| date | title / source |
| Jun 11, 2008 | Port releases proposed $1 billion budget (Air quality efforts intensify and spur large spending increase) —Transport Weekly |
| Jun 10, 2008 | Thai cabinet approves 6,000 natural gas buses for Bangkok (In a bid to deal with rocketing fuel prices and cut pollution, Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday approved the leasing of 6,000 public buses for Bangkok that will run on natural gas.) —Forbes |
| Jun 9, 2008 | FirmGreen BioFuel To Fuel Ohio Waste Fleet On The Cheap (A project of FirmGreen will clean raw landfill gas and produce compressed natural gas for use in fleet vehicles owned by the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO) and other area fleets, the company has announced.) —Environmental Leader |
| Jun 6, 2008 | Light at the End of the Tunnel for Chile (Natural gas supply problems in Chile will be resolved in the near future with the completion of their first LNG import terminal due mid next year.) —NGV Global |
| Jun 6, 2008 | IEA proposes much higher carbon offsets (The cost of carbon dioxide emissions would need to be at least $200 per tonne – many times today’s levels – to deliver the cuts proposed by scientists to avert the threat of global warming, the International Energy Agency said on Friday.) —Financial Times |
| Jun 4, 2008 | Price of US natural gas rising faster than crude (US natural gas prices have risen faster than oil prices this year, soaring almost 65 per cent and making gas one of the best performing commodities of 2008.) —Financial Times |
| Jun 3, 2008 | Board Approves Clean Truck Concession Rules (Vote sets the stage for Port to sign up LMCs in July) —Port of Long Beach |
| Jun 2, 2008 | Pickens Says CFTC Probe of Oil a "Waste of Time" (Billionaire hedge-fund manager Boone Pickens said today that a CFTC probe of crude trading as oil rallied to a record $135.09 a barrel is a "waste of time.") —Bloomberg |
| Jun 2, 2008 | UAE hikes diesel price (The price of diesel at Enoc/Eppco service stations in the UAE has been increased to Dh18.50 per gallon.) —Pipeline Magazine |
| Jun 2, 2008 | Trucking companies find ways to save on fuel, go green (If consumers say ouch while filling up the family sedan at the gas pump, then truck drivers are screaming with pain.) —Napa Valley Register |
| May 29, 2008 | Suit targets air quality along freeways (Environmental groups want to force the EPA to do more comprehensive monitoring.) —The Los Angeles Times |
| May 27, 2008 | Soaring Fuel Prices Take a Withering Toll on Truckers (The soaring price of diesel fuel — over $4.50 a gallon from $2.50 a year ago — has stripped the profit from hauling.) —The New York Times |
| May 27, 2008 | Oil has reached a turning point (Oil prices at this level take us into a new world – “Break Point” – where the question is not only “how high can the price go?”, but also “what will be the response?” Is this the point at which oil begins to lose its almost total domination in transport?) —The Financial Times |
| May 26, 2008 | Many storms in a port (They might be acolytes of Al Gore and harbor lofty ideas about ridding the world of air pollution, but it would appear the Port Authorities in California studied business at the Fidel Castro School of Economics.) —Today's Trucking |
| May 24, 2008 | City buses beat high fuel prices by using natural gas (It's clean. It can power nearly any vehicle. It costs $2.78 a gallon.) —Visalia Times-Delta |
| May 23, 2008 | Is US overlooking fuel alternative? (As prices soar, the nation largely ignores the natural-gas option) —The Boston Globe |
| May 22, 2008 | Trucks should convert to natural gas (Big truck fleets should take the lead and convert from diesel to natural gas, says Perth-based independent petroleum industry analyst Peter Strachan.) —Transport and Logistics News |
| May 22, 2008 | Up to 24,000 deaths a year in California are linked to air pollution (New research finds rates of heart attacks, strokes and other serious disease increase exponentially after exposure to even slightly higher amounts of particulate matter.) —The Los Angeles Times |
| May 17, 2008 | Keep on truckin'? Long haulers yield to diesel prices (Their massive vehicles' low mpg weighs down the bottom line, spurring cultural and technological shifts.) —The Los Angeles Times |
| May 13, 2008 | Oil's Murky Math (Where are we headed: Up to $200 a barrel? Down to $80? With little good data on supply or demand, oil's next price move is anyone's guess) —BusinessWeek |
| May 9, 2008 | Green groups urge upholding U.S. tar sands fuel ban (Letter to Congress pleads with Senate to reject Canadian movement to remove) —Tar Sands Watch |
