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Garner some retrofit dollars
If you haven’t yet applied, there’s still time to get your fleet in gear: $300 million in retrofit funding will be available through the EPA’s Diesel Emissions Reduction Act until April 28. Of course, in addition to an extremely short application acceptance period (President Obama just approved the funding last month as part of the stimulus package), potential awardees must first jump through several red […]
January 11, 2010
AEMP to the rescue
If you were thinking you might want to apply for some of the $300 million the EPA is making available for diesel equipment emissions retrofits but didn’t know where to start, the Association of Equipment Management Professionals has stepped up to help. The EPA set a tight deadline for applications (April 28) and created a […]
January 11, 2010
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Smoke-free smackdown — California style
The California Air Resources Board has taken on United Rentals, fining the U.S.-based rental equipment supplier for $166,800 of diesel emissions violations that ARB says occurred in numerous districts during 2007 and 2008. ARB says its investigators perform regular inspections as part of the Periodic Smoke Inspection Fleet Program, or PSIP, which ARB created in […]
January 11, 2010
Business
United Rentals fires back at CARB
Yesterday, we reported on the California Air Resources Board issuing United Rentals a $166,800 fine for violating a law that requires annual smoke tests for diesel fleets and, in conjunction with ARB’s roadside smoke inspection program, ensures all machines are properly maintained, tamper-free and free from excessive smoke emissions.  Raymond J. Alletto, United Rentals’ vice […]
January 11, 2010
Business
AGC chapters awarded clean diesel grants
Those who got down to business earlier this year filing for federal grants to help waylay the costs of outfitting construction fleets with the latest emissions technology are now being rewarded. The Associated General Contractors of America’s Kentucky and western-Pennsylvania chapters received nearly $3 million in grants from the EPA’s National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program, […]
January 11, 2010
Equipment
Calling all California contractors
The California Air Resources Board plans to host two events related to the In-Use Off-Road Diesel Vehicle Regulation, which requires fleets with 25-horsepower engines or greater to meet fleet average targets for specific emissions, or retrofit or repower a percentage of the fleets’ horsepower per year.  On Friday, December 19, 2008, a workshop will […]
January 11, 2010
Equipment
Considering a net-zero gas tax
One thing I hate to see conservatives do is to agitate against gas taxes. As taxes go it’s a fair one. Almost all the money goes to highway construction and maintenance, it’s the lowest gas tax in the civilized world, and it hasn’t been adjusted for inflation in more than a decade. Yet John McCain […]
January 11, 2010
Equipment
EPA revisiting California emissions rules
In a rare moment of restraint, the Federal Environmental Protection Agency in March of 2008 denied California the right to set its own separate motor vehicle emissions rules. That denial may be in danger of crumbling now that the EPA is reconsidering. Shortly after taking office President Barrack Obama requested that the EPA revisit the […]
January 11, 2010
Equipment
Oregon wants to ban aftermarket car parts
Give regulators an inch and they take a mile. This is what Oregon’s governor is proposing: “Restrictions and prohibitions on the sale and distribution of after-market motor vehicle parts, including but not limited to tires, if alternatives are available that decrease greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles;” This from a state that’s already $1.2 billion […]
January 11, 2010
Safety
California budget deal eases off-road emissions rules
The story from the Los Angeles Times is short on specifics, but long on weeping and wailing from the greens. This quote is so over the top that it’s almost satire: “There are people who will die because of this delay,” said Mary D. Nichols, chairman of the state Air Resources Board. “It is sad […]
January 11, 2010
Equipment
Volvo announces surcharge for 2010 trucks
Technology often comes at an additional cost.  Volvo Trucks North America’s 2010 emissions-compliant trucks will include a $9,600 surcharge. The company says the extra cost reflects the price of technology required for meeting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s strict emissions standards, scheduled to take effect January 1, 2010.   “Our emissions reduction technology for 2010 will bring […]
January 11, 2010
Equipment
CARB proposes low-carbon fuel standard
To help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the California Air Resources Board wants to set a low carbon standard for fuels that would force users away from hydro-carbons and towards electricity, ethanol, hydrogen, natural gas and biofuels.
January 11, 2010
Equipment
EPA to declare carbon dioxide a dangerous pollutant
This little noticed news (the EPA put out their press release Friday, guaranteeing minimal coverage) reminds me of a joke. Two guys are sitting at a bar. First guy says, “Mind if I smoke?” Second guy says, “not at all.” First guy says, “thanks.” Second guy says, “but please don’t exhale.” Granted we pump out a lot […]
January 11, 2010
Equipment
City or suburb: which has the biggest carbon footprint?
Surprisingly, this study shows urban apartments use more energy–up to 70 percent more–than comparable residences in the suburbs. This swats down the arguement favored by environmentalistfashionistas who want to round us all up and squeeze us into trendy, loft apartments. And this study doesn’t take into account all that carbon dioxide being sequestered by suburban lawns, shrubs and […]
January 11, 2010
Business
EPA declares carbon dioxide a danger
We knew this was coming. Now the only debate is whether the EPA will get authority to write the regulations governing the amount of carbon dioxide any business, equipment or vehicle can emit, or whether congress will write it’s own cap-and-trade style regulations. Congress has authority to take the lead. Either way you can bet […]
January 11, 2010
Equipment
Natural gas: the fuel of the future
If you care about energy, energy independence, global warming, or the U.S. trade deficit, there is a must-read article on natural gas today in the Wall Street Journal. At Equipment World, we’ve been researching and writing about alternative fuels for a couple of years now, and as hard as I’ve looked for the bad news […]
January 10, 2010
Equipment
Doubts cast on EPA’s role in regulating carbon dioxide
The EPA’s big power grab, setting itself up to regulate carbon dioxide as a threat to human health, may be in trouble. According to a memo from the Office of Management and Budget, the premise that CO2 is a toxic substance rests on “dubious assumptions and could have negative economic effects.” When pressed for an […]
January 10, 2010
Equipment
Emissions: trains worse than planes
Researchers at the University of California Berkeley have deduced that when it comes to emissions of greenhouse gasses and consumption of fossil fuels, you’re doing the planet a favor if you take a plane rather than a train. This robs the current administration of an environmental justification for its plans to launch for a national network of […]
January 10, 2010
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