Following complaints from residents of its delivery areas, online grocery company FreshDirect LLC has reached an agreement with the New York state attorney general’s office to adopt a program designed to eliminate all non-essential idling by its fleet of delivery trucks. It will also pay a $50,000 fine for violating state and city environmental laws that restrict the length of time trucks are permitted to sit with their engines running. Read more »

The New York Shipping Association (NYSA) has won an EPA Environmental Quality Award. Over the last 5 years, it has instituted changes to equipment and operations in the Port of New York and New Jersey that have resulted in a 45-percent reduction of air emissions per ton of cargo. Among the green initiatives was the institution of no-idling zones. Read more »