| May 9, 2008 | Most Energy Execs See Oil Below $100 This Year (Even as oil prices ascended to new highs of more than $124 a barrel this week, many oil and gas industry executives say they expect the price to fall significantly by year's end, a new survey shows.) —CNBC |
| May 6, 2008 | Look into the future with Kenworth's Innovation Truck (Powered by one of the first natural gas engines currently being trialed in Australia, the vehicle features dozens of other major innovations to improve environmental performance and increase productivity, performance and safety at the same time.) —Kenworth Australia |
| May 6, 2008 | High gas prices spark some fuel for thought (In the world of alternative fuel vehicles, those that use compressed natural gas often are muscled out of a conversation dominated by gasoline-electric hybrids, biodiesel and hydrogen fuel cells.) —Coshocton Tribune |
| May 5, 2008 | On the Waterfront: Ports plan shift to LNG trucks to reap savings (Motorists frustrated with skyrocketing fuel prices and America's reliance on foreign oil might find some comfort in what the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles are doing with liquefied natural gas.) —Long Beach Press Telegram |
| May 1, 2008 | Industry Fuels Up for Environmental, Economic Benefits of Natural Gas (With the increased focus on the environment, use of natural gas-powered vehicles is on the rise.) —Metro Magazine |
| Apr 30, 2008 | Alternative fuels: saying goodbye to oil (Fleet managers today are confronted with a small gaggle of issues including: dramatic economic growth for China and India creating unanticipated economic and resource demand; the depletion of fossil fuels; and a planet that is warming at an alarming rate.) —Climate Action |
| Apr 30, 2008 | Livermore Landfill Gas To Become Fuel For Trucks (A plan to begin converting landfill gas into clean vehicle fuel at a Bay Area facility by 2009 was announced Wednesday through a partnership between Waste Management and Linde North America.) —CBS5 |
| Apr 29, 2008 | Paccar turnover on the up (Truck manufacturing giant Paccar says turnover hit $3.94bn during the first quarter, with more than 60% coming from outside its US operations. The company, which owns Daf, Kenworth, Leyland Trucks and Peterbilt, also revealed a financial services income before income tax of $67.3m.) —Road Transport |
| Apr 28, 2008 | The U.S. and China are over a barrel (In the costly competition for oil, cooperation is the wisest course.) —The Los Angeles Times |
| Apr 23, 2008 | Bush fuel economy rules swipe at California (When the Bush administration announced proposed regulations Tuesday to raise fuel economy standards for cars and trucks to 31.6 miles per gallon by 2015, even some environmentalists applauded. But then they read the fine print.) —San Francisco Chronicle |
| Apr 22, 2008 | Clearing the air on 2010 (Nowhere are the fruits of globalization more apparent in the truck manufacturing industry than in the preparations for the next round of Environmental Protection Agency emissions standards.) —Commercial Carrier Journal |
| Apr 22, 2008 | Trucking celebrates Earth Day (Trucking suppliers have gotten into the spirit of today’s Earth Day festivities, unveiling green initiatives in an attempt to be more environmentally responsive. ) —Fleet Owner |
| Apr 21, 2008 | Going a different shade of green (Slow down, you're going green way too fast. That's been the message from inside many of Vancouver's boardrooms to Premier Gordon Campbell after he joined California's Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in fighting climate change. It now appears the premier is listening to business and will slow down the implementation of CO2 reduction targets.) —The Vancouver Sun |
| Apr 17, 2008 | Pickens Reverses Position to Bet on Higher Oil Prices (Boone Pickens, a billionaire energy investor, said he reversed course and is betting the price of crude oil will rise.) —Bloomberg |
| Apr 17, 2008 | Bush proposes new climate change strategy (President Bush called for a halt Wednesday in the growth of greenhouse gases by 2025, acknowledging the need to head off serious climate change.) —Associated Press |
| Apr 14, 2008 | Tax will hurt, truckers say (Industry will need help from government to deal with carbon fee, association head says) —The Vancouver Sun |
| Apr 14, 2008 | NGVAmerica Urges Farm Bill Conferees to Extend Alternative Fuel Tax Credits (NGVAmerica informed all the conferees on the Farm Bill (H.R. 2419) that it is absolutely critical that that bill extend the existing alternative fuel excise tax and infrastructure income tax credits.) —BusinessWire |
| Apr 11, 2008 | U.S. long-haul trucks hit by diesel costs, recession (This was supposed to be the year the North American big-rig truck market roared back to life after downshifting sharply in 2007, when tough new clean-air regulations took effect.) —Reuters |
