WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency will continue to emphasize the Obama administration’s campaign against climate change from carbon emissions, even if all aspects of useful technologies are not known at present.
July 13, 2015Business
EPA Grants Three-Year Extension for New Trailer Foam, Refrigerants
A new rule from the Environmental Protection Agency gives the manufacturers of refrigerated trailers and their suppliers another three years, through 2019, to develop a new foam-blowing agent that does not incorporate strong greenhouse gases.
July 13, 2015Business
Final EPA Rule Grants 3-Year Extension for Makers of Refrigerated Trailers
A new final rule from the Environmental Protection Agency gives the manufacturers of refrigerated trailers and their suppliers another three years, through 2019, to develop a new foam-blowing agent that does not incorporate strong greenhouse gases.
July 9, 2015Government, Fuel
Administration Maintaining Focus on GHGs, EPA Chief Gina McCarthy Says
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency and the Obama administration as a whole will continue to emphasize their campaign against climate change from carbon emissions, even if all aspects of useful technologies are not known at present.
July 7, 2015Business
DTNA Honored by DOE for SuperTruck Participation
Daimler Trucks North America won a distinguished achievement award from the U.S. Department of Energy for its participation in DOE’s SuperTruck program, the parent of Freightliner and Western Star Trucks said.
June 30, 2015Fuel
US Proposal Promises to Lower Emissions, But Costs, Confusion Could Hinder Efforts
If the new federal proposal on truck greenhouse-gas emissions works as intended, heavy-duty vehicle manufacturers will round up existing technologies — and perfect some new ones — to produce big rigs that are more expensive but also much more efficient.
June 29, 2015Government
NTSB Calls for US to Mandate Collision-Avoidance Systems
The National Transportation Safety Board called on the federal government to make mandatory the installation of forward-collision-avoidance systems on all new motor vehicles, including large trucks.
June 15, 2015Business
Truck Toll Excluded from Rhode Island's Budget, For Now
The Rhode Island General Assembly might postpone consideration of the governor’s controversial "RhodeWorks" road and bridge plan, which includes truck tolls on bridges, until later this year, the press secretary for state Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed said June 10.
June 10, 2015Government
Alaska's Dalton Highway Reopens
Alaska’s “road to the bank” is back in operation after an 18-day closing caused by flooding off the northern slope of the Brooks Range that occurred when mid-May temperatures hit 70 degrees and much of the spring break-up of ice happened suddenly.
June 10, 2015Business
28th Annual Roadcheck Emphasizes Load Securement
Commercial vehicle safety inspectors in the United States, Canada and Mexico pulled over trucks and buses in large numbers for safety inspections as part of North America’s 28th annual Roadcheck event.
June 4, 2015