Running Green
Running Green
ATA asks Supreme Court to toss part of port’s Clean Trucks Program
The American Trucking Assns. filed a petition late last week asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider overturning several aspects of the Port of Los Angeles' version of the Clean Trucks Program...
Deadline looms for California truck regulations
Deadlines are looming for owner-operators and small fleet owners to meet the California Air Resources Board’s Truck and Bus regulation. The regulation requires installation of particulate matter (PM) retrofits beginning Jan. 1, 2012...
EPA Region 7 groups getting $5 million in DERA funds
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that over $5.1 million in Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) funds have been granted to five organizations to aid in diesel emissions reductions in EPA Region 7...
Solid foundation
When you run a concrete company, green is a relative term. But for one California company, it is turning concrete, and the compressed natural gas trucks...
PeopleNet launches new website
Mobile computing systems maker PeopleNet is launching a new website aimed at providing a variety of educational resources to trucking firms so they can manage their operations more efficiently...
PG&E gets first International eStar electric truck
Navistar, Inc. has delivered some of its first eStar vehicles, which the OEM calls "the only full-production, purpose-built all-electric trucks," to San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)...
Peterbilt NG option ready for production
Both vocational and over-the-road truck models powered by natural gas engines are now available for ordering from Peterbilt Motors Co...
Hino reveals 2010 surcharge
Hino Trucks is adding a $6,700 surcharge to the base sticker price of its Class 4-7 line of commercial trucks to cover the cost of the selective catalytic reduction technology it will use to enable its vehicles to comply with EPA 2010 emission regulations....
Clean Power available for T800, W900 models
Kenworth has announced its Clean Power no-idle system is now available for order as a factory-installed option on Kenworth T800 and W900 models that are equipped with a 72-in. AeroCab sleeper...
ASTM International publishes updated biodiesel standards
Updates to the biodiesel standards published by ASTM International includes specifications for up to 5% biodiesel in the regular diesel fuel pool and creates a new standard that covers finished fuel blends of between 6% (B6) and 20% (B20) biodiesel for both on- and off-road diesel engine use...
Dometic sees day cabs as ripe for idle reduction
NEW ORLEANS. Dometic Environmental Corporation, a supplier of battery-based idle reduction solutions, was among the exhibitors at the 2008 American Trucking Assns. Management Conference and Exhibition held here this week...
Schneider Logistics EPA-certified
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named Schneider Logistics a SmartWay Transport Partner...
On the Wine Road
California's wine country is full of family-run businesses with the kind of commitment to place that ripens over decades. Two such businesses are Biagi...
More GM plants to go landfill-free
General Motors plans to make half of its major global manufacturing operations landfill-free by the end of 2010 meaning that all production waste or garbage...
Eco-driving tips offer big fuel savings
Simple changes in driver habits can bring significant fuel economy savings. To prove that point, Isuzu Motors Ltd. has been holding a series of “fuel economy challenges” around the world to demonstrate the effectiveness of its “eco-driving” techniques...
New bus chassis from Freightliner Custom Chassis
Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. (FCCC) has introduced a hybrid-electric commercial bus chassis designed to offer fuel savings and reduced emissions...
EPA begins clean diesel project funding
The first $3.4 million in funding for clean diesel projects has been allocated by the Environmental Protection Agency under the $50 million Diesel Emissions Reduction Program...
Kennedy argues economics of environmental action
BOSTON. According to environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., implementing a U.S. energy policy that would "de-carbonize" America would not only restore the country's environmental health, but quickly drive the nation's economic growth to new heights...
Testing selective catalytic reduction (SCR)
Improved fuel economy. More power. Less active regeneration. And above all, miniscule amounts of pollutants from the tailpipe...
Kenworth releases new diesel-electric hybrid tractor
Kenworth Truck Co. has released the T370 Class 7 diesel-electric hybrid tractor for local haul applications...
LNG gains foothold in ports
Ports, communities and businesses across the country have started looking at liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel systems as an environmentally friendly solution to clean air and emissions concerns. The eight Kenworth T800s equipped with LNG fuel systems that went into full-time drayage service in California last month under the Clean Trucks Program are an example of how the emerging technology is beginning to make an impact...
Pickens: Wal-Mart chief intrigued by natural gas
A Tuesday blog posting by T. Boone Pickens says Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott was impressed enough with his energy plan that he ordered a quick study on the feasibility of converting the company’s 8,500 truck fleet to natural gas power...
NTEA to host Green Truck Summit
The National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) will host a Green Truck Summit as part of the Work Truck Show 2009...
Bergstrom NITE system CARB-approved
Bergstrom Inc. has announced its No-Idle Thermal Environment (NITE) system has been approved by the California Air Resources Board (CARB)...
The future of emissions regulations and technologies
FleetOwner recently spoke with Dr. Walter G. Copan, executive vp of American operations & CTO for Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc., about the rapidly changing world of emissions control and regulation...
