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The EPA just proposed a huge crackdown on carbon emissions from trucks
2015-06-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vox: On Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed sweeping new regulations to slash greenhouse-gas emissions from all new heavy trucks, buses, and vans. This is a major piece of President Obama's broader plan to tackle global warming. The rationale sounds simple enough: Even though trucks make up just 5 percent of vehicles on the road, they account for 20 percent of greenhouse-gas emissions from transportation (since they're constantly in use). So... we should clean 'em up. To that end,...
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EPA, DOT Propose Greenhouse Gas And Fuel Efficiency Standards For Heavy-Duty Trucks
2015-06-22 05:42:26| pollutiononline Home Page
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are jointly proposing standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles that would improve fuel efficiency and cut carbon pollution to reduce the impacts of climate change, while bolstering energy security and spurring manufacturing innovation
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More Clean Diesel Trucks Now On The Road Means Lower Fuel Consumption And Fewer Greenhouse Gas Emissions
2015-06-22 03:43:10| pollutiononline News Articles
Emissions are going down and fuel savings and greenhouse gas emissions benefits are going up in the nation's commercial trucking fleet as more truckers invest in new technology clean diesel engines, according to new research released today by the Diesel Technology Forum
Waste Management Adds CNG Trucks to Pennsylvania Fleet
2015-06-22 00:42:00| Waste Age
LehighValleyLive A Waste Management subsidiary unveiled its new fleet of 30 compressed natural gas-powered (CNG) collection trucks in Plainfield Township, Pa read more
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U.S. Proposes 24% Increase in Fuel Economy of Trucks by 2027
2015-06-20 15:19:27| Automakers - Topix.net
Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world. Asking the trucking industry to do more to cut the emissions that add to climate change, the Obama administration on Friday proposed a 24 percent increase in fuel-economy requirements for tractor-trailers over a decade.
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