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Inside the Diesel Death Zone

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By Daniel Hinerfeld
April 9, 2007
Food, Health & Home Business & Politics
Following up on journalist Wade Graham’s feature in OnEarth’s Spring 2007 issue, Daniel Hinerfeld reports from the port city of Long Beach, California, on the price harbor communities pay for our reliance on cheap consumer goods from overseas.
Related Tags: diesel exhaust ports air pollution global economy seaports shipping industry soot
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Daniel Hinerfeld is NRDC's associate director of communications. Before joining NRDC, he was a reporter and producer for public radio stations KQED and KCRW, and a senior editor and producer at NPR, where he helped launch the Tavis Smiley Show and D... READ MORE >