With the help of the Coalition for Responsible Transportation (CRT), SmartWay certification will be extended to port trucks closely following the EPA’s initiatives directed at over-the-road carriers. Initially modeled after clean truck deployments at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the SmartWay port plan will be based on air quality and Continue Reading

Interest in the SmartWay Transport Partnership has grown such that the EPA plans to offer air and ocean carriers and barge lines the opportunity to participate as well. Currently, the program applies only to trucking, and participants are scored by a shipper index factor (SIF). Companies submit data on fuel consumption, Continue Reading

The debate over the better value in engine technology to meet 2010 federal emissions standards – Advanced EGR vs. SCR – has in some ways become a war of words between the two truck manufacturers who released pricing. Volvo’s SCR, or selective catalytic reduction technology, will carry a Continue Reading

New England-based truck owners are now eligible for EPA funding to install fuel-saving and emissions reduction technology. More than $1 million in grant money is available through Cascade Sierra Solutions, a non-profit dedicated to improving the environment through reducing emissions. The rebate Continue Reading

Wisconsin and South Carolina are among the states where grant money is already available under the Clean Diesel State Program Recovery Program. More than $1.7 million was allocated to each state. Projects that could be eligible for funding include the application of aerodynamic devices, engine emission upgrades and Continue Reading

A non-profit group will devote its federal stimulus funding to helping reduce fuel consumption and curb emissions from trucks at West Coast ports. Cascade Sierra Solutions has pledged its EPA monies, if approved, to help replace approximately 500 trucks traveling in and out of West Coast ports with 2003 or newer models at Continue Reading

Seven states will benefit from grants awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program, and under the State’s Clean Diesel Grant Program. A $2 million grant awarded to the Tennessee Department Continue Reading

Proving it’s ready to meet federal 2010 diesel emissions standards, Volvo Trucks North America is releasing its ultra-low emissions trucks, featuring SCR (selective catalytic reduction) technology. Even as Navistar is challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s certification of the new engine, Volvo is moving Continue Reading

Last week, Navistar refuted the request of engine OEMs to side with EPA as “friends of the court” in their suit rejecting selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology to meet 2010 federal emission standards. Navistar challenges that EPA approved this technology not because it helped reduce pollution, but Continue Reading

The state trucking association in Colorado helped push through its Green Truck and Motor Carrier Economic Development Program, which was recently signed into law. The new law will change how sales tax is calculated on fleets, basing it instead on how many miles are spent in the state. That change, along with Continue Reading