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Call to move on with state's diesel conversion law

DIESEL CONVERSION

Fueling up to urge on the Guv

Worried that a 2006 law to cut diesel emissions from state vehicles could become a casualty of New York's fiscal woes, environmental and public health advocates on Friday urged Gov. David A. Paterson to move forward with the measure.

The law requires the state's diesel-powered dump trucks, snowplows and other heavy vehicles to...

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