The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to revoke two trucking-related Environmental Protection Agency waivers granted to California.
Based on its results this Congress, the American Trucking Associations’ lobbying efforts make it look less like a Machiavellian operator and more like another Washington grifter.
Using the California Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) rule, the Biden administration’s proposed Phase 3 truck rule sees the EPA potentially imposing stricter standards on carbon dioxide emissions for truck makers and buyers.
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East Palestine residents and rail unions face an uncertain future in the aftermath of a Norfolk Southern freight train derailment.
The EPA’s new tailpipe emissions standard raises implementation concerns from engine makers — and cost concerns from truckers.
The Environmental Protection Agency released a report on the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act, including the emissions, health and economic impacts.
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that limits the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to enforce regulations that aimed at reducing carbon emissions from power plants.
Former EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman explains in an Earth Day interview how the freight industry can embrace a more environmentally friendly future.
The Environmental Protection Agency maintains a listing of “off-cycle” vehicle technologies that reduce emissions but are not sufficiently accounted for in city and highway test cycles.
A major investment in electric and low-emission school buses and healthier air for children
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Clean Energy Fuels will provide the renewable natural gas. Amazon could end up owning part of the company.
The Salesforce Sustainability Cloud on Tuesday added a scope 3 emissions hub that allows companies to track upstream emissions from business travel, purchased goods and employee commutes.
After spending over 30 years in transportation-related climate policy, Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Transport Campaign, has some interesting insights.
Transportation is the third-largest global contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Here’s an overview of the impact of the sector’s carbon footprint.
Capturing wastewater, farm and food waste to make biogas can prevent planet-warming methane emissions from going airborne.
The average truck’s carbon footprint is 201,834 kilograms or 223 tons of carbon dioxide per year.
Scope 3 emissions are often left out of corporate emission-reduction goals and disclosures, but “they have to be on someone’s books,” said Lila Holzman, senior energy program manager at As You Sow.
Even though the EPA has relaxed some reporting requirements, trucking fleets that cut corners on environmental regulations could face large penalties for non-compliance.
Cummins says Dynamic Skip Fire for diesel engines is promising in reducing smog-forming emissions in line with CARB and EPA goals to lower nitrous oxide pollution from heavy-duty trucks.
Lytx has announced a new technology that allows drivers to simply scan a QR code to be identified and assigned to a vehicle. Plus, the unemployment rate could top 30%, the next coronavirus stimulus package could include infrastructure, and the EPA is set to roll back fuel economy standards.
In a peak demand year for Class 8 tractors, high-powered engines dominated under the hood, but even a new heavy-haul transmission from Eaton and Cummins doesn’t affect an accelerating trend toward smaller displacement as tougher emissions standards loom.
Jacobs Vehicle Systems is introducing a new engine brake designed for lower rpms as well as two new technologies for improving fuel economy and reducing cabin shake upon engine shutdown. This specially wrapped truck will tour the country in 2020 to showcase the technologies.
The EPA named its annual SmartWay Excellence Award winners on Oct. 7, 2019. J.B. Hunt is one of 72 companies to be honored this year, but is one of just five companies that have been honored 10 times. Schneider National, Swift Transportation, Lowe’s Companies, and Kimberly-Clark Corporation are the others.
California moved as expected Friday, Sept. 20, to sue the Trump administration over stripping its waiver to set tougher emissions standards for passenger cars and light-duty trucks than the federal government.
Manufacturer installed diesel engines in construction equipment that failed to meet emissions standards under the Clean Air Act when imported into the U.S. from 2012 to 2015.
Cummins is reviewing is emissions certification and compliance process following questions from EPA and CARB. The company did report strong earnings and a record number of engines shipped in the first quarter.
Results of two audits could affect current quotas of glider truck kits.
If confirmed, the new DOJ deputy could bring with him from DOT potential deregulatory influence.
Glider kit investigations initiated by Democrats and Republicans are expected to be concluded in early 2019.
