SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The country’s most populous state could become the first to require a portion of new truck sales be electric or “zero emission” vehicles as California grapples with how to clean up its worst-in-the nation air quality.
December 13, 2019carbon emissions
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous
Traffic on Interstate 80 across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in San Francisco. (Ben Margot/AP)
California Considers Requiring Zero-Emission Truck Sales
Traffic on Interstate 80 across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in San Francisco. (Ben Margot/AP)
Government, Technology, Fuel
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Minnesota DOT Identifies Strategies for Decarbonization
Minneapolis traffic by Getty Images
The Minnesota Department of Transportation has released a report that provides recommendations for reducing greenhouse gas emissions across modes of surface transportation, including heavy trucks.
September 24, 2019
Business, Technology
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Amazon Heeds Calls for Environmental Action
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Amazon.com contributed more greenhouse gas emissions last year than some big competitors in retail, logistics and technology, but less than rival Walmart Inc. and the world’s biggest energy companies, highlighting the growing scale and diverse businesses of the conglomerate.
September 20, 2019
Government, Business, Fuel
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EPA to Strip California’s Car Emissions Authority
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The Trump administration will announce it is rescinding California’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles at an event at the EPA’s Washington headquarters Sept. 18, according to people familiar with the matter.
September 17, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel
Regional diesel prices broke even, climbing in five areas and falling in five others. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News)
Diesel Rises 1.3¢ to $3.055 a Gallon
Regional diesel prices broke even, climbing in five areas and falling in five others. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News)
The U.S. average retail price of diesel rose 1.3 cents to $3.055 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported July 8. Crude slid to less than $58 a barrel, then rebounded later in the week to just above $60.
July 8, 2019
Business, Technology, Fuel
Oberon Receives Grant to Produce Ultra-Low-Carbon Transport Fuel
Oberon Fuels announced it received a $2.9 million grant from the California Energy Commission to produce for the first time in the United States renewable dimethyl ether, a clean-burning, ultra-low-carbon transportation fuel.
June 14, 2019
Government, Business, Fuel
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Senate Panel Advances Diesel Emissions Legislation
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Legislation that aims to facilitate emissions reduction from diesel engines was easily approved April 10 by the committee that oversees surface transportation policy in the U.S. Senate.
April 11, 2019
Government, Business, Fuel
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CO2 Caps Coming for Trucks in European Union
Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg News
European Union negotiators agreed to impose caps on carbon dioxide from trucks for the first time, stepping up the fight against climate change with a challenge to manufacturers such as Daimler AG.
February 19, 2019
Government, Business, Fuel
Trucks on Interstate 905 in San Diego. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to California’s Low-Carbon Fuel Standard
Trucks on Interstate 905 in San Diego. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
An appeals court has rejected a challenge by a group of trade and energy organizations to block California’s low-carbon fuel standard aimed at reducing the rate of greenhouse gas emissions in the state’s transportation sector.
January 24, 2019
Government, Business, Fuel
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Petroleum Industry Meeting World Demand While Polluting Less, Institute Reports
Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News
The U.S. petroleum industry is meeting record world demand while decreasing the amount of carbon emissions released into the skies, but challenges lie ahead if it hopes to maintain that momentum, according to the American Petroleum Institute’s annual report, “State of American Energy 2019.”
January 14, 2019Pages
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