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Jun 3, 2015

HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS NEW STANDARDS * USA: Proposed by EPA

* DC - Big trucks emit huge amounts of carbon every year
-- The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose new standards for heavy-duty trucks this week, regulations aimed at reducing carbon emissions from tractor trailers and other big trucks... It’s not yet known exactly what cuts the proposed regulations will call for, but according to the New York Times, the rule will likely require heavy trucks — like tractor trailers, buses, and garbage trucks — to increase their fuel economy by up to 40 percent compared to 2010 levels by 2027. Right now, the Times reports, a tractor trailer averages just five to six miles per gallon of diesel fuel. This rule could raise that to as much as nine mpg... The regulations on heavy-duty trucks are coming about three years after the Obama administration finalized rules for cars and light trucks, standards that seek to increase the fuel economy of passenger vehicles to 54.5 mpg by 2025. Compared to some of the Obama administration’s other climate-fighting proposals, the heavy trucks standards might not seem like they’ll make much of a difference, Dave Cooke, a vehicles analyst in the Clean Vehicles Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists and author of the March 2015 report on truck fuel consumption, said, but they’re key to meeting the administration’s climate goals... 
(Photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK - Trucks and surroundings)  --  Washington, DC, USA - Think Progress, by KATIE VALENTINE - JUNE 2, 2015


* Illinois - Springfield trucking companies prepare for expected EPA Regulations

-- The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose new fuel efficiency standards for trucks... The New York Times reported that announcement will come within a week, but Illinois EPA leaders said it could take a while longer. The goal is to increase fuel efficiency by 40 percent for everything larger than a pickup truck by 2027... "Diesel engines, diesel trucks, they are a player [in carbon emissions]," Illinois EPA clean air program manager Darwin Burkhart said. "I think this is just one piece of the puzzle, part of the larger puzzle to address carbon emissions in general" ... Trucking company owners said they have already felt the financial burden of previous EPA regulations, which the government started enacting in 2007... "Since 2004, it's been kind of a maintenance nightmare for most companies to deal with the EPA add-ons we've had to our engines and trucks," said Whalen truck owner Pat Whalen... The EPA said trucks average about 5-6 miles per gallan, which the organization wants to raise to 9 mph... 
(Photo: Mitigating black carbon emissions standards for new engines)  --  Springfield, ILL, USA - News Channel ABC20 - 2 June 2015

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