| Apr 10, 2008 | Blythe Danner Plus Natural Gas Garbage Trucks = Real Greening, Not Green Washing (Today, as she has done countless times over the last 35 years, actor Blythe Danner stood up for the environment.) —The Huffington Post |
| Apr 1, 2008 | Trucks keep rolling...for now (A small protest by truckers over fuel prices has limited impact as relatively few park their rigs. But companies see driver shortage ahead from rising diesel costs.) —CNN Money |
| Mar 28, 2008 | EPA chief bides time on court's emissions order (Shelving his agency's findings that greenhouse gases are a danger, he says he'll open a long public comment period.) —The Los Angeles Times |
| Mar 27, 2008 | The Carbon Tariff (The world appears to be splitting apart these days, and the new dividing line is carbon.) —CIBC World Markets |
| Mar 27, 2008 | UPS Deploys 167 "Green" Trucks (Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Vehicles Hit the Streets in California, Texas and Georgia) —UPS |
| Mar 21, 2008 | Fresno's saving Money using Natural Gas (The decision to use liquefied natural gas (LNG) refuse trucks is paying off in a big way for the City of Fresno in California.) —ABC 30 |
| Mar 20, 2008 | Los Angeles Harbor Comission Approves Landmark Clean Truck Program (PDF) (The Los Angeles Harbor Commission today approved a landmark Clean Truck Program (CTP) designed to achieve long-term sustainability, accelerate the replacement of high-polluting trucks with cleaner trucks, and provide market incentives to encourage private investment and create a capitalized, asset-based short-haul trucking or “drayage” system at the nation’s largest container port.) —Port of Los Angeles |
| Mar 19, 2008 | New Flyer Receives 1,253 Bus Orders; 248 Hybrids (New Flyer Industries Inc. has received orders over the last three months for up to 1,253 buses (1,549 equivalent production units, EUs) for a combined value of more than US$603 million. Of these, 248 are hybrids.) —Green Car Congress |
| Mar 17, 2008 | LNG and the port plan (The port of Long Beach in California, as everyone knows by now, is pushing hard to get drayage truckers to turn in their old equipment and upgrade to trucks powered by either 2007-model clean diesel engines or ones using liquefied natural gas (LNG). The question is, however, which of those fuels is the most cost-effective option.) —Trucks at Work Blog |
| Mar 11, 2008 | Energy Efficiency: A Passing Fad? (With gas prices skyrocketing, conservation is back in style. Here's a look at how the trend is playing out and whether it's here to stay) —BusinessWeek |
| Mar 11, 2008 | Port plan decried (Environmentalists, labor groups, drivers say harbor program unfair.) —Long Beach Press Telegram |
| Mar 10, 2008 | Diesel fumes can affect your brain, scientists say (Inhaling diesel exhaust triggers a stress response in the brain that may have damaging long-term effects on brain function, Dutch researchers said on Tuesday.) —Reuters |
| Mar 10, 2008 | California hands out cash for clean transit projects (Projects include hybrid buses, as well compressed natural gas vehicles and infrastructure upgrades.) —Cleantech.com |
| Mar 7, 2008 | Solutions (Richard Kolodziej, president of NGVAmerica, talks about fuel use in heavy-duty trucks) —Forbes |
| Mar 7, 2008 | Natural Gas & Diesel Buses Comparison Says Gas Better On All Counts (Natural gas buses are more economical than diesel buses, according to an investigation carried out by economic consulting firm WIBERA.) —NGV Global |
| Mar 7, 2008 | CNG Projects To Stimulate California's Economy (California Gov. Schwarzenegger has announced $394 million for transit projects to keep the State's economy moving while at the same time protecting the environment.) —NGV Global |
| Mar 4, 2008 | Confessions on Climate (EPA administrator Stephen Johnson’s decision to deny California the right to set its own emission standards is a blow to those worried about climate change.) —The New York Times |
| Mar 4, 2008 | Newer diesel engines emit more harmful nanoparticles (Low-emission diesel engines emit nanoparticles that could be more harmful to human health than the dark exhaust fumes produced by older models, a study by researchers in Germany and Italy has found.) —RSC |
| Mar 3, 2008 | Port hoping for green year (Officials' eco-friendly plans may offset short-term losses) —Long Beach Press Telegram |
| Mar 3, 2008 | No Time to Idle – Emission and Idling Reduction Technologies for EPA 2010 (North American heavy duty truck manufacturers seek to position themselves as global leaders in green technology and as a result market participants have made concerted efforts to develop innovative emission reduction technologies and solutions.) —Newswire |
