Diesel News
NEWS ARTICLES AND PRESS RELEASES
June 20, 2007: Money to help reduce Pittsburgh school bus pollution (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
May 8, 2007: Diesel fumes raise risks, but outlook for remedies hazy (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
March 1, 2007: Report documents the health risks of diesel exhaust for commuters (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
Grant to help cut pollution from buses (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 7, 2006)
Report Card on School Bus Idling (Allegheny Front, June 7, 2006)
Pennsylvania Receives “B” by Scientists Group for Reducing School Bus Pollution (DEP Update, May 26, 2006)
Groups tout tailpipe filters that trap soot, clean up diesel exhaust (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 10, 2006)
Filters cut emissions on Plum buses (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, May 10, 2006)
District pumped up over cleaner fuel (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, August 24, 2005)
New rules limit idling by buses, trucks (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 16, 2005)
Allegheny County takes step in reducing deadly diesel exhaust (GASP Press Release, July 13, 2005)
Diesel comes clean (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, June 12, 2005)
Briefs: District cuts emissions from school bus fleet (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, June 9, 2005)
Penn Hills bus retrofits cut exhaust (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 6, 2005)
Diesel idling limit in works for Allegheny County (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 4, 2005)
County wants to limit diesel engine idling (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 3, 2005)
Exhaust’s Costs Not Exhausted (Pittsburgh City Paper, March 3, 2005)
The Diesel Opportunity (Rachel’s Environment & Health News, Feburary 24, 2005)
Study concludes diesel is deadly (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 23, 2005)
Report: Diesel pollution hurting region (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, February 23, 2005)
GASP report vents about emissions from diesel engines (Washington Observer Reporter, February 23, 2005)
Diesel Retrofit Grants and Clean Diesel Campaign Announced (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Press Release, February 23, 2005)
Study: Vehicle exhaust deaths greater than homicides (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 22, 2005)
Diesel Exhaust Kills Thousands Across Region Each Year, Yet Solutions Are Close at Hand Using EPA Methodology, New Study Ties Soot Emissions to Mortality (GASP Press Release, February 22, 2005)
Diesel exhaust limits considered (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 6, 2005)
Limits placed on school bus idling (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 15, 2004)
New Air Quality Regulation Limits School Bus Idling in Allegheny County (PA DEP, October 15, 2004)
School Bus Idling Comes To A Halt (GASP Press Release, October 12, 2004)
Bush wants to reduce school bus emissions (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 30, 2004)
County passes air pollution ordinance (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 8, 2004)
Grant to cut bus emissions (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, January 8, 2004)
School buses’ sooty exhausts highlighted (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 18, 2003)
Study shows children riding diesel buses exposed to pollution (Associated Press, October 17, 2003)
Proposed emissions measures have effect here (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, October 2, 2003)
Council Approved an Ordinance that Seeks to Prohibit Extended Idling of Diesel Vehicles (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 20, 2003)
Vote May Limit Diesel Idling (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, August 19, 2003)
Anti-smog group pushes to stop school bus idling outside schools (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 6, 2003)