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October 21, 2009
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
, The Media and the Environment
, U.S. Law and Policy
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- diesel, EPA, polllution, portpollution, reporttocongress, retrofit, stimulus
I just received a copy of EPA's Report to Congress on its Diesel Emissions Reduction Program, and it's encouraging news. With nearly $50 million in EPA's FY 2008 budget for this program, EPA made 119 grants nationwide that enabled more...
October 19, 2009
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Green Enterprise
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, The Media and the Environment
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- bloomberg, booker, diesel, newark, NYC, pollution, portpollution, sustainability, trucks
Yesterday, NYC Mayor Michael P. Bloomberg and Newark Mayor Cory Booker teamed up with Teamsters President James P. Hoffa to endorse federal legislation that would enable ports around the nation to adopt local green-growth programs to reduce air pollution and...
September 17, 2009
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
, The Media and the Environment
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- airpollution, asthma, citycouncil, diesel, newyork, newyorkcity, pollution, schoolbus, simplesteps
Every day, more than 7,000 large and small school buses take thousands of students to and from school. Unfortunately, their free trip to school usually includes a heavy dose of diesel soot pollution-pollution that has been shown to trigger asthma...
August 4, 2009
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
, The Media and the Environment
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- diesel, environmentalprotectionagency, EPA, OGV, polllution, portpollution, shippollution, ships
I'm testifying at EPA's hearing today on its proposed regulation to reduce emissions from the largest, dirtiest diesels in our midst-the huge diesel engines (regulated as "Category 3" engines because of their size) that power the ocean-going vessels (OGVs) at...
March 12, 2009
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Green Enterprise
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Solving Global Warming
, U.S. Law and Policy
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- gothamgazette, newyork, newyorkcity, stimulus
After a four-month hiatus, my monthly column at the Gotham Gazette is back up and running. If you don't know the Gotham Gazette, it's a great place to read about NYC's political and policy debates, with columns on just about...
April 10, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Green Enterprise
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
, The Media and the Environment
, U.S. Law and Policy
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- congestion, congestionpricing, mta, trafficcongestion, transit, transportation
By now, of course, anybody who has followed the saga of congestion pricing in New York knows the outcome: on Monday, the New York State Assembly failed to vote on the congestion pricing program, ensuring that it won’t go forward,...
April 6, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Moving Beyond Oil
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- congestionpricing, newyork, newyorkcity, trafficcongestion, transit
Mariano Rivera is taking the mound now, trying to do his magic to pull out a win...Crain's, the Washington Post, the NY Daily News, the NY Post are all telling various stories of last-minute negotiations, hallway discussions, and everything else...
April 2, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
, The Media and the Environment
, U.S. Law and Policy
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- bloomberg, congestion, congestionpricing, dailypolitics, elizabethbenjamin, newyorkcity, quinn, trafficcongestion, transit, transportation
On Monday, the New York City Council passed, by a margin of 30-20, the congestion pricing bill, kicking off an intense week of lobbying for its passage in Albany.This was a huge victory for Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council...
March 26, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
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- congestionpricing, newyorkcity, NYC, trafficcongestion
In recent comments on the blog, a number of readers have expressed concerns about the cost of delivering goods in the City, as well as other aspects of the congestion pricing proposal being debated in New York this month. Today,...
March 21, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
, The Media and the Environment
, U.S. Law and Policy
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- congestion, congestionpricing, crains, dailypolitics, governorpaterson, newyorkcity, NYC
Awesome news! Governor David A. Paterson just announced that he’s presenting a program bill to the New York State Legislature to implement congestion pricing in the City. Here’s what Governor Paterson said: “Congestion pricing addresses two urgent concerns of the residents...
March 21, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
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- columbia, congestion, congestionpricing, earthinstitute, jeffreysachs, newyorkcity, NYC, university, weact
One of the biggest canards of the congestion pricing debate in New York is that the program is somehow regressive, i.e., it discriminates against poor people and mostly benefits upper-income people. Throughout the past two weeks of lobbying, I cannot even...
March 13, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
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- citycouncil, congestionpricing, governorpaterson, mayorbloomberg, mta, mtacapitalplan, newyorkcity, NYC, trafficcongestion
Today's congestion pricing post comes to you with thanks to our friends at Streetsblog. A Quinnipiac Poll released today shows once again that New Yorkers are decidedly in favor of congestion pricing with revenues allocated for mass transit. The latest...
March 12, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
, The Media and the Environment
, U.S. Law and Policy
- Tags:
- congestion, congestionpricing, dot, NYC, nycdot, transportation
Mayor Bloomberg announced a new residential parking permit program today that responds directly to one of the concerns raised by opponents of congestion pricing. Here’s the issue: would some car commuters try to avoid the Manhattan congestion charge by parking in...
March 12, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
, The Media and the Environment
, U.S. Law and Policy
- Tags:
- congestion, congestionpricing, mta, mtacapitalplan, newyork, NYC, paterson, spitzer
So everything is now up in the air. Governor Elliot Spitzer just resigned a moment ago, and Lieutenant Governor David Paterson is preparing to be New York’s 55th Governor. Governor-to-be Paterson is a well-liked, smart public official, with a long resume...
March 6, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
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- buses, congestionpricing, leesander, march31, mta, mtacapitalplan, newyorkcity, NYC, nycitycouncil, nyctransit, nystatelegislature, subway, trains
Coming to work today, I was enraptured, as I often am, by the sights and sounds of this great city of New York. On my subway ride, a group of mariachi singers played a few numbers for tips, a local...
