Mack Trucks supports
Obama fuel initiative

Denny Slagle, president and chief executive officer of Mack Trucks Inc, participated in an event at the White House during which President Obama signed a presidential memorandum aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions ...

Paccar MX engine
earns EPA certification

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has certified the Paccar MX 12.9-liter diesel engine to the 2010 emission standards. The MX engine certification and compliance with EPA 2010 emission regulations allows this engine...

ATA supports Obama's
calls for fuel economy,
emissions standards

Leaders of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) joined President Obama at the White House for his signing of a presidential memorandum that directs the US Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency ...

ATA criticizes climate
change bill in US Senate

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) cannot support the American Power Act, the climate change bill introduced May 12 by Sens John Kerry and Joe Lieberman, ATA President and Chief Executive Officer Bill Graves said...

Clean Trucks Program cuts
pollution under current law,
ATA tells House committee

The debate over the Port of Los Angeles’ effort to ban drayage truck owner-operators is not about clean air or reducing the environmental footprint at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Robert Digges Jr, vice-president and chief counsel of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) told a subcommittee of the US House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee recently...

BIO expresses support
for biofuels incentives
in GREEN JOBS Act

The advanced biofuel industry can create thousands of green jobs if sustained political commitment and diverse federal programs support industry efforts to secure project financing...

Experts warn of dangers
of a focus on new energy
versus one on efficiency

What will play the biggest role in future US economic growth: the new energy that we find, or the energy that we avoid using...

Navistar reaches agreement
in SCR certification dispute

Navistar International Corporation has reached an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in which EPA promised to hold a public workshop or hearing to address issues...

DTNA gets 10,000 orders
for SCR-equipped trucks

Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) announced that it has secured more than 10,000 orders for new vehicles equipped with Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) emissions technology...

Teamsters misleading
about effects of Port
of Los Angeles suit: ATA

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) says its lawsuit against the Port of Los Angeles that went to trial the week of April 20 does not threaten the Clean Truck Program at the Port of Los Angeles...

Navistar withdraws
lawsuit against CARB

Navistar International Corporation has withdrawn a lawsuit it previously filed against the California Air Resources Board (CARB) after an agreement with CARB that addresses the issues that prompted the court action...

Heil president signs historic
environmental policy statement

Greg Hewitt, president of Heil Trailer International (HTI), signed a historic policy statement for the company’s Environmental Management System on the heels of Earth Day 2010...

Volvo Trucks’ EPA2010
engines begin to deliver
truckloads of confidence

The most tested products in the history of Volvo Trucks North America, Volvo heavy-duty engines for 2010 are already delivering excellent performance, reliability, and fuel economy...

Diesel Technology Forum
comments on analysis
touting natural gas use

The Diesel Technology Forum issued a statement in response to the Center for American Progress Analysis advocating natural gas use in heavy vehicles...

Report assesses methods
for reducing medium-,
heavy-duty truck emissions

The National Research Council and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have released Technologies and Approaches to Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles. This congressionally mandated report assesses and recommends different approaches to (for) improving fuel economy, increasing efficiency, and reducing emission of greenhouse gases from medium- and heavy-duty trucks...