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New Global Pact to Dump Dirty Diesels at Sea

October 10, 2008

Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Reviving the World's Oceans , The Media and the Environment

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diesel, globalshipping, IMO, InternationalMaritimeOrganization, pollution, portpollution, shippollution, smartercities

Good news on the Dump Dirty Diesels Campaign front today... Yesterday, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted new fuel and emissions standards for large diesel-fueled, ocean-going ships. When fully implemented, this will help reduce pollution by 80 percent or more...continued

Ocean-Going Ships Are The Last Bastion Of The Dirty Diesels

February 15, 2008

Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Moving Beyond Oil , Reviving the World's Oceans , U.S. Law and Policy

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CATF, CleanAirTaskForce, diesel, ICCT, IMO, InternationalCouncilonCleanTransportation, InternationalMaritimeOrganization, marine, oceangoingships, ships, sulfur

Yesterday, I testified in Congress on Senator Barbara Boxer’s bill (S. 1499, the Marine Vessels Emissions Reduction Act)  to require dirty, polluting ocean-going ships to use cleaner fuel within 200 miles of our coasts.  (And, by the way, even after...continued

Rich Kassel
Rich Kassel
Senior Attorney and Director, Clean Fuels and Vehicles Project
New York City
I came to NRDC in 1991 on a three-year grant, and never left.  Over the...
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