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US EPA settles with three trucking companies over California diesel rule; $201K in penalties

Green Car Congress

In 2015, the US EPA announced the first Federal enforcement of the Truck and Bus Regulation. The company, headquartered in Omaha, Neb., Heavy-duty diesel trucks in California must meet 2010 engine emissions levels or use diesel particulate filters that can reduce the emissions of diesel particulates into the atmosphere by 85% or more.

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The EV Professor

Electric Auto Association

For the next 8 years, approximately 23 students per semester enrolled in Cox’s class, and when he established a similar course at the Omaha campus (UNO), the average was closer to 12. I knew a senator in the state legislature, Ken Haar, and in 2015 he agreed to sponsor a Tesla ride-and-drive at the capitol building,” he said. “I