| Mar 1, 2008 | Independent truckers see end of the road (As the cost of diesel doubled over the last four years, truck drivers' take-home pay has plummeted.) —Associated Press |
| Feb 28, 2008 | Natural Gas Trucks Are the Best Option for the Port of Long Beach, According to NGVAmerica (Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners voted to replace and modernize the entire port trucking fleet of 16,800 vehicles with “no less than 50% run on alternative fuels proven to be cleaner than diesel, such as liquefied natural gas (LNG).” The port’s goal is to reduce port-related air pollution from diesel exhaust by 80 percent.) —BusinessWire |
| Feb 28, 2008 | L.A. backs cargo fee as part of port clean-air effort (The Harbor Department will charge $35 for each loaded container carried by trucks, with the proceeds going to buy vehicles that use cleaner fuels.) —Los Angeles Times |
| Feb 28, 2008 | Illogical pollution control (If the state can't regulate diesel poisons, then ports will have to do the job.) —Long Beach Press Telegram |
| Feb 26, 2008 | Diesel Forum Questions Port of Long Beach Decision, Focus on LNG Trucks (The Diesel Technology Forum issued the following statement today questioning a recently announced plan by the Port of Long Beach harbor commissioners to replace at least half of current port drayage diesel trucks with trucks powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG).) —PR Newswire |
| Feb 25, 2008 | Long Beach port drops employee requirement (The Port of Long Beach, which had been working in lockstep with the Port of Los Angeles on a Clean Trucks Program, has dropped a provision that truckers must be employees, not owner-operators, and has stipulated that at least half of its program-financed trucks must operate on alternative fuels.) —eTrucker.com |
| Feb 24, 2008 | Ports clean-up plan threatened (A labor-environmental alliance threatens to sink efforts to decrease pollution at the L.A. and Long Beach facilities.) —Los Angeles Times |
| Feb 22, 2008 | Pickens Expects Oil, Natural Gas Prices to Fall (After correctly predicting oil's climb to more than $100 a barrel, legendary oilman Boone Pickens said Thursday he is shorting both the oil and natural gas markets in the belief that oil will stage a short-term pullback.) —CNBC |
| Feb 20, 2008 | $1 billion over 4 years to fight climate change (Driving and other fuel-dependent activities are about to get more expensive as British Columbia becomes the first jurisdiction in North America to introduce a consumer-based carbon tax.) —The Vancouver Sun |
| Feb 20, 2008 | B.C. introduces carbon tax, diesel to rise 8.27 cents/litre by 2012 (B.C. has become the first North American jurisdiction to institute a "carbon" tax which is aimed at reducing the province's use of fossil fuels.) —Truck News |
| Feb 19, 2008 | Long Beach Approves Clean Trucks Plan (Port moves forward with groundbreaking clean-air program) —Port of Long Beach |
| Feb 18, 2008 | Oregon governor orders timeout from controversial natural gas drive (Debate surrounds weighty issues and is a litmus test of the state's character) —The Oregonian |
| Feb 13, 2008 | Kenworth plants receive ISO designation for environmental management (Kenworth's manufacturing facilities have earned ISO 14001:2004 certification for environmental management, the company announced.) —Truck News |
| Feb 12, 2008 | Environmental rules upheld ( A federal court has upheld environmental rules affecting most bus, trash, street sweeper and taxi fleets in Southern California, ending nearly eight years of litigation between air quality regulators and engine manufacturers.) —Long Beach Press Telegram |
| Feb 11, 2008 | Costs pinned down for EPA-compliant engines (“I don’t think we’re ever going to get back to pre-2004 costs,” Duley said, “but we’re getting better.”) —Today's Trucking |
| Feb 11, 2008 | America's Green Policy Vacuum (Without a fully funded, federal alternative energy policy, the U.S. risks squandering the potential of a powerful economic engine and will continue to depend on foreign energy resources) —BusinessWeek |
| Feb 6, 2008 | Business leaders bring Campbell unwanted cautions on carbon deal (Business leaders have warned Premier Gordon Campbell that his proposed carbon-trading partnership with several U.S. states could adversely affect the competitiveness of key provincial industries.) —The Vancouver Sun |
| Feb 6, 2008 | The climate may be right for a global warming bill (Interest is growing in Congress, but the first measure to advance since Democrats took control has hit some roadblocks.) —The Los Angeles Times |
