A new climate change policy provides work-truck-industry association NTEA the opportunity to educate the public, regulators, and legislators about how the industry is addressing society’s environmental concerns.
Carrier Transicold will now offer R-452A refrigerant, which has about half the global warming potential of R-404A refrigerant, as an option for refrigerated fleets.
A California-like Clean Truck Program could be adopted by neighboring Nevada as a result of a sweeping new Nevada Climate Initiative.
Cummins is stepping up the fight against climate change and pollution with a series of short- and long-term goals that will produce reductions waste from its manufacturing facilities worldwide as well as strategies to reduce the carbon footprint from its internal combustion engine products.
David Cullen lets you in on why Sir Richard Branson is so excited about trucks these days.
Great Britain has joined France and India in phasing out gasoline- and diesel-powered passenger cars over the next 20 years. Will those mandates affect the North American trucking industry? Senior Editor Jack Roberts has more in his Truck Tech blog.
Bernie Sanders may need a little education on the essentiality of trucks, but contrary to what you may have heard, he's not calling for a ban. HDT Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge has more in her All That's Trucking blog.
The Department of Transportation has a long-term commitment to make climate change and variability part of its planning and infrastructure management process.
Climate scientists have suggested that methane leakage during filling and transfer operations, possible with a wide-scale switch from diesel to natural gas as heavy truck fuel, could contribute more to global warming than the benefit of switching from diesel to natural gas would achieve.
Environmental and energy issues are hot topics on Capitol Hill. What they'll mean for trucking is anyone's guess. But you can count on one thing: They will have an effect.