FHWA awards $148M in grants to fight pollution from trucks at US ports

The Federal Highway Administration has announced $148 million in grants to combat pollution at the nation’s ports caused by idling trucks.

The funding is part of a $400 million program to improve air quality under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The first round of grants provides funding to 11 states and Puerto Rico under the Reduction of Truck Emissions at Port Facilities Grant Program.

Communities located close to ports “feel the brunt of more polluted air” because of idling trucks spewing...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fhwa-awards-148m-in-grants-to-fight-pollution-from-trucks-at-us-ports

Xeneta finds supply chain diversions fuel spike in carbon emissions

New data from Xeneta reveals an eye-popping increase in emissions as a result of the Red Sea diversion. 

The Xeneta and Marine Benchmark Carbon Emissions Index (CEI) shows carbon emissions increased by 63% in Q1 2024 compared to Q4 2023 with regard to containers being shipped via ocean from the Far East to the Mediterranean. From the Far East into Northern Europe, carbon emissions increased by 23%. The index hit 107.4 points in Q1 2024 — the highest it has been since the index began in Q1 2018.

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https://www.freightwaves.com/news/xeneta-finds-supply-chain-diversions-fuel-spike-in-carbon-emissions

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