Getting stakeholders to agree on a clean-air rule is no easy feat. So it may come as a surprise that the equipment industry is getting behind new federal greenhouse-gas targets for big trucks.
One reason for the lack of debate is economics. “The new, more-efficient trucks will run more cleanly, and their savings at the fuel pump will far outweigh the cost of the technology needed to create those savings,” says Luke Tonachel, a senior analyst at the Natural Resources Defense Council.