EPA Issues Waiver to Avert Potential Summer Fuel Shortage
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a waiver intended to avert a potential fuel shortage this summer by providing additional flexibility to the marketplace to transition from winter-grade to summer-grade blends.
March 30, 2020Biofuel Plants Are Shutting Down and Some May Never Come Back
The coronavirus and cheap oil are hitting the fuel business so hard that ethanol plants are shutting down. Some may never come back.
March 28, 2020Trump Invokes Production Law, Ordering GM to Build Ventilators
President Donald Trump on March 27 ordered General Motors Co. to make ventilators for coronavirus patients, invoking a federal law that gives him vast powers over industry in crises and acting as the company is within weeks of starting production on the equipment.
March 27, 2020Truckers Who Visited New York City Don’t Have to Self-Quarantine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued guidance specifically for transportation and delivery workers operating in New York City.
March 27, 2020Trump Signs $2.2 Trillion Stimulus After Swift Congressional Votes
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an unprecedented $2.2 trillion economic rescue package into law March 27, after swift and near-unanimous action by Congress that will support businesses, rush resources to overburdened health care providers and help struggling families during the deepening coronavirus epidemic.
March 27, 2020EPA Temporarily Suspends Enforcement of Environmental Rules
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced it is temporarily suspending enforcement of its environmental rules, saying it will “generally not seek stipulated or other penalties for noncompliance” during the COVID-19 outbreak.
March 27, 2020Trucking Stakeholders Offer Suggestions to FMCSA for Large-Truck Crash Study
Trucking industry trade groups and other stakeholders have made a variety of suggestions to federal trucking regulators about how they should design and conduct a new major study to identify factors contributing to reportable large-truck crashes.
March 27, 2020California Agency Approves $2.6 Billion for Multimodal Improvements
The California Transportation Commission recently approved $2.6 billion in funding for multimodal improvement projects.
March 27, 2020Toyota Shifts Factories to Face Shields, Will Help Device Makers
Toyota Motor Corp.’s idled manufacturing facilities in the U.S. will make much-needed face shields and masks, and the Japanese automaker is closing in on deals with medical-device makers to help them boost production.
March 27, 2020Senate Confirms Katherine Lemos to Head Chemical Safety Board
The Senate on March 23 confirmed Katherine Lemos to become chairwoman of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.
March 27, 2020