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Eight renewable natural gas trucks are hauling freight for Graphic Packaging, part of Paper Transport’s growing mix of alternative-fuel transportation options that also includes a Tesla Semi pilot.
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The House of Representatives is expected to take up the American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010 this week, which includes the biodiesel tax credit, which lapsed Dec. 31, 2009
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Diesel prices fell for the first time in seven weeks, dropping 3.3 cents to a national average of $3.094 a gallo
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Crude oil plunged to its lowest level in three months at the close of trading Friday, a reflection of market volatility, which got investors worried about too many supplie
Read More →The societal costs of a Canadian two per cent biodiesel mandate would outweigh the benefits by factor of five, according to a study conducted in 2009 by EcoRessources Consultants (ERC) for Environment Canada
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Navistar International's electric truck is called "eStar." It's being assembled by its Monaco RV subsidiary in Wakarusa, Ind., and it's priced at $150,000, less various government monetary grants meant to encourage purchases of the non-polluting vehicle
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended its hours of service waiver for motor carriers and drivers transporting equipment, materials and supplies to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill area
Read More →The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has rejected Boston's request to route trucks carrying hazardous materials around the cit
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Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) introduced climate change legislation Wednesday, drawing mixed results from the trucking and construction industries
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Under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010, or CSA 2010, the FMCSA is going to be looking at five times the amount of data as under the SafeStat system. In addition, carriers are going to be measured by the seven Behavior Analysis & Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs), which are complex measurements of safety performance. For carriers to survive under the new system, they need to understand their CSA 2010 scores
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Over the next 25 years, energy consumption is expected to grow, but there will also be a greater use of renewable fuels within the transportation secto
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