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Roadbuilding
The Greening of the Fleet: EPA regulations reduce emissions by more than 95 percent (INFOGRAPHIC)
In honor of Earth Day, our sister site, Equipment World, created an infographic about the effectiveness of EPA regulation since 1996. Click the image above to see the full infographic.
April 22, 2013
Equipment
Greening of the Fleet: Emissions from heavy trucks, off-road equipment down 95% (INFOGRAPHIC)
April 22, 2013
Roadbuilding
EPA ignites frustration in oil industry with Tier 3 rulemaking
On Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continued with its Tier 3 rulemaking. The decision imposes new vehicle emissions and fuel standards, requiring reductions in sulfur levels in gasoline to an average of 10 parts per million–70 percent less than today’s levels. The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) questions whether the new standard will […]
April 1, 2013
Gear
Ram 1500 will be first modern half-ton pickup with diesel
Finally, a carmaker steps up to the plate and hits the home run we’ve all been waiting for. Chrysler announced this morning that its ½-ton Ram 1500 pickup trucks will offer a diesel engine option in the third quarter of this year. Previously no auto manufacturer had put a diesel in anything smaller than a […]
February 14, 2013
Pickups
Editor's Note
Is removing smog control items for more power and better fuel economy worth the risk?
February 1, 2013
Equipment
EPA brings millions in fines to makers of DPF Delete kits for pickups
A couple weeks back our sister publication Pro Pickup reported on the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to begin going after manufacturers and users of DPF Delete kits for pickups. The kits have become popular recently among those drivers who want more performance from their emissions-restricted engines. Now, Pro Pickup editor Bruce Smith is reporting that […]
January 24, 2013
Equipment
Maine considers ban on E15 gasoline
The state of Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection is at work on a bill that would ban gasoline blends with more than 10 percent ethanol, according to the Bangor Daily News. The bill has not yet be written and would only be pursued if two other New England states go along with the notion. While […]
January 17, 2013
Equipment
EPA takes action against DPF-delete kits for pickups
DPF-delete kits have become popular for diesel truck owners who want to boost performance on emissions restricted engines – but no more. The phenomenon of circumventing the EPA’s mandated pollution-control systems through DPF-deletes began about six years ago, according to our sister publication Pro Pickup’s special report. But using those computer programs and exhaust system […]
January 11, 2013
Pickups
SPECIAL REPORT: DPF DELETES
EPA brings heat to aftermarket manufacturers of pollution-control defeat devices, programmers and software; products pulled from the market
January 10, 2013
Equipment
Brower and Gore: Environmentalists then and now
One of the pleasures of going home for the holidays is sometimes finding the books I  left behind in college and getting to reread them. This year I stumbled upon a 1977 copy of John McPhee’s Encounters with the Archdruid. The book concerns three trips McPhee took with the “Archdruid,” David Brower, the controversial executive […]
January 9, 2013
Equipment
EPA Administrator resigns
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced recently that she is stepping down, the Associated Press reports. Jackson, 50, served in the EPA’s top role for four years where she faced what EPA chiefs have said is the strongest opposition they had ever seen. Jackson did not give a reason for her departure and President Barack Obama […]
December 31, 2012
Equipment
Global warming: the ultimate conspiracy theory?
If I were to ever concoct the perfect conspiracy theory it would involve something nobody could control (like the weather), be blamed on something people hate (too many cars) and be prophesied by a group of group of mysterious priests whom everybody respects, but nobody understands (scientists). Dang it, global warming theorists beat me to […]
December 26, 2012
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