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Congressional Testimony of Deron Lovaas, Vehicles Campaign Director: Future Federal Role for Surface Transportation
Testimony

In this testimony, delivered before the Senator Environment and Public Works Committee, Lovaas discusses the role of the federal government in determining transportation policy. With high gas prices at the pump affecting families across the country, he offers an in-depth analysis of policy prescriptions to lessen our addiction to oil, and create a more economically and environmentally sustainable transportation sector.

Subtracting Sulfur: Reducing Diesel Sulfur Levels to Reduce Urban Pollution
Issue Paper

NRDC's Dump Dirty Diesels Campaign is calling on countries around the world to cut sulfur levels in diesel fuel to near zero by the end of the decade. Sulfur contributes to the ill effects of diesel's soot emissions -- effects that include elevated rates of asthma attacks, lung disease, heart disease, cancer and even premature death. At the same time, sulfur impairs emission-control devices that can remove most of the pollution from diesel cars, trucks and buses on the road today. This February 2002 report not only shows why cleaning up "dirty diesel" makes so much sense -- it also outlines how this can be achieved and the likely economic benefits of stripping sulfur from worldwide diesel supplies.

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