Automotive Fleet News

DALLAS - Texas has become the first state in the U.S. to challenge the federal government's finding, issued in December, that greenhouse gases are dangerous to people.

Tags: emissions regulations, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, greenhouse gases

SACRAMENTO, CA --- In 2010, California's home-based mechanics will see changes to small containers of R-134a, a compound used to recharge automobile air-conditioning systems and a potent greenhouse gas.

Tags: auto refrigerants, CARB, emissions, greenhouse gases, R-134a

TORONTO --- A new study concludes that world biofuels production in 2009 has reduced global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 123.5 million tons, representing an average reduction of 57 percent compared to the emissions that would have occurred from the production and use of equal quantities of petroleum fuels.

Tags: biodiesel, biofuel, Global Renewable Fuels Alliance, greenhouse gases

NEW YORK --- A new report from Accenture has identified the technologies that it predicts are most likely to transform the demand and supply of transport fuels and cut emissions within the next five years.

Tags: Accenture, alt-fuel, biofuel, electric car, greenhouse gases, plug-in hybrid, vehicle-to-grid technology

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- On January 1, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will, for the first time, require large emitters of heat-trapping emissions to begin collecting greenhouse gas (GHG) data under a new reporting system.

Tags: EPA, GHG reporting system, greenhouse gases, Lisa P. Jackson

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- By declaring that industrial greenhouse gases pose a danger to human health and well-being, the Environmental Protection Agency has paved the way for broad new regulations to reduce carbon dioxide and other planet-heating gases, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Tags: emission restrictions, EPA, EPA regulation, greenhouse gases

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

OAKLAND, CA - With the soaring cost of fuel and transportation’s dramatic impact on the environment, companies have no choice but to look at logistics as a place to go green.

Tags: greenhouse gases, SC Johnson