* DC - EPA report: transportation 2nd largest contributor of GHG emissions
-- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today reported a 2 percent increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2013 from 2012 but a 9 percent drop since 2005... By sector, power plants accounted for 31 percent of total U.S.A. greenhouse gas pollution. The transportation sector contributed a reported 27 percent, an EPA report says... The transportation sector was the second largest source of GHG with power plants being the No. 1 culprit, the agency stated... The statistics were in EPA’s 20th Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks just released... In June 2013, the president's Climate Action Plan called for the Department of Transportation to develop fuel-efficiency standards and the EPA to develop GHG standards for medium- and heavy-duty on-highway vehicles and work trucks in a joint rulemaking within the president's second term. In February, 2014, the President directed DOT and EPA to complete the second phase of the standards...
(Photo: Truck traffic to the Bronx) -- Washington, DC, USA - The Trucker News Services - 16 April 2015Labels: transport and logistics reports, trucks' emissions
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