| Feb 5, 2008 | Clean Energy to Build and Operate ''Green'' Natural Gas Fueling Station for Orange County Transportation Authority for Growing Fleet of Contracted Fixed Route Buses (Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq:CLNE - News), North America’s leader in clean transportation, has been awarded a contract valued at $3.6 million by the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), to design, build and operate the new clean-burning, compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling station at the Authority’s Irvine, California maintenance facility.) —Yahoo! Finance |
| Feb 5, 2008 | Fleets detail emission-compliant engine experience (They’re more costly to buy and operate and suffer significantly more downtime yet drivers love them. Many dub them “hot rods” for their quick-off-the-block acceleration coupled with nimble and responsive performance on the highway. That sums up the verdict rendered for 2002, 2004, and 2007 emission-compliant engines and trucks according to three large fleets here at the Technology & Maintenance Council annual meeting.) —Fleet Owner |
| Feb 1, 2008 | Oilman contributes to Villaraigosa's phone tax campaign (Critics of liquid natural gas are raising eyebrows because the Texas billionaire might see gains once mayoral appointees implement a plan to reduce truck emissions at the Port of Los Angeles.) —The Los Angeles Times |
| Jan 30, 2008 | Boone Pickens shares his views on energy, politics, the Olympics, OSU's new president (Before 2010, the price for a thousand cubic feet of natural gas will be $10, Boone Pickens predicts. And oil prices will reach $100 a barrel again before the end of this year.) —NewsOK.com |
| Jan 30, 2008 | CARB workshops disclose regulatory direction (Via a recent workshop it hosted online, the California Air Resources Board (CARB), an eleven-member board working under the umbrella of the California Environmental Protection Agency (CEPA), discussed regulations it plans to officially unveil in mid-2008 regarding methods and guidelines for further reducing harmful emissions in the state. ) —Fleet Owner |
| Jan 29, 2008 | Air pollution's a constant threat to Canadian hearts (Air pollution is a year-round threat to the heart health of Canadians yet only one in 10 people make the connection between air pollution and cardiovascular disease, according to the 2008 Heart and Stroke Foundation Report Card on Canadians' Health.) —Canada.com |
| Jan 24, 2008 | Prometheus Begins Construction of Utah LNG Plant (Prometheus Energy Company has begun construction of an LNG production plant in Lisbon, Utah. Commercial production of 12,000 gallons of LNG per day is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2008.) —NGV Global |
| Jan 24, 2008 | Mixed reaction to Fed cut (According to trucking experts, the dramatic rate cut made by the Federal Reserve this week may or may not have a big impact on trucking.) —Fleet Owner |
| Jan 23, 2008 | Globalization: A truck maker's perspective (International chief says SCR is fraught with challenges) —Truck News |
| Jan 21, 2008 | Hologram prince hails new money for alternative energy (Prince Charles upstaged the world's largest oil companies, politicians and presidents today by appearing out of the ether at an alternative energy summit, saying a few words and then vanishing back into thin air.) —Guardian Unlimited |
| Jan 21, 2008 | California dreaming (The great thing about visiting California is that it gives you a sense of where Australia is probably headed. In the context of the climate change debate, this assertion stands, only more so.) —The Australian |
| Jan 21, 2008 | Fight looms on port payments (A big political battle may be brewing over a plan to have port authorities double their annual multimillion-dollar payment to cash-strapped City Hall, which again finds itself in financial crisis.) —Long Beach Press Telegram |
| Jan 21, 2008 | Unsafe trucks stream out of L.A.'s ports (Pushed by thin profit margins, many drivers rely on shadowy fix-it men or skip repairs as they elude inspectors.) —The Los Angeles Times |
| Jan 21, 2008 | New MOF Methane Storage Material Exceeds DOE Goals for Adsorbed Natural Gas Storage by 28% (Researchers have developed a new metal-organic framework (MOF) material with what they believe to be the highest methane storage capacity yet measured.) —Green Car Congress |
| Jan 18, 2008 | Port of Seattle Completes First Greenhouse Gas Emissions Study (Sea-Tac Airport already taking steps to significantly reduce emissions) —Port of Seattle |
| Jan 18, 2008 | Transonic merging diesel engines with gas (Transonic Combustion, which has been relatively secretive until now, has created a fuel injection system that will let diesel engines run on regular gasoline.) —Crave |
| Jan 17, 2008 | Clean Energy Initiates Natural Gas Fueling Services with Refuse Operators in Texas, New York and California (National Deployment of CNG Refuse Vehicles Continues to Expand) —Clean Energy Fuels |
