EPA Launches SmartWay Transport Partnership

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), freight trucks and locomotives use 35 billion gallons (1.5x10 ¹¹ liters) of diesel fuel each year, emitting over 350 million metric tons of carbon dioxide. Facing a predicted 25% increase in these numbers by 2012, EPA launched a new program in February focused on making America’s freight industry more efficient and less polluting.
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