Environmental Protection Agency
Diesel distancing propels alternative fuel options
Renewable natural gas, battery-electric and hydrogen-powered trucks all target fleets switching from diesel ahead of coming regulations requiring costly additional emissions after-treatment. Which alternative will win? Possibly all of them.
Vouchers make first Nikola fuel cell trucks ‘cheaper than a diesel’Back in 2018, Anheuser-Busch placed an initial order for up to 800 Nikola fuel cell trucks. Ever so slowly, that is becoming a reality.
After numerous missteps and setbacks, Nikola produced 42...
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EPA launches new $3 billion Clean Ports Program
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today launched the $3 billion Clean Ports Program to fund zero-emission port equipment and infrastructure to tackle the climate crisis and improve air quality at U.S. ports
“Our nation’s ports are among the busiest in the world, helping us to create good jobs here in America, move goods, and grow our economy,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. “Today’s historic funding announcement reflects President Biden’s vision of growing our economy while...
Vocational trucks, Mexico demand prop up Class 8 orders
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Lower-than-expected Class 8 truck orders in December barely impacted the seasonally adjusted...
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Electric trucks should shake off setbacks in 2024
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Meaningful volume growth eluded heavy-duty electric trucks last year for several reasons: Charging...
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Challenge to California’s Advanced Clean Trucks EPA waiver on hold
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A legal challenge to the waiver granted by the Environmental Protection Agency allowing the...
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California asks EPA for waiver to implement Advanced Clean Fleets rule
With less than three weeks before California’s Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule is set to take effect, the state is seeking a waiver from the Environmental Protection Agency that would end any questions about whether the state can implement it.
A waiver request for California-specific environmental regulations is generally required under the federal Clean Air Act (CAA). The CAA allows the state and its unique status under the act to impose environmental restrictions and mandates that go beyond...
Environmental groups push to clamp down on coal dust from trains
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Sierra Club and other environmental groups want the Environmental Protection Agency to compel...
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Battle ranks over California waiver for Clean Trucks rule swell
More than half the states in the U.S. are now intervenors in the lawsuit that challenges a waiver granted to California to implement its Clean Trucks rule.
Following a petition filed in early June that allowed 19 states to challenge the waiver granted in April by the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Monday agreed to add 18 states that are expected to back the waiver: Washington, New Jersey, Maine, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland,...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/battle-ranks-over-california-waiver-for-clean-trucks-rule-swell
CARB and engine manufacturers compromise on emissions timing
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After months of acrimony between the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the Engine...
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