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How carbon calculators can help rail customers
AskWaves looks at what carbon calculators are and why potential and existing customers of freight rail might benefit from them.
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Universities’ research aims to make railroads climate resilient
Thanks to a federal grant, the Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University will be working with four other colleges to develop climate-resiliency strategies…
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Norfolk Southern, CSX tout progress on sustainability
The two eastern U.S. Class I railroads say they’re well on their way to meeting greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals.
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Norfolk Southern funds nearly $500 million in sustainability projects
Norfolk Southern issued green bonds in 2021 that enabled it to fund $496 million in projects that aimed to lower carbon emissions.
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FRA wants rails to commit to climate change targets
The Federal Railroad Administration has established a Climate Challenge initiative, which is targeting net-zero greenhouse gas emissions for the industry by 2050.
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Net-Zero Carbon recap: Collaboration is key for the rails
Norfolk Southern Chief Sustainability Officer Josh Raglin chats with Tyler Cole of FreightWaves about the ways that the freight rail industry is helping stakeholders adopt…
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Norfolk Southern, Wabtec to modernize 330 NS locomotives
With Wabtec’s help, NS will retrofit locomotives so that they can last 20 more years.
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Norfolk Southern revamps online carbon calculator
The second-generation carbon calculator helps customers and shippers gauge the carbon emissions their shipments produced.
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Union Pacific to test higher biodiesel blends on Wabtec locomotives
Union Pacific will test B20 biodiesel and R55 renewable diesel on the locomotives that it acquired from Wabtec. The western U.S. railroad also said it…
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Parallel Systems gets $4M grant from DOE
The company, which seeks to create autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles, will use the funding to support a 29-month advanced testing program of its technology.
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