Green trucking

Some companies are misleading consumers when it comes to sustainability. How do companies making real progress avoid it?

When people think about “environmentally conscious trucking,” they tend to think about electric vehicles and other environmentally conscious trucking operations. While these cutting edge technologies can play a role in sustainability, they often come with high price tags, long waitlists and significant barriers to entry.

Sustainability has garnered a reputation as cutting edge and costly. There are ways to embrace environmentalism without breaking the bank. In fact, becoming more sustainable can actually drive profits higher.

Whether you’re a large or small business, embarking on the quest for sustainability might feel overwhelming if your operations have been less than planet-friendly in the past.

Scientists and government leaders are pushing for a more sustainable supply chain. Consumers are paying attention.

Flock Freight has added 50 new team members since June.

Shared truckload offers shippers the opportunity to utilize truckload services to deliver partial shipments – without leaving part of the trailer empty.

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It’s the first step in a broader plan to transform the site into an emission-free freight terminal.

This Green New Deal for Freight Transport is a series of cost-effective practical steps, using existing technologies to achieve zero emission freight transport by 2050.

Greenhouse gas regulations are the sticks and incentives are the carrots in driving the heavy-duty truck and commercial vehicle industry to embrace electrification.

The study adds fuel to the debate over what defines an employee vs. a contract worker.

EIV Capital, a Houston firm that invests in energy businesses, recently helped raise $75 million in funding that will research turning dairy cattle’s recycled cow manure into usable, clean energy products. The funding will be used by Amp Americas, a Chicago-based startup that is researching how to transform animal waste and convert it into biogas, […]

Proposal would boost incentives for greener fleets as industry bemoans forthcoming carbon taxes.

In partnership with Slync… sustainable supply chain initiatives depend on shared data, realtime collaboration, and advanced analytics.

After a series of high-profile scandals involving the dumping of asbestos-containing waste on Sydney streets, the local authorities have welcomed a series of guilty pleas and court-imposed jail time on offenders. Meanwhile, the authorities have increased the value of fines and lengthened jail sentences for transport-related asbestos crimes.

The SEC announced that they have settled their lawsuit with the embattled Tesla CEO. Regardless of the outcome, shareholders win.

Recreational drug use and a new wave of executive departures sent Tesla equity and debt tumbling. Meanwhile, a class action lawsuit filed by short sellers alleges that Musk artificially manipulated Tesla stock by issuing false and misleading information.

Carriers that want to go carbon neutral can do so today. No need to wait for electric trucks.

Solar power may not be the cure-all for reducing fuel costs, but it can provide assistance and achieve payback in relatively short time if used in the right applications.