Are you looking for a way to take action to help improve air quality and fight climate change? Well, here’s your chance! Earlier this month, U.S. Representatives Hanna (NY) and Edwards (MD) introduced The Clean Construction Act of 2011. This bi-partisan legislation establishes procedures to advance the use of cleaner construction equipment on federally funded [...]
“Diesel exhaust is among the substances that may pose the greatest risk to the U.S. population.” That’s the latest statement by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, who recently released their updated National Toxics Assessment (NATA). The quote also encompasses the message that we and other members of the Diesel Clean-Up Campaign from around the country [...]
Just in time for the holidays, we have received a special gift from Congress — the passage of an important health bill, the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2010 (also known as DERA). DERA is designed to reduce emissions from millions of existing, legacy diesel engines in use today by as much as 90 percent. [...]
Today, SACE is pleased to announce our recent $5 million award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the creation of our new program “Clean Trucks Make Cents” (CTMC). The award, which SACE received through EPA’s SmartWay Clean Finance Program, will be used to guarantee loans for the purchase or lease of pre-2007 tractor-trailer [...]
This week, the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee passed S.B. 3973, the “Voinovich-Carper Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2010″. This is a significant step on the bill’s path to (hopefully) becoming law. The next step is for the bill to come before the full Senate. Originally passed in 2005, the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act [...]
This post was co-authored by Laura Wilson. October is Children’s Health Month and we want to take this opportunity to tell you about the serious health threat of diesel pollution, the risk of cumulative exposure, and how you can help mitigate this deadly pollution and protect your kids. During the course of a single day, [...]
This post was co-authored by John Wilson, Laura Wilson and Anne Blair Being so close to the Arctic here in Copenhagen, I have been listening carefully to what people have to say about the melting of the polar ice cap. While scientists still agree that carbon dioxide is the major driver of global warming, nearly [...]
