DOT, EPA Propose Nation's First-Ever Emissions, Fuel-Efficiency Standards for Trucks and Buses

EPA head: New carbon controls on big trucks and buses 'win for planet'
The Obama Administration on Monday continued its push to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Vehicles, proposing the first-ever Emissions limits for medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses. The joint requirement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) would require a 20 percent cut in Emissions and fuel use from long-haul tractor-trailer trucks for model years 2014 to 2018. This will be a win-win-win, for reducing oil...

10/25/2010: DOT, EPA Propose the Nation’s First Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Trucks and Buses
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced the first national standards to reduce Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improve Fuel Efficiency of heavy-duty trucks and buses. This comprehensive national program is projected to reduce GHG emissions by about 250 million metric tons and save 500 million barrels of oil over the lives of the vehicles produced within the program’s first five years. “These new standards are...

EPA plan could cut truck emissions
Large commercial trucks would be forced to slash their Greenhouse Gas Emissions by as much as 20 percent under a new proposal from the Obama Administration.  The Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department on Monday announced the first-ever Greenhouse Gas limits and Fuel-efficiency standards for heavy-duty trucks and buses. Continue Reading Text Size Politico 44 The draft rules would mandate cuts in Fuel consumption and Emissions by up to 20 percent for long-haul...

White House seeks fuel efficiency standards for trucks, buses
Washington — The Obama Administration on Monday proposed the first Fuel-efficiency and Greenhouse gas reduction standards for trucks and buses and said the new program would reduce the nation's use of oil, cut Emissions of heat-trapping Gases and save money. The new standards will apply to semi trucks, heavy-duty pickups and vans, and vehicles such as school buses and fire engines. The standards phase in for model years 2014 to 2018. The new standards are what Environmental...

Trucking industry gives initial praise to proposed carbon, efficiency controls
Trucking-industry groups are giving favorable initial reaction to the Obama Administrations first-time proposed Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Efficiency requirements for medium- and heavy-duty Vehicles amid merely lukewarm support from Environmental groups. While industry groups are still reviewing the proposed performance standards unveiled Monday from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), they match up well with industry...

Government to propose truck fuel efficiency rules
Source: Associated Press Plan is expected to seek about a 20 percent reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel consumption Future tractor-trailers, school buses, delivery vans, garbage trucks and heavy-duty pickup trucks must do better at the pump under first-ever Fuel Efficiency rules coming from the Obama Administration. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department are moving ahead with a proposal for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, beginning with those sold in...

Gov't Pushing More Fuel Efficiency for Trucks
Monday, October 25, 2010 By Ken Thomas, Associated Press Washington (AP) - Future generations of semi-trucks, school buses and large pickups will need to cut Fuel consumption and Emissions by 10 to 20 percent under first-ever Fuel Efficiency rules for trucks announced Monday by the Obama Administration. For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department released proposed Fuel economy requirements and reductions in tailpipe Emissions for medium- and...

New Fuel Efficiency Standards Announced for Trucks
(Washington, D.C.Todd Zwillich, Transportation Nation) Proposed new Government Fuel Efficiency standards for three categories of trucks are out today. Federal agencies say the rules should boost Fuel Efficiency by 15 - 20 percent over the next eight years. Officials say their goal is to reduce CO2 emissions and improve Fuel Efficiency in combination tractors, heavy duty pickup trucks, and vans and vocational vehicles like buses. The new regulations, released by the Environmental...

Government seeks truck fuel efficiency rules
Future tractor-trailers, school buses, delivery vans, garbage trucks and heavy-duty pickup trucks must do better at the pump under first-ever Fuel Efficiency rules coming from the Obama Administration. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department are moving ahead with a proposal for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, beginning with those sold in the 2014 model year and into the 2018 model year. The plan is expected to seek about a 20 percent reduction in Greenhouse gas...

Transportation: The White House Puts Out Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy Vehicles
Though Congress has been (self-)stymied on Climate Change this term, the Obama Administration has taken steps of its own to deal with rising U.S. Carbon Emissions. And nowhere have they been more aggressive than in promotingmandating, really better Fuel Efficiency on our roads, as I wrote earlier this month: In May 2009 Obama brokered a deal with the Auto Industry that saw Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards rise for the first time in years, requiring automakers to meet...

Government to propose truck fuel efficiency rules
Related Articles Washington (AP) Future tractor-trailers, school buses, delivery vans, garbage trucks and heavy-duty pickup trucks must do better at the pump under first-ever Fuel Efficiency rules coming from the Obama Administration. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department are moving ahead with a proposal for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, beginning with those sold in the 2014 model year and into the 2018 model year. The plan is expected to seek about a 20...

Govt proposing that many trucks improve efficiency
Washington (AP) - Future tractor-trailers, school buses, delivery vans, garbage trucks and heavy-duty pickup trucks must do better at the pump under first-ever Fuel Efficiency rules coming from the Obama Administration. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department are moving ahead with a proposal for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, beginning with those sold in the 2014 model year and into the 2018 model year. The plan is expected to seek about a 20 percent reduction in...

