EPA proposes cuts in diesel exhaust
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The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to reduce diesel exhaust from trains and ships, a move supported by some environmentalists.
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Activists and asthma patients urged federal environmental officials Thursday to go further in tightening smog standards to protect children and others from ailments caused by dirty air.
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Automakers and their allies have stepped up lobbying to convince states that a proposal by California to cut tailpipe emissions sharply to fight global warming could further depress the struggling U.S. industry.
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By Stacey Eidson, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Jan. 30--MANATEE -- A proposal to ask state legislators to require emissions testing as part of a vehicle's annual license renewal has sparked interest, but might not get off the ground this year.
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Among the pending regulations - the world&#39;s most stringent - are cutting exhaust from cars and light trucks by 25 percent by 2016.
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By Dina Cappiello, Houston Chronicle  Feb. 13--Representatives of Houston's business community on Monday urged City Council to delay action on two proposals that would make it easier for the city to penalize companies causing unhealthy levels of air pollution.
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By ED SEALOVER THE GAZETTE DENVER - Colorado's top legislative leaders asked the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday to approve California's tighter emissions standards for cars, which could open the door for a similar law to be passed here in 2008.
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U.S. environmental regulators issued new standards on Friday to reduce the amount of cancer-causing emissions from gasoline, vehicles operating in cold weather and portable gas cans.
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After years of resistance, the U.S. trucking industry says it will not try to impede or delay a new federal rule aimed at cutting diesel pollution.
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How Starbucks hopes to trim its emissions footprint.
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After decades of criticism from car owners and environmentalists, the EPA has revised its fuel-mileage estimates for new cars in the U.S.
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By JOHN HEILPRIN  WASHINGTON - Federal scientists want to tighten smog standards, a step that would allow tens of millions of Americans to breathe easier. The plan also would run head-on into President Bush's hopes of weaning Americans from gasoline by using more smog-producing ethanol.
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Scientists at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory say they have developed the first system to convert dirty diesel fuel into a quiet, self-contained and efficient energy source.
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The California Air Resources Board on Thursday reviewed a proposal to cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars and prepared to vote on the plan on Friday.
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Companies are looking for ways to cut down on greenhouse gases and save money on increasingly expensive gasoline.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 12  /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has awarded a $200,000 grant to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management for a project to cut diesel emissions from locomotives at the Ports of Indiana facility in Jeffersonville, Ind., on the Ohio River.
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D.C.-area officials gauge proposal that would cut environmental programs but support schools.