Biography
Rich Kassel has been an environmental leader for more than three decades. In the 1990s, his “Dump Dirty Diesels” Campaign catalyzed a movement towards cleaner fuels and innovative technologies to reduce diesel emissions in New York, across the nation, and worldwide.
Today, Rich is a trusted consultant and advisor to startups, Fortune 100 companies, industry associations, investors, environmental organizations, and government agencies at the forefront of cleaner transportation, buildings, and energy. Rich’s work builds on his more than two decades at the Natural Resources Defense Council; three terms as chair of EPA’s technical advisory committee on transportation and air quality; serving on the U.S. delegation to the International Maritime Organization; leading governmental task forces to reduce truck and bus emissions; and being part of the founding team of three successful environmental organizations, including the organization that led the successful campaign to eliminate leaded gasoline worldwide.
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