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New Fuel-Efficiency Standards for Trucks: A Political Priority, Not a Policy Improvement
2014-02-19 03:57:25| Trucking - Topix.net
President Obama announced a new round of fuel-efficiency rules for trucks today, saying that the Transportation Department and the Environmental Protection Agency would work together to find new ways to cut greenhouse-gas emissions.
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Fuel Economy Standards To Tighten Again for Work Trucks
2014-02-18 22:11:00| ENR.com: Headline News
Heavy trucks, including those used in construction, are set to get a second round of fuel-economy restrictions that will extend into the next decade.
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Obama Orders Stricter Fuel Efficiency Standards For Big Trucks
2014-02-18 20:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Trucks on U.S. roads and highways have long needed an efficiency makeover, and President Barack Obama demanded it Tuesday afternoon in Maryland. Obama said his administration will issue tougher fuel-efficiency standards for delivery trucks by March 2016, The Associated Press reported. Heavy-duty trucks are only 4 percent of the vehicles on the country`s roads, but account for about 20 percent of the greenhouse gases that the transportation sector emits into the air. "For decades the fuel efficiency...
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Trucking industry asks Obama to 'proceed cautiously' on new fuel, emissions standards
2014-02-18 19:38:15| Trucking - Topix.net
President Obama on Tuesday used executive action to order a new round of fuel-efficiency and greenhouse-gas standards for U.S. automobiles, driving climate control to the front of his second-term agenda and sparking concern from the trucking industry.
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Obama directs EPA and DOT to develop and issue next phase of fuel efficiency standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles by March 2016
2014-02-18 17:30:39| Green Car Congress
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