Category Archives: Fleet Vehicles

It's not just about the trucks, but we can't do it without the trucks

By | Bio | Published: April 4, 2013

A great piece in the Wall Street Journal caught my eye last week.  The article highlighted the impressive productivity gains trucking fleets have made recently. These, in turn, have led to a reduction in average truck miles of two percent from 2006.  Two percent might not seem like much. But, by increasing the productivity of [...]

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Study Intends To Determine Methane Leakage Associated With A Growing Natural Gas Transportation Sector

By | Bio | Published: March 5, 2013

The use of natural gas to power our nation’s freight fleet vehicles is a hot topic in these days of rising diesel and falling natural gas prices. There are several reasons to be excited about this opportunity, including operating cost savings, use of a domestic fuel source, and the potential for a reduction in greenhouse [...]

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How Ocean Spray cut its shipping emissions 20 percent

By | Bio | Published: February 13, 2013

Corporations aren't paying enough attention to the massive global impact of their carbon emissions from transporting freight — yet there are simple steps they can take to reduce their shipping footprints. Last month, EDF released the first in a series of case studies intended to draw attention to the significant potential for emission improvements and [...]

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Helping ServiceMaster Serve the Environment

By | Bio | Published: January 4, 2012

By James Siegel, 2011 EDF Climate Corps Fellow at ServiceMaster, MIB Candidate at The Fletcher School, Tufts University ServiceMaster is a Memphis-based leading provider of home and business services focused on lawn care, pest control and cleaning. And it’s where I completed my EDF Climate Corps fellowship this year. As an EDF Climate Corps fellow, [...]

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Trucks continue to be VIP

By | Published: December 9, 2011

Earlier this year, I wrote a blog post discussing the Hybrid Voucher Incentive Program (HVIP) by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). The program, with a little over $11 million in funding, is still going strong into next year albeit with a few minor changes. Vouchers still range between $10,000-30,000 on a first-come, first serve [...]

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New Collaborative Efforts to Help Clean Up Port Pollution

By | Published: June 29, 2011

By: Elena Craft, Air Quality Specialist, Climate & Air Program, EDF Today’s press conference in Charleston, S.C., marked another successful milestone toward reducing trucking emissions and improving local health in and around our nation’s ports. Together with the Coalition for Responsible Transportation, Environmental Defense Fund and the Port of Charleston announced an agreement today to [...]

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Progressive, Cox and Frito Lay find savings at the pump

By | Bio | Published: June 6, 2011

As May turns to June, a nation of summer drivers rejoices in the recent slide of gas prices from  $3.98 per gallon at the beginning of May to $3.78 per gallon at the end of the month. Ok, maybe “rejoices” is a bit strong.  But there is a palpable sense of relief that the near daily [...]

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Work Trucks and Fuel Consumption: 2011

By | Bio | Published: March 10, 2011

The Work Truck Show – an annual must-attend event for the vocational truck market – is occurring this week in Indianapolis. I attend the first two days of the event and was able to participate in the Green Truck Summit hosted by CalStart and the NTEA. The major topic of the summit was the coming [...]

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Who knew trucks could get VIP? Voucher Incentive Program, that is

By | Published: February 28, 2011

Hopefully, you remember our blog post from last year about the Hybrid Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Program (HVIP) that California had begun. Now in its second year, California is committing an additional $19 million to the effort. Started under the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the program provides vouchers on a first-come, first-served basis [...]

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Can the fleet industry cut emission 20% over the next five years?

By | Bio | Published: February 8, 2011

Yes, in fact, it has before. According to the annual State of Green Business report released last week by the GreenBiz Group, the average fleet vehicle emitted 11.56 metric tons of greenhouse gases last year. This figure represents a nearly 5% drop over the 2009 level and an impressive 21% reduction from 2006 – the [...]

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