While vehicle emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles and engines are not something new, the EPA has set its focus on the reduction of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter in order to improve overall fuel efficiency for engines. The near-divergent requirements, if enacted, will be both a difficult and costly obligation for manufacturers and fleets […]
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Even if you understand the basics of carbon offsets , it’s easy to get bogged down in the complexity, acronyms and jargon that conjure up images of Clark Griswold’s tangled ball of holiday lights (a timely nod to the cinematic masterpiece that is Christmas Vacation). Today, we’ll try to help unravel that complexity a bit by […]
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The International Maritime Organization rule, IMO 2020 established strict regulations on marine vessel sulfur emissions, there are really two common ways to comply with regulation. Either limit the sulfur content in the fuel being used or add scrubbing units to the exhaust system to capture the excess sulfur oxide being expelled from the vessel’s exhaust. […]
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The Oil Conservation Division (OCD) and its parent agency, the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD) began work on stricter regulations on gas emissions from extraction facilities last year as mandated by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham through an executive order. Grisham established the State’s Climate Change Task Force, made up of EMNRD and the […]
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Andrew Wheeler recently said that he anticipates the new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards rule to be finalized within the next month or two. The primary questions to answer at this point are, what does the rule seek to accomplish and how does this affect heavy-duty trucks?
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Earlier this week, California senator Nancy Skinner proposed a daring bill that targets air quality and limiting greenhouse gas emissions. The bill would oblige the California Air Resources Board to, “require a 40 percent reduction in diesel emissions by 2030 and an 80 percent reduction by 2050.” This is not the state’s first proposed bill […]
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This week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are set to announce a joint proposal dubbed the “Safer and Affordable Fuel Efficient Vehicles Rule.” This decision comes after months of “deliberative discussions” between the agencies “as is typical for any joint rulemaking, the agencies provided feedback to each other […]
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