| Jan 17, 2008 | Researchers Say Horizontal Drilling Key to Tapping Unconventional Natural Gas Reservoirs in Pennsylvania; Could Boost Proven US Reserves by Trillions of Cubic Feet (Natural gas distributed throughout the Marcellus black shale in northern Appalachia could conservatively boost proven US reserves by trillions of cubic feet if gas production companies employ horizontal drilling techniques to exploit natural fracture patterns, according to a Penn State and State University of New York, Fredonia, team.) —Green Car Congress |
| Jan 16, 2008 | Port Container Trade Stays Even in 2007 (Highest-ever exports help maintain volumes at 7.3 million container units) —Port of Long Beach |
| Jan 15, 2008 | BC Businesses call for sweeping shift of taxes from income and earnings to greenhouse gas emissions (An open letter signed by more that 80 BC businesses was sent to Finance Minister Taylor yesterday calling for the introduction of a revenue neutral carbon tax in next month’s budget.) —Alberni Valley News |
| Jan 15, 2008 | 80 B.C. businesses call for a carbon tax (Carole Taylor urged to bring in a revenue-neutral shift from income tax) —The Vancouver Sun |
| Jan 11, 2008 | It's a bumpy ride on the Hydrogen Highway (Cadillac unveiled a concept car this week that runs partially on hydrogen, adding to the ranks of futuristic vehicles powered by the universe's most common element. Yet even if you could drive it -- there's only one now -- you couldn't get from L.A. to San Francisco, because there aren't enough fueling stations.) —The Los Angeles Times |
| Jan 10, 2008 | California H2 Highway Infrastructure Is Contracting (Instead of expanding, California’s Hydrogen Highway fueling infrastructure is contracting. Three hydrogen stations have recently closed, including one in Richmond that served county buses. Each of the last three agencies that received state funding to build a fueling station decided not to pursue the project.) —Green Car Congress |
| Jan 8, 2008 | Report: Diesel Blamed for 84% of Cancer Risk in Southern California (A scientific study by regional air regulators in Southern California indicates that, although overall cancer risk from air pollution has declined 15 percent since 1999, air quality in the Los Angeles Basin remains among the poorest in the nation and area residents suffer from highly elevated cancer rates as a result.) —Fuel Advantage |
| Jan 7, 2008 | Report Concludes that Canada Needs Economy-Wide Price Put on Carbon Emissions As Soon As Possible to Achieve 65% Reduction in GHG Emissions by 2050 (Canada can achieve deep greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions by 2050, but only by putting a price on carbon emissions throughout the entire Canadian economy beginning as soon as possible, according to the findings of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) in its final advisory report entitled Getting to 2050: Canada’s Transition to a Low-emission Future.) —Green Car Congress |
| Jan 7, 2008 | CARB plans retrofit funding for trucks (The California Air Resources Board (CARB) plans to allocate more than 75% of some $1 billion in public bond funding to reduce pollution from diesel-powered commercial trucks.) —Fleet Owner |
| Jan 4, 2008 | Trucks at Work Blog - Frogs in a pot (When it comes to oil and fuel prices – both gasoline and diesel – we’ve been that frog in the pot, adjusting ourselves to ever higher and higher prices.) —Fleet Owner |
| Jan 3, 2008 | California ARB Details Refutation of EPA Claim that New Federal CAFE Is More Effective at GHG Reduction than AB1493 (In public comments concerning the denial of the waiver that would have cleared the way for California and the other adopting states to enforce the AB1493 rules (Pavley Regulation) regulating greenhouse gas emissions from light duty vehicles (earlier post), EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson claimed that the new federal CAFE standards would be more effective than the California rules in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.) —Green Car Congress |
| Jan 3, 2008 | Over the barrel (Oil prices hit $100 a barrel yesterday for the first time, a watershed mark that appeared inevitable after several months of volatility and seemingly endless price increases.) —Fleet Owner |
| Jan 2, 2008 | California sues EPA over pollution (State was denied a federal waiver to regulate greenhouse gases from cars, trucks.) —Long Beach Press Telegram |
| Dec 31, 2007 | 2008 shapes up to be perfect storm for ports (The "perfect storm" of potential waterfront labor trouble, industry revolt and government regulation that could have long-lasting impacts on operations at local ports.) —Long Beach Press Telegram |
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