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"GREEN" NEWS * Japan - Trucking firms eye 3-fold CO2 cut for FY10
The Japan Trucking Association has decided to triple its target for carbon dioxide emission cuts in fiscal 2010
Tokyo,Japan -The Yomiuri Shimbun -24 Oct 2007: -- ... To contribute to national efforts to reach greenhouse-gas reduction targets stipulated by the Kyoto Protocol to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change... The Tokyo-based industrial association of truck transport companies will increase its 2010 reduction target for CO2 emissions per designated transportation volume to 30 percent from the fiscal 1996 level, as opposed to its previous goal of 10 percent.
As measures to realize the new goal, the association plans to:
-- Instruct drivers to turn off engines while at rest to avoid unnecessary idling.
-- Introduce more low-emission vehicles.
-- Boost transportation efficiency by using larger vehicles and working jointly with other transportation companies.
About 60,000 trucking service companies belong to the association. Member firms own about 1.4 million trucks and other vehicles. In fiscal 2005, the vehicles were estimated to have emitted 43.73 million tons of CO2... This accounts for about one-third of a total of about 137 million tons discharged by vehicles belonging to 17 companies and industrial associations in the transportation sector, which have drafted voluntary plans to cut CO2 emissions...
* USA - BASF diesel emissions control catalysts featured on DAF Trucks
Seattle,WA,USA -Jobwerx -23 Oct 2007: -- Environmental performance of BASF catalysts are important components for DAF diesel truck models featured at the European Road Transport Show... At this year’s European Road Transport Show, environmental performance is a major theme for DAF Trucks, and BASF catalysts will be featured as important components of DAF’s emissions control systems... DAF will display a range of truck models that meet stringent Euro 4 and 5 emissions standards at the Show, which will be held from Oct. 26 to Nov. 3, 2007 at the RAI in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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