Sustainability Through Fuel Economy Decisions
Program Airs: October 5, 2 p.m. ET MVT Solutions (a subsidiary of Mesilla Valley Transportation) shows the value of a good sustainability program and how it adds profits, saves time, and reduces GHG emissions at a faster rate. The simple 3-step process involves understanding the fleet, testing, and educated implementation. Done correctly, this turns a cost-center into a profit-center.
October 5, 2023Trucking Interests Say EPA Is Moving Too Fast on GHG Rule
Many of the major players in the trucking industry say they generally are supporters of the goals of the EPA’s Phase 3 proposed rule, but they have concerns that the phase-in is moving too fast.
Proposed EPA Standards Are Toughest Ever for Heavy Trucks
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed its most aggressive emission mandates for cars and heavy trucks while seeking input about how to achieve its plans.
Government Plans to Require Large Contractor Emissions Reports
Federal regulators have proposed a new climate-reporting rule that would require large federal contractors to publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions, climate-related financial risks and science-based emissions reduction targets.
Senate Debates Freight-Centered Budget Bill
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.
FHWA Announces Plan for States, Localities to Track GHG Emissions
The Federal Highway Administration has announced a notice of proposed rulemaking for states and municipalities to track and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Appellate Court Strikes Down GHG Rule for Trailers
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.
Coalition Asks Biden Administration to Reduce Truck Emissions by Fall 2022
A 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.
Automakers Side With Trump in Legal Fight With California
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.
Transport Sector Now Largest Source of Greenhouse Gas Pollution in US
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.