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NY City Council to vote on diesel school bus bill today

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...continued

Good News About Asthma in NYC

October 22, 2007

Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , The Media and the Environment

Tags:
asthma, diesel, gothamgazette, media, newyorkcity, pollution

In addition to my work at NRDC, I write a monthly column on environmental issues for the Gotham Gazette, a great online source for New York City public affairs and political news.  Today, my most recent column was posted.  It’s about...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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