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Reports that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has sued Illinois-based exterminator company Clarke Environmental for improperly spraying mosquito pesticide in New York City. Allegation that the company failed to properly train its employees on how to apply pesticides against mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus and to provide them with adequate protective equipment.

Reports that New York City, in an effort to reduce harmful emissions while raising the fuel economy of its huge fleet of vehicles, is set to impose strict environmental standards on cars and vans it buys, and to require that diesel trucks and buses be modified. Outlook for the City Council to approve a wide-ranging package of environmental bills intended to reduce tailpipe emissions; How the additional costs of using clean fuel and modifying existing engines with filters will be offset by savings in fuel consumption and lower health care costs; Implications for the city; Other changes, including antipollution devices for school buses; The city's focus on cleaning up diesel engines that have been identified as major sources of pollution.

Examines in the effect of New York City's environmental protection legislation on the debate surrounding the potential construction of a new football stadium in the West Side of Manhattan. Author's view that environmental impact statements are often used by community groups and green advocates to delay development by holding construction companies and government officials accountable for environmental damages; Report that construction companies often use environmental impact statements against each other; Influence of the environmental issue and environmental impact statements on development projects in New York City.

Reports that a court-appointed monitor told a federal judge that officials of New York City's Department of Environmental Protection tried to impede investigations of possible violations of federal health, safety and environmental laws in regards to the city's water supply. Charges that one employee who voiced concerns about equipment and emergency response procedures was ordered to leave a site as inspectors were arriving to conduct interviews about compliance; Other examples of alleged obstruction by the agency; Comments from acting commissioner, David B. Tweedy on the need for an open culture in the agency.

Reports on the release of an environmental statement in New York regarding the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site. Concerns on the impact of redevelopment activities on animal life in the area; Approval of the environmental statement by the board of Lower Manhattan Development Corp.; Urgency of the environmental statement.