Commuters are still breathing high levels of toxic diesel pollution trapped inside Union Station, but long-stalled efforts to clean up Metra’s fleet of dirty locomotives could get a big boost next ...

The state of California should be leading the world in environmental protection and the transition to clean energy. We should not be exporting dirty pollution. Period. That, however, is exactly what ...

California is taking aiming at dirty diesel exhaust from locomotives with new regulations aimed at getting operators to shift to cleaner locomotives. For 50 years, California has ratcheted up rules to ...

Communities near railyards, ports and other freight corridors have long been hit hard by air pollution from dirty, old locomotives. These massive, track-mounted vehicles, which use a diesel generator ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The railroad ...

Re “Ports considering maglev trains to cut smog,” Nov. 28 Maglev train technology is new and exciting, but experimental. The discussions of how to clean up dirty diesel locomotives hauling goods from ...

After a historic drought year in 2018 that culminated in the 416 Fire, Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad owner Al Harper promised to bolster his fleet with engines that run on oil and diesel, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A diesel locomotive hauls cargo from the Port of Long Beach. California regulators are considering rules to slash air pollution ...