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Get Rid of the Smoke: The NYS Senate Should Pass S.1145-A on Monday

November 13, 2009

Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy

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diesel, heatingoil, nystatelegislature, particulatepollution

Ever wonder why some buildings in New York have a plume of black smoke coming out of their smokestacks?  That soot comes from #2 heating oil, a close cousin of diesel fuel.  It's similar to the diesel fuel in New York's...continued

Congestion Pricing enters the stretch

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...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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