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Opinion: Clean Trucks Will Save Lives — If Gov. Hochul Stays the Course
With each truck that rumbles through our communities, families are exposed to unsafe levels of diesel soot and tailpipe pollution.
Brian Ketcham, Automotive Engineer Who Subverted Car Culture, 85
New York has lost a giant: A fighter against pollution, for justice and for congestion pricing.
Komanoff: William (Vickrey), It Was Really Nothing
Former City Council Member Kathryn Freed once said "traffic is killing us in Lower Manhattan." Now, she sues to stop Nobel-Prize-winning economist William Vickrey's congestion pricing idea.
‘Electric’ Slide: Four Companies Seek Exemptions from 1972 Anti-Idling Law
The Department of Environmental Protection has shown a willingness to waive New York City's 52-year-old anti-idling law for companies with plans to electrify their fleets.
City: BQE Must Be Rebuilt to Last a Century … To Prevent More Pollution
Paging Mr. Orwell: Doubling down on the Robert Moses highway is actually good for neighborhoods nearby, the city claims.
‘Department of Enabling Polluters’: Clean Air Activists Slam Weakening of Idling Rule
"It's like a no-peeing section in a pool," one parent said.
KOMANOFF: Mayor Adams Touts a Clean-Air Win that Hasn’t Happened
Here's what the TLC ― and the mayor ― overlooked when they decided to let thousands more Ubers and Lyfts onto our teeming, weary streets.
Opinion: The Bronx Had Air Quality Issues Long Before Congestion Pricing
The MTA forecasts additional trucks traffic on the Cross Bronx Expressway — but the solutions to the Bronx's air quality challenges lie elsewhere.
‘A Joke’: New City Rules Would Give More Idlers A Free Pass
And it's not the first time the agency, which has "environmental protection" in its name, has added obstacles to reining in polluters.
Komanoff: Get the Facts About ‘Car Bloat’ and Pollution
To deal effectively with climate we need to be clear about what’s destroying it.
