"Freight Trucks at New Jersey Port Must Curb Idling"

"NEWARK, New Jersey – The air in Newark, New Jersey’s largest city, is expected to clear up now that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized agreements with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and port terminal operators that will cut air pollution caused by idling diesel trucks at the port.

Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal, a major component of the Port of New York and New Jersey, is the principal container ship facility for goods entering and leaving the New York metropolitan area and the northeastern region of North America.

With a population of just under 300,000, the Newark metropolitan area has unhealthy air that does not meet the EPA’s air quality standards for smog."

Environment News Service had the story August 6. 2015.