EPA offers loans to truckers investing in fuel-saving technology

WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency's Smartway division is partnering with several lenders to make loans available to small trucking companies to help pay for technologies that will save fuel and money while reducing pollution.

CAT EXTENDS WARRANTY

Caterpillar offers extended service coverage on '07 engines.

Studies back carriers’ clean air manifesto: CTA

TORONTO -- The Canadian Trucking Alliance says two recent studies support the group's 14-point action plan to help truckers be effective in business while reducing emissions and fighting climate change.

Fleet achieves 200,000-mile oil changes

DALLAS, Tex. -- Yes, the figure you see in the headline is correct. Dallas-based Stevens Transport, a refrigerated TL carrier with 1,600 trucks is now approaching 200,000 miles between oil changes -- and to top it off, the fleet's maintenance management folks are confident these super-long oil drains are safe and not harming engine life.

OTA lobbies for clean truck incentives

TORONTO -- In a bid to accelerate purchases of upcoming low pollution engines -- and save some manufacturing jobs in the process -- the Ontario Trucking Association is taking its clean air blueprint to Queen's Park.

EPA proposes onboard diagnostics for heavy trucks

WASHINGTON -- For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to require the emissions control systems of large diesel and gasoline highway trucks and buses to be monitored similarly to passenger cars.

Biodiesel standard tests begin in the West

CALGARY -- A two-phase biodiesel project in anticipation of a federal renewable fuels strategy is set to kick-off in Alberta.

Oil companies sued over “hot fuel” allegations

WASHINGTON -- U.S. truck drivers and motorists in seven states filed a class action lawsuit against 17 oil companies and fuel retailers for overcharging at the pump for fuel heated above the industry standard.

Tankless Job: The costs of new fuel hauling

TORONTO -- It's said that every time ULSD changes handlers, another 2 ppm of sulfur is added to the mix. While it's refiners and suppliers that are charged with keeping sulfur levels on spec, petroleum haulers are being counted on to keep the fuel compliant at the tail end of the distribution chain.

Free Flowing: Life after ULSD

TORONTO -- The transition to ULSD went as planned. But the cold could add wrinkles.

Enviro Canada proposes B2 biodiesel target

OTTAWA -- Environment Minister Rona Ambrose has unveiled alternative fuels package that requires two percent biodiesel blends in diesel and heating oil by 2012 and five percent ethanol mixture in gasoline by 2010.

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Thermo King introduces web-based TriPac ROI calculator.

ULTRAMAR QUEST 15W-40

New premium heavy-duty diesel engine oil meets '07 CJ-4 criteria.

Biodiesel for the birds

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The rising cost of soybean oil is allowing another unique biodiesel cocktail to take flight -- this one made from chicken fat.

Biomethane’s Next? Biowaste could be the hot fuel for ’07

SAN FRANCISCO -- Biomethane, chemically the same as natural gas yet available from most organic waste, is emerging as a viable renewable alternative to fossil fuels, according to experts in the field.