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July 15, 2008

EPA Releases Greenhouse Gas Document for Public Comment

WASHINGTON – EPA is soliciting public input on the effects of climate change and the potential ramifications of the Clean Air Act in relation to greenhouse gas emissions.

Tags: EPA, greenhouse gas emissions

June 15, 2008

Three Facilities Earn the Energy Star Combined Heat and Power Award

WASHINGTON – The EPA has recognized three Energy Star Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Awards winners for using CHP to reduce their energy use by more than 18 percent.

Tags: CHP, ENERGY STAR, EPA

May 27, 2008

EPA Performance Track Awards for Environmental Achievements Above and Beyond Legal Requirements

WASHINGTON – Performance Track encourages facilities with strong environmental records to go above and beyond their legal requirements.

Tags: EPA, Performance Track

April 28, 2008

NAFA Fleet Management Association Meets with EPA

WASHINGTON, D.C. – NAFA representatives met with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) April 16 to provide fleet perspectives on EPA's pending regulation for mandatory reporting of greenhouse gases.

Tags: EPA, NAFA, Regulations

April 22, 2008

EPA Recognizes Toyota with 2008 Energy Star Sustained Excellence Award

ERLANGER, KY – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., (TEMA), with a 2008 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award in recognition of its continued leadership in protecting our environment through energy efficiency.

Tags: ENERGY STAR, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Toyota

April 15, 2008

EPA Asks NAFA to Represent Fleets

PRINCETON, NJ – NAFA Fleet Management Association has been invited to a special meeting with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide fleet perspectives on pending regulation for mandatory reporting of greenhouse gases.

Tags: EPA, greenhouse gases, NAFA, regulation

April 11, 2008

EPA Cleaning Up West Coast Diesel Engines

SAN FRANCISCO – As part of an initiative to significantly reduce diesel emissions in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and the U.S. Pacific Islands, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Regions 9 and 10 have announced a regional competition through the West Coast Collaborative, for more than $5 million to deploy verified or certified clean diesel technologies.

Tags: diesel, emissions, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, National Clean Diesel Campaign

April 8, 2008

Honda Ranked as the "Greenest"

NEW YORK – Forbes.com recently ranked the greenest vehicles in the United States, focusing on the companies accounting for 95 percent of all new vehicles sold in 2007. Rankings were based on data from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Tags: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, greenest vehicles , Honda, Hyundai, SmartWay , Toyota

April 2, 2008

States Sue EPA for Inaction

BOSTON --- Eighteen states are taking the Environmental Protection Agency back to court in an effort to force the agency to comply with a Supreme Court ruling that rebuked the Bush administration for inaction on global warming, the Associated Press reported.

Tags: emission regulations, EPA, state attorneys general, Supreme Court

March 14, 2008

Con-way Freight Boosts Fuel Efficiency

ANN ARBOR, Mich. --- Con-way Freight, one of the nation's leading less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation companies, announced it has turned back the speed governors on its 8,400-tractor fleet in a move to improve fuel conservation and reduce carbon emissions.

Tags: Con-way Freight, EPA, fuel efficiency, SmartWay Transport program

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In two decades of chronicling the history of fleet management, I have seen interest in fleet safety ebb and flow. In an annual survey I conduct of fleet managers, they rated fleet safety as their No. 2 concern, right behind the cost of fuel. Why the renewed interest in fleet safety? More and more fleet managers are reporting an uptick in preventable accidents. In addition, fleet managers are feeling pressure from other corporate departments to increase fleet driver safety.

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