You might not think of truckers as having any interest in being green. Most of them, though, do have interest in things like going green and helping to save the environment. One of the simplest ways to make the planet healthier is to stop big diesel trucks from idling so long. They...

In the trucking industry, it seems that there is always something for people to complain about. Hardworking people struggle to get things to other hardworking people on time, but they accumulate a lot of blame. One of the things that truckers are being blamed for recently is high...

Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized Mack Trucks, Inc. for its successful efforts of cutting back greenhouse emissions across its operations. As a member of the Climate Leaders program, Mack made the pledge to reduce its gas greenhouse missions in 2004,...

Even with all kinds of economic worries and problems going on in the US and spreading to the rest of the world, the clean truck program hasn’t changed its schedule.This program is designed to phase out trucks that are bad on pollution and try to bring in trucks that are ‘greener.’...

Massachusetts Govenor Deval Patrick has signed the Clean Energy Biofuels Act which is a law that will promote the use of biofuels. The law requires biofuel content in all diesel and home heating fuel sold in the state which is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least...

The new “electrified” truck stops are getting noticed more and more as the price of fuel continues to soar. In addition to being able to hook up to these new additions at truck stops and receive air conditioning, cable and internet through nifty yellow tubes, the benefits of these...