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California moved as expected Friday, Sept. 20, to sue the Trump administration over stripping its waiver to set tougher emissions standards for passenger cars and light-duty trucks than the federal government. The issue does not immediately impact heavy-duty trucks, which are regulated separately...

The Trump administration's decision to revoke a waiver allowing California to set its own standards for automobile emissions will not impact regulations governing heavy-duty trucks, but questions remain about how the decision will impact the development of future environmental policies governing...

Air BP saved 340 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions in 2018 by blending recycled cooking oil and fossil jet fuel.  BP Biojet, which began operations in 2016, is a program through Air BP, which supplies sustainable aviation fuel. Currently Oslo and Bergen airports in Norway, as well as Halmstad and...

A new report from the UC Berkeley Labor Center shows that drivers who own and maintain their own trucks are less likely to upgrade their vehicles to meet the state's emissions standards, adding fuel to a heated debate taking place in California over the classification of employees vs. contractors...

Good day, The California Air Resources Board released its latest greenhouse gas inventory showing the state has already met its 2020 emission reduction goals. The trends, based on emissions produced in 2017, the latest year for which data is available, show emissions declined by 1 percent overall...

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Daimler AG (OTCPK: DDAIF) announced a "high-three digit million" hit to second quarter 2019 earnings related to ongoing expenses to remedy its diesel emissions woes surrounding its Mercedes-Benz diesel vehicles. Daimler warned, "Increase of provisions for various ongoing governmental proceedings...

The Canadian government plans to impose a carbon tax on Alberta as of January 1, 2020, in response to the province scrapping its own system for pricing greenhouse gas emissions. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna announced the decision on June 13. "It's unfortunate," McKenna said. "We clearly...

Long before she joined a company developing zero-emissions trucks, oil featured prominently in Elizabeth Fretheim's life. She lived in six countries by the age of seven because of her father's work in the industry. "I was an oil brat," the head of business development at Nikola...

The idea of a global speed limit on ocean shipping is not new, but there has never been more momentum behind it than today. If it actually happens, implications for the industry's economics would be enormous. A speed limit designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions will be debated at a...

  Good day, In its IPO registration documents, ride-sharing pioneer Uber Technologies, Inc. said that profits could be elusive. CNBC.com said that "serves as a chilling reminder of the dot.com crash" of the late 1990s and early 2000s when fledgling firms with no profits and little...

World's biggest shipping line trials a backhaul voyage with biofuel in a bid to get jump on 2050 target for shipping industry to go zero carbon. Maersk (Nasdaq OMX: MAER.B) and its partners are set to launch a decarbonisation pilot project that will begin this week with the departure of an...

President Donald Trump's pick to replace deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein could bolster Administration efforts to roll back or delay Obama-era pollution rules affecting the trucking sector. U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) deputy secretary Jeffrey Rosen, who was nominated earlier...

The European Union (EU) has reached a draft agreement on the regulation of carbon emissions from trucks. By 2030, new vehicles' greenhouse gas emissions must be 30 percent lower than 2019 levels. The agreement, reached on 18 February, will be the first time that a strict limit on carbon...

A number of new shipping regulations became effective at the start of the year that will consolidate the knowledge of regulators regarding the consumption of bunker fuel by ships of over 5,000 gross tons and ultimately increase costs for cargo owners. Low Sulphur Fuel regulations are set to come...