Cleaner Diesel

摘要

Nrdc Kicked Off Its Dump Dirty Diesels Campaign in 1995, when most New York City buses still left noxious plumes of exhaust in their wakes. Since then the organization has been instrumental in the creation of the EPA's regulatory program for diesel engines and in promoting "clean diesel" technology, which reduces toxic emissions by 90 percent or more. NRDC's latest victory came in January, when President Obama signed the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2010 IDERA), extending a 2005 program that was about to expire. DERA authorizes $500 million in grants and loans to replace or upgrade old, dirty diesel engines, which still power more than 11 million vehicles in the United States.