Obama aims for tougher fuel economy rules for big vehicles
The Obama Administration has announced plans to develop more strict rules regarding the fuel economy of big vehicles such as school buses, garbage trucks, and delivery vans. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department are moving forward with a fuel economy concept for medium- and heavy-duty trucks. The first models to be subject to the new rules will be those produced in 2014. Proponents of the Regulation hope for 20 percent less Greenhouse Gas Emissions and fuel...

Obama Administration Issues New Emission Standards For Trucks
The White House issued new rules for heavy vehicles like "tractor-trailers, buses, delivery vans, heavy pickup trucks, cement mixers." They will have to reduce fuel consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 10 to 20 percent, depending on the type of truck, over the next eight years. The rules were issued by the Environmental Protection Agency, and they don't need Congressional approval, which is good for Obama because Republicans have a tendency to not believe in man-made Global Warming....

Government to propose truck fuel efficiency rules
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Government to propose truck fuel efficiency rules
Future tractor-trailers, school buses, delivery vans, garbage trucks and heavy-duty pickup trucks must do better at the pump under first-ever Fuel Efficiency rules coming from the Obama Administration. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department are moving ahead with a proposal for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, beginning with those sold in the 2014 model year and into the 2018 model year. The plan is expected to seek about a 20 percent reduction in Greenhouse gas...

Government to propose truck fuel efficiency rules
Washington (AP) — Future tractor-trailers, school buses, delivery vans, garbage trucks and heavy-duty pickup trucks must do better at the pump under first-ever Fuel efficiency rules coming from the Obama Administration. The Environmental Pro...

Environment and Climate
  In 2008, Electrabel, number one producer in Belgium, launched a large sustainable development plan for reduction of Carbon Emissions. The company, which had already reduced its CO2 Emissions by 29% since 1990, is committed to another 1.7 million-ton reduction between now and 2015.  

Proposed plant in Corpus Christi tries to get air permit from state before federal regulations tick in
Facing the prospect of federal limits on Carbon Emissions for new major plants or refineries after the start of the year, companies across the country are racing to get Pollution permits. Texas Regulators have showed themselves willing to oblige. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's chairman this month pressed administrative law judges to hurry up their review of one utility's proposed plant — after those same judges had previously recommended denying a permit for the plant....

Climate: India Is Still a Long Way from Cutting Carbon
You'll hear it over and over again in the Debates over the global climate negotiations : while the U.S. has put more Carbon overall into the atmosphere than any other nation (and is still the number two emitter overall), the lion's share of future Carbon Emissions will come from the big developing nations. China, now the world's undisputed Carbon champ , gets most of the attention from the U.S., but fast-growing India is also a rising Carbon power. The country's Carbon Emissions rose 58%...

Big Methane Biogas Blowout Planned for U.S. Farmers
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Agriculture are teaming up to help farmers invest in Methane biogas recovery , to the tune of $3.9 million over the next five years. The new funds represent a big push for a rapidly growing trend that enables farmers to reclaim a Renewable Energy resource, cut their utility costs, and take a big chunk out of their Greenhouse Gas Emissions. The new partnership aims to expand the existing AgStar program for reducing Methane...

More miles per gallon a goal of first-ever efficiency rules for medium- and heavy-duty trucks
Washington — Future tractor-trailers, school buses, delivery vans, garbage trucks and heavy-duty pickup trucks must do better at the pump under first-ever Fuel Efficiency rules coming from the Obama Administration. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department are moving ahead with a proposal for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, beginning with those sold in the 2014 model year and into the 2018 model year. The plan is expected to seek about a 20 percent reduction in...

China Considers Fuel-Efficiency Taxes and Hikes Gas Prices, Asian Markets Close Lower
In Asia Tuesday China's Shanghai Composite Index slid 0.3% to 3,042 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index dipped 0.1% to 23,601. In Japan the Nikkei 225 Index fell 0.3% to end the day at 9,377. The Chinese Government is tackling Pollution and Oil dependence by considering a new law that will raise taxes on cars with larger engines and reduce taxes on Fuel efficient vehicles and those that use Clean Energy. While the proposed law has all the right intentions, critics told China Daily that it could...

Govt proposing that many trucks improve efficiency
Washington (AP) - Future tractor-trailers, school buses, delivery vans, garbage trucks and heavy-duty pickup trucks must do better at the pump under first-ever Fuel Efficiency rules coming from the Obama Administration. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department are moving ahead with a proposal for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, beginning with those sold in the 2014 model year and into the 2018 model year. The plan is expected to seek about a 20 percent reduction in...

Govt proposing that many trucks improve efficiency
Washington – Future tractor-trailers, school buses, delivery vans, garbage trucks and heavy-duty pickup trucks must do better at the pump under first-ever Fuel Efficiency rules coming from the Obama Administration. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department are moving ahead with a proposal for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, beginning with those sold in the 2014 model year and into the 2018 model year. The plan is expected to seek about a 20 percent reduction in...