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Changes Coming Thick and Fast from “Activist” EPA
Is the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) close to creating, by coincidence, a perfect regulatory storm that could affect highway and bridge work across the country?
The agency is working on new standards and ... Read More...
Gentlemen, start your (cleaner, higher MPG) engines
Heavy trucks -- including vocational trucks, mostly in our case dumps -- future fuel mileage and emissions are coming under Washington's control.
Proposed federal standards for greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy for heavy-duty trucks announced Oct. 25 would ... Read More...
Bridgestone Bandag announces price hike
Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions says it will increase prices six percent on its Bridgestone brand radial truck and bus tires, effective today. The company cited hikes in energy, fuel and raw material costs as the reasons for the increase.
New EPA guidance on retrofits
EPA's Clean Diesel Campaign has issued new technical bulletins to for those considering using diesel oxidation catalysts or diesel particulate filters to retrofit their equipment, reports the Associated General Contractors of America's Environmental Observer. In addition to a list of EPA-approved verified construction ... Read More...
Setting the record straight
A message from Gary Fore, vice president for Environment, Health, and Safety of the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA):
The lead story in the May 7 edition of Better Roads’ eRoadPro included a misleading headline, which we see has since been corrected ... Read More...
Volvo launches Operator Safety Vest campaign
Volvo Construction Equipment launched Operator Safety Vest -- its latest safety campaign -- in a bid to reduce worksite injuries at this year's Bauma.
The conference is currently going on in Munich, Germany.
Through the campaign, the company issue thousands of Volvo-branded ... Read More...
Cat’s Q1 report increases its 2010 sales, profit outlook
Caterpillar Inc. today reported a first-quarter profit of $0.36 per share, up $0.55 per share from a loss of $0.19 per share in the first quarter of 2009. Excluding a tax charge of $90 million related to the recently signed ... Read More...
Huss introduces onsite Certified Installer Training Program
Palm Desert, Calif.-based Huss, a developer of exhaust aftertreatment solutions, has introduced a new onsite Certified Installer Training Program.
This two day course, at the Palm Desert location, provides technicians the essential knowledge they must have in order to install and ... Read More...
Cummins launches Tier 4 Website
At Bauma 2010, Cummins Inc. announced the launch of its Tier 4 Website to provide equipment users with an early insight into the performance and operation of field test installations ahead of the January 2011 effect date for EPA Tier ... Read More...
Feature Article
Taking a breather
California contractors challenge off-road diesel regulations as CARB blinks.
By Mike Anderson
Do we have a taste of things to come here?
Like the well-intentioned conductor who stands before the orchestra, starts flailing his arms with devout certainty, and then stops ... Read More...
EPA final rule: New national air quality standard for NO2
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a new national air quality standard for nitrogen dioxide (NO2).
Click here for the final rule on primary national ambient air quality standard.
“This new one-hour standard is designed to protect the air we breathe ... Read More...
Applications and Innovations: Take the LEED with Sustainable Landscaping
Green building is in, and that includes roads and streetscapes.
But unlike building construction, which has the U.S. Building Council’s LEED rating system, the nation’s highway system doesn’t have a green rating system of its own.
Highways, roads, and infrastructure projects are ... Read More...
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