There is no timeline for implementation of any new NOx rulemaking, but there are a couple of key questions that must be answered: What will the limits be and how much will this cost?
EPA is looking to update pollution regulations for commercial trucks after 20 years; oil prices fall to one-year lows; U.S. import levels have declined slightly across all major retail container ports.
In a surprise move, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced the Cleaner Trucks Initiative (CTI), which will try to rein in oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions from commercial vehicles.
Tennessee Tech has acknowledged that the results of its controversial glider kit study were “inaccurate.”
The underlying science of glider kit emissions was the topic of a hearing on Thursday in Washington, although opponents of glider kits were not part of the panel.
The Environmental Protection Agency reversed Former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s July 6 decision to give glider kit manufacturers relief from a key limitation after fierce push back from environmentalists.
The stay only last until next week, when the EPA will need to respond to a lawsuit brought by environmentalists on the agency’s loosening of glider kit rules.
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a loophole that will allow glider kit manufacturers to avoid certain Obama-era emissions regulations and, effectively, build as many trucks as they deem fit, according to the New York Times.
On July 5, hours after attending the White House’s annual Fourth of July picnic, Scott Pruitt announced his resignation from his position as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
A united retail fuel industry thanked EPA and the Trump administration for hearing and responding to their concerns and proposing renewable fuel obligations.
Clean Truck Programs that remove older trucks from port operation benefit not only the environment, but also productivity, says the program manager of one such initiative.
The controversial study has become a national story and is now under scrutiny of two U.S. Senators who are demanding information from Scott Pruitt’s Nov. 16 proposal to exempt “glider kits” from industry emissions standards.
Changes could be coming soon to the SmartWay Transport Partnership program, and they may include a number of new designations, including recognition of day cabs in the program for the first time.
Glider kits, or rebuilt trucks, are not exempt from the new emissions standards, but some people are using a Tennessee Tech study to help make the case they should be.
FedEx Corp. will accelerate pay increases for hourly employees this year as part of its response to the new tax law and expected benefits from it. The company will also make investments in facilities in Indianapolis and Memphis.
A combination of factors continued to drive dry van trailer orders as 2017 came to an end, with December orders up 38% year-over-year, according to FTR.
Oil prices finished 2017 above $60 a barrel for crude, surpassing their highest level in more than two years. Delivery of light, sweet crude for February was up 1% to $60.42 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude was up 71 cents to $66.78 a barrel.
The EPA has canceled a rule that would have subjected glider kits to the same emissions standards as newly manufactured heavy duty vehicles. Glider truck assemblers lauded the announcement while environmental advocate groups protested.
FMCSA has made two recent changes to hours-of-service and ELD compliance that affects the agricultural community.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) SmartWay program has recognized 48 carriers, retailers, manufacturers and logistics companies with its SmartWay Excellence Awards.
The EPA is preparing to formally rescind the requirements that glider kits comply with Phase 2 greenhouse gas emissions rules.
The recent news that the Environmental Protection Agency plans to revisit some portions of its Phase 2 greenhouse gas and fuel efficiency rules for medium- and heavy-duty on-highway trucks and engines has raised concern with the Truck and Engine Manufacturer’s Association (EMA).
A petition has been filed asking EPA to reconsider its Phase 2 GHG rules based on a procedural step that may have been missed. Also, spot rates climb and cargo theft remains a top concern.
A Court of Appeals has granted a 90-day delay requested by EPA and NHTSA in a lawsuit brought by the Truck Trailer Manufacturer’s Association over the government’s Phase 2 Greenhouse Gas regulations. EPA requested the delay in part so that it can review the rule, throwing some uncertainty into implementation of the rule.
This Week in Trucking, the EPA has filed a court brief seeking a delay in a challenge to its greenhouse gas regulations, leading to speculation that the agency may review the upcoming Phase 2 rules. Also, the government has acknowledged it is lacking answers for regulating automated vehicles, Amazon jumps into the driverless vehicle arena and the economy is off to a slow start in 2017.
