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16 September 2003 - New York) Environmental Defense today applauded the formation and funding of the Clean Ferry Emissions Reduction Initiative for New York Harbor. The initiative, which today was awarded a major federal grant, will identify and put into place clean fuels and best available retrofit technologies to cut pollution from diesel-powered ferries in New York Harbor. "Diesel emissions contain more than 40 cancer-causing compounds, and since 9/11 the number of diesel ferries in New York Harbor has almost doubled," said Environmental Defense Living Cities program director Andy Darrell (pictured, right). "By putting enough funding on the table to clean up virtually every private ferry in the Harbor, it looks like smooth sailing toward healthier air for New York Harbor. New York is now poised to lead the country and the world in developing clean diesel technology for marine applications." Though ferries are an integral part of the city's transportation network, they have an Achilles heal - dirty emissions with serious impacts on health and the environment. This project will clean emissions from more than 40 diesel-powered ferries or 85% of the total ferries in New York Harbor. At this time, none of the ferries in the Harbor are equipped with pollution controls. By using retrofits and cleaner fuels like ultra low sulfur diesel, this project could reduce emissions by 75 to 90%. VIEW ARTICLE AT Environmental Defense

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