Dr. Melinda Treadwell on the recent Vermont emissions ruling

September 17, 2007

Dr. Melinda Treadwell is a professor at Keene State who came to the college after a career in, among other things, air pollution policy analysis. She’s now working on a number of projects related to diesel emissions — attempting to better understand the effects of such emissions on public health, and ultimately helping to develop technologies to reduce their impact.

Since I heard about the recent Vermont ruling today on the way into work, I wondered if she might have anything of interest to say about these recent attempts to strengthen state emission standards above and beyond federal levels. In the ten minutes we spent she explains the public policy ramifications of the recent decision, and some of the effects the decision (if upheld) may have on public health and diesel technology.

Dr. Treadwell is an expert on the science and policy of airborne toxin management, and has testified before Congress on the public health impact of various pollutants.

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