Legislation that aims to reduce emissions at commercial ports and freight corridors is topping Senate Democrats’ legislative priorities ahead of the upcoming congressional summer recess.
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Containerships at the Port of Los Angeles. The budget bill would dedicate $3 billion to reduce air pollution and carbon emissions at the country’s ports. (Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg News)
Senate Debates Freight-Centered Budget Bill
Containerships at the Port of Los Angeles. The budget bill would dedicate $3 billion to reduce air pollution and carbon emissions at the country’s ports. (Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg News) Government 
A dense haze shrouds the Los Angeles skyline. The FHWA proposed rule would give state DOTs and metropolitan planning organizations flexibility to set their own C02 emission targets. (jpa1999/Getty Images)
FHWA Announces Plan for States, Localities to Track GHG Emissions
A dense haze shrouds the Los Angeles skyline. The FHWA proposed rule would give state DOTs and metropolitan planning organizations flexibility to set their own C02 emission targets. (jpa1999/Getty Images) The Federal Highway Administration has announced a notice of proposed rulemaking for states and municipalities to track and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
July 7, 2022 Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Fuel 
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Appellate Court Strikes Down GHG Rule for Trailers
Trucks with trailers parked at a rest stop. (photovs/Getty Images)A divided federal appeals court has thrown out portions of the 2016 Phase 2 greenhouse gas emissions rule that would have required heavy- and medium-duty trailers for the first time ever to adopt some combination of fuel-saving technologies.
November 12, 2021 Government, Business, Technology, Fuel 
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Coalition Asks Biden Administration to Reduce Truck Emissions by Fall 2022
Chmiel/Getty ImagesA wide-ranging coalition of business, science and environmental groups is calling on the Biden administration to within the next 18 months set “multi-pollutant climate and clean air standards” that will eliminate particulate matter, oxides of nitrogen and greenhouse gas emissions from new freight trucks and buses.
March 25, 2021 Government, Business, Fuel 
Downtown Los Angeles is shrouded in early morning coastal fog and smog. (Richard Vogel/AP)
Automakers Side With Trump in Legal Fight With California
Downtown Los Angeles is shrouded in early morning coastal fog and smog. (Richard Vogel/AP)WASHINGTON — General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Toyota and many others in the auto industry are siding with the Trump administration in a lawsuit over whether California has the right to set its own greenhouse gas emissions and fuel-economy standards.
October 29, 2019 Business 
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Transport Sector Now Largest Source of Greenhouse Gas Pollution in US
Chmiel/Getty Images For the first time in 40 years, power plants are no longer the biggest source of U.S. greenhouse gas pollution. That dubious distinction now belongs to the transport sector: cars, trucks, planes, trains and boats.
December 4, 2017 Government, Business, Equipment 
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CARB Will Regulate Trailers If EPA Vacates Section of Phase 2
Shutterstock Whatever federal authorities may or may not do to alter parts of the U.S. Phase 2 regulation of greenhouse gases from trucks, California will keep regulations in place that are at least as tough as the October 2016 final rule, and might even get more strict and encompass aspects of nitrogen oxide emissions.
September 13, 2017 Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel 
Provisions in the Phase 2 rule under EPA review include trailer aerodynamics such as this. (Ridge Corp.)
Speedy Change for GHG Phase 2 Not Expected
Provisions in the Phase 2 rule under EPA review include trailer aerodynamics such as this. (Ridge Corp.)A notice from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to revisit parts of the Phase 2 final rule on greenhouse gas emissions from heavy- and medium-duty trucks isn’t likely to create changes quickly, as the agency has not presented plans for expedited action and environmental groups are vowing to pursue a challenge in a federal appeals court — once the case is no longer being held in abeyance.
August 31, 2017 Government, Business, Technology, Equipment 
A Strick trailer under construction. (Roger W. Gilroy/Transport Topics)
EPA Will Revisit Phase 2 Trailer, Glider Rules
A Strick trailer under construction. (Roger W. Gilroy/Transport Topics)In a move to respond to concerns by the trailer and glider industry, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it plans to “revisit” its Phase 2 provisions on greenhouse gas emissions and fuel efficiency for medium- and heavy-duty engines.
August 18, 2017 Business, Fuel 
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New DTNA Chief Roger Nielsen Says GHG Rule Will Stick
Nielsen by Jonathan S. Reiskin/Transport TopicsMADRAS, Ore. — Fleet owners should not expect the truck and engine sections of the federal Phase 2 rule on greenhouse gas emissions to change before implementation starts in 2021, said Roger Nielsen, the CEO of Daimler Trucks North America.
May 19, 2017