Illinois ranks fifth among states in the continental U.S. for health risks from diesel emissions. Credit: Kazimierz Popławski, CC BY-NC 2.0 / Flickr Community members and environmental advocates are ...

Diesel once promised a cleaner, thriftier future for drivers and governments, yet within a decade it has slipped from ...

Oregon adopted rules over three years ago to reduce the number of polluting diesel trucks on our streets. Now that it’s crunch time for implementation, truck manufacturers are pushing back. This issue ...

Diesel exhaust particles can disturb the function of human brain immune cells, known as microglia, according to a recent study led by the University of Eastern Finland. The findings, published in ...

On a gray March afternoon at the Port of Los Angeles, the largest in the U.S., powerful electric top-handlers whir, beep and grind as they motor back and forth, grabbing trailers from truck beds and ...

(WHTM) — Pennsylvania children may be at risk because of diesel truck traffic near schools and daycares. According to the Clean Trucks Pennsylvania Coalition, it found 70,000 children are exposed to ...

Twenty-five years ago this month, the fuel spigots at the bus depots of New York City Transit were converted to a new diesel fuel. This “ultra-low sulfur diesel” fuel contained about 15 ...