| Issue 305 | February 19, 2001 |
NY
State Senator Tom Duane is asking citizens and organizations to write to
U.S. Senators Schumer and Clinton, to urge them to fight efforts in Washington
to roll back new, tighter rules on diesel emissions from heavy-duty vehicles
(see MTR #270).
Duane was a key figure in the fight to close down NY Apple Tours, the NYC double-decker tour bus outfit whose vehicles became synonymous with black clouds of diesel soot and whose drivers were well-known for bad behavior at the wheel. A NY State appellate court ordered NY Apple Tours to cease operations in December, concluding a back and forth court and administrative battle that first saw Apple Tours booted off the streets, then allowed to reopen last summer.
      |