25 Mar Oil Lobby Backs Carbon Fee as Substitute for Regulation The American Petroleum Institute board voted March 25 to endorse putting a tax or other price on carbon dioxide emissions, a shift for the oil industry that could influence the Biden administration’s plans for a governmentwide assault on global warming. Read more...
25 Mar More Trucking Companies Leverage Pay to Attract Drivers Trucking companies are continuing to boost compensation packages as the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing driver shortage intensify the challenges of keeping seats filled behind the wheel. Read more...
25 Mar Mack Announces Incentives Available for Electric Refuse Truck Mack Trucks announced the Mack LR Electric model, the OEM’s first fully electric refuse vehicle, is eligible for multiple incentive packages in the United States and Canada. Read more...
25 Mar Canada’s Carbon Tax Upheld by Top Court, Cementing Green Agenda Canada’s efforts to combat climate change scored a major victory after the country’s top court ruled that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national carbon tax is constitutional Read more...
25 Mar February Container Volume High at Most Ports Congestion at the nation’s ports will likely continue well into the year as February container numbers show a heavy volume of imports at the Pacific and Atlantic facilities. Read more...
25 Mar Coalition Asks Biden Administration to Reduce Truck Emissions by Fall 2022 A wide-ranging coalition of business, science and environmental groups is calling on the Biden administration to within the next 18 months set “multi-pollutant climate and clean air standards” that will eliminate particulate matter, oxides of nitrogen and greenhouse gas emissions from new freight trucks and buses. Read more...
25 Mar Waymo Provides Look Inside Self-Driving Truck Testing Autonomous vehicle developer Waymo offered a look inside the day-to-day testing of its self-driving trucks on public roads through a virtual ride-along event for members of the press. Read more...
25 Mar Government Revises Q4 GDP Up Slightly to 4.3% WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 4.3% in the final three months of 2020, slightly faster than previously estimated. Read more...
25 Mar Jobless Claims Fall to 684,000, Fewest Since Pandemic WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to 684,000, the fewest since the pandemic erupted a year ago and a sign that the economy is improving. Read more...
25 Mar Buttigieg Pitches Infrastructure Needs to Divided Congress WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is warning that the country’s infrastructure needs exceed $1 trillion and that other countries, namely China, are pulling ahead of the U.S. with their public works investments, a scenario he describes as “a threat to our collective future.” Read more...