJ on Bikes in NYC (June 22, 2011)
- Tampa Tribune Op-Ed: Let's fund DERA in FY12 (June 21, 2011)
- 19 Senators Speak: Let's Restore Diesel Clean-up Funding (June 10, 2011)
- New Yorkers Save $700/year at the Pump, Thanks to Smart Transportation Policies (May 26, 2011)
- Today's News: Clean Air Good, Dirty Air Bad (May 13, 2011)
- Improving Efficiency and "Creating Climate Wealth" in Shipping (May 3, 2011)
- Congratulations to the Tri-State Transportation Campaign! (April 29, 2011)
- PlaNYC to Dirty Buildings: Clean Up Your Heating Oil (April 22, 2011)
- NRDC and Industry to Congress: Keep funding diesel retrofits (April 7, 2011)
- New EPA Air Toxics Study Finds New Reasons to Dump Dirty Diesels and Clean Up the Cars (March 11, 2011)
- NRDC Supporting Transportation Innovations of Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Sadik-Khan at City Hall Tomorrow (March 8, 2011)
- Could Obama and Calderón agreement on cross-border trucking lead to cleaner and more efficient vehicles in Mexico? (March 3, 2011)
- Moran Amendment to kill diesel funding fails (February 17, 2011)
- Today's Moran Amendment aims to eliminate diesel funding (February 16, 2011)
- New Study Shows Ways to Reduce Black Carbon from Arctic Shipping (January 7, 2011)
- President Obama Signs Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2010 (DERA) (January 5, 2011)
- House Passes DERA - $500M Diesel Retrofit Program Headed to President's Desk (December 21, 2010)
- A Quick History of NRDC's Dump Dirty Diesels Campaign in New York (December 16, 2010)
- Senate Passes Diesel Clean-up Bill - House Action Expected Soon (December 16, 2010)
- Happy 40th Birthday EPA (December 2, 2010)
- Putting America's "Energy Hogs" on a Diet: More on Today's GHG Proposal for Trucks (October 25, 2010)
- More on EPA's Upcoming GHG Rule: Thoughts from Clean Diesel 10 (October 21, 2010)
- Clean Diesel 10: Celebrating 10 Years of Diesel Progress (October 18, 2010)
- A Force For Nature... (October 6, 2010)
- IMO News: Steamships to be exempted from the North American Emission Control Area until 2020 (October 5, 2010)
- IMO Alert: Proposal to Exempt Steamships Needs to be Changed (September 24, 2010)
- It's getting hot...and polluted in New York City again (August 4, 2010)
- Mayor Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Quinn Announce Agreement to Quickly Clean NYC Heating Oil (July 26, 2010)
- Governor Paterson Signs New Law for Cleaner Heating Oil in New York State (July 20, 2010)
- How Polluted is Your Air? (July 8, 2010)
- Next Stop for NYS Legislation To Clean Up Dirty Heating Fuel: Governor Paterson's Desk (June 30, 2010)
- Will Nevada open the door to toxic MMT in its gasoline tomorrow? (June 29, 2010)
- My latest Gotham Gazette article... (June 28, 2010)
- NRDC to NYC: Improve, then Pass Int. 194 to Clean Up the City's Heating Oil (May 28, 2010)
- President Obama's Clean Car and Truck Announcement - A Great Day in the Rose Garden (May 21, 2010)
- Moving NYC Trash from Trucks to Rails in New Jersey (May 17, 2010)
- Low-Sulfur Heating Oil Bill Passes in Connecticut – When Will New York Move Its Bill? (May 6, 2010)
- Gotham Gazette: New York's Heating Oil Debate is Heating Up Again (May 3, 2010)
- Back to the 90s: Emissions Tests Show Diesel Engines Dirtier Than They Are Supposed To Be (April 27, 2010)
- In praise of the IMO's actions to reduce ship pollution (April 23, 2010)
- 4 Reasons to Celebrate Earth Day (April 22, 2010)
- It’s official – dirty diesel ships must clean up their act along all U.S. coasts (March 26, 2010)
- US/Canadian Proposal for Cleaner Ships Enters Final Stage Next Week (March 18, 2010)
- Port of NY/NJ to Dump the Dirtiest Diesels: Truck Replacement Program Released Today (March 10, 2010)
- NRDC to NYS Senate: Pass S.1145-A on Monday to Protect New Yorkers' Health! (February 5, 2010)
- NRDC Rallying with Elected Officials, Labor, and Advocates to Preserve MTA Service (February 3, 2010)
- EPA Finalizes Rule on Ship Pollution: A Welcome Holiday Gift for Clean Air (December 22, 2009)
- Get Rid of the Smoke: The NYS Senate Should Pass S.1145-A on Monday (November 13, 2009)
- Congratulations to Judith Enck: EPA's next Region 2 Administrator (November 5, 2009)
- Stimulus News: Cost-Effective Diesel Retrofits Coming to a School Bus or Construction Site Near You! (October 21, 2009)
- Bloomberg and Booker Agree: We Need Cleaner Trucks at our Ports (October 19, 2009)
- NY City Council to vote on diesel school bus bill today (September 17, 2009)
- EPA's proposal to reduce ship emissions deserves our support (August 4, 2009)
- What the Stimulus Means for New York (March 12, 2009)
- R.I.P. Durango, Tahoe, and Suburban... (October 28, 2008)
- New Global Pact to Dump Dirty Diesels at Sea (October 10, 2008)
- Back to School Special: Free Diesel Fumes in Class (September 3, 2008)
- Help Dan Save Traffic (August 21, 2008)
- High diesel prices... (June 23, 2008)
- The Copenhagen Consensus and Diesel Pollution (June 2, 2008)
- Click to read more about biking in NYC during National Bike Month (May 27, 2008)
- Happy Bike to Work Day! (May 16, 2008)
- Happy Bike Month! (May 1, 2008)
- Cleaner diesel fuel - at no extra cost (April 24, 2008)
- Congestion pricing fails, but the goal of sustainable transportation remains (April 10, 2008)
- Congestion Pricing in the 9th inning... (April 6, 2008)
- NY City Council Passes Congestion Pricing! (April 2, 2008)
- Thanks for your comments, here's some answers... (March 26, 2008)
- Gov. Paterson supports congestion pricing! (March 21, 2008)
- Congestion pricing, regressivity, and a new study from WE ACT and Earth Institute (March 21, 2008)
- Here's the rule - and it's a good one! (March 17, 2008)
- New Poll: Most NYers support congestion pricing if money goes to transit (March 13, 2008)
- Residential Parking Permits for NYC: A Key Step on the Path to Congestion Pricing (March 12, 2008)
- Congestion Pricing Update: Yesterday in Albany, and What's Next? (March 12, 2008)
- Most New Yorkers Support Congestion Pricing (March 7, 2008)
- Congestion Pricing enters the stretch (March 6, 2008)
- Ocean-Going Ships Are The Last Bastion Of The Dirty Diesels (February 15, 2008)
- Where's the rule? (February 12, 2008)
- Just back from Mexico... (February 5, 2008)
- A Greener Corvette? (January 22, 2008)
- Thoughts about the Tata Nano, Andy Revkin's blog, and BRT (January 11, 2008)
- A wish list for 2008 (January 8, 2008)
- PlaNYC 2030: Breathing Easier in 2030 and beyond? (December 11, 2007)
- Diapers into Diesel! (November 20, 2007)
- NYC Transit buys 850 hybrid buses: Bravo! (November 5, 2007)
- Good News About Asthma in NYC (October 22, 2007)
- "Suburban Legend" Debunked: Road Building Does Not Reduce Global Warming (October 16, 2007)
- Dumping Dirty Diesels in NYC and Mexico City (October 3, 2007)
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