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Policy Insider | 11/17/20

What do the commercial trucks of the future look like in 2040? Does diesel have a sell by date?

Rather than having a “sell by“ date, diesel will remain as the dominant technology moving the nation’s freight for decades to come.

Policy Insider | 11/10/20

What Will A Biden Win Mean for Transportation and Energy Policy?

Using energy more wisely, diversifying energy sources & fuels will be essential parts of any plan successful in tackling challenges from a changing climate.

Policy Insider | 10/13/20

Beyond Pumpkins: It’s Harvest Time

Role of diesel technology planting, harvesting & transporting foodstuffs from the fields to grocery store shelves helps feed a growing world.

Policy Insider | 10/05/20

Choose Purple: If Diesel were a candidate, would it be Republican or Democrat?

Diesel reaches across the aisle - to be both economically powerful technology to get job done today while advancing clean air & GHG reduction benefits needed to be sustainable technology for tomorrow.

Policy Insider | 09/11/20

Are You Ready? – Proven Technologies Key for Emergency Preparedness

First responders, emergency planners & elected officials have full array of capabilities to prepare for, prevent & respond to disasters and diesel technology plays a leading role.

Policy Insider | 09/01/20

Uncertainty for Back to School Abounds, But School Buses Are Ready

Districts are ready with latest generation of advanced technology diesel school buses with recent funding from EPA’s school bus rebate program & VW Environmental Mitigation Trust.

Policy Insider | 08/17/20

North Carolina’s $92M VW Settlement Spending Plan Delivers More Clean Air for the Dollar While Leading the Nation in Plan Performance and Benefits Analysis

NC should be standard for transparency in detailed, accurate accounting + “all technology on deck” eligibility approach for 1st round of VW Trust spending.

Policy Insider | 08/11/20

Fuels that Work: Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel and Biodiesel Power the U.S. Economy

Unlike gasoline, diesel fuel, vehicles & equipment is platform of work. About 1 out of every 2 economic sectors rely on diesel. Diesel engines, old and new, are capable of operating on biofuels delivering sustainability at low cost.

Policy Insider | 07/06/20

A Little Diesel Program with Big Clean Air Benefits

DERA is delivering big on the clean air promise for many communities and Congress should consider boosting funding for the program.

Policy Insider | 06/22/20

Smooth Operator: A Few Simple Changes to Eliminate 30 Million Tons of Emissions

A more efficient diesel truck driven efficiently will help reduce fuel consumption, improve air quality & reduce GHG emissions to help cool a warming planet.

Policy Insider | 06/10/20

DTF's Comments to the California PUC Regarding Legislation on Emergency Backup Power

California PUC has proposed a proven & reasonable option to incorporate diesel generators into microgrids established to operate during grid outages.

Policy Insider | 06/09/20

Four Keys to the Future for Diesel: HYBRIDS

Hybridization is just one way that diesel engines will play key role to save fuel & lower GHG and other emissions across all applications.

Policy Insider | 06/03/20

Our Statement to Senate Commerce Committee Hearing: The State of Transportation and Critical Infrastructure: Examining the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Policies that encourage the replacement of older heavy-duty vehicles and equipment with new cleaner models provide needed economic stimulus

Policy Insider | 06/03/20

Diesel at the Ready for Start of a Busy Hurricane Season

Diesel power is ready to play a central role in hurricane preparedness, response and recovery, keeping everyone safe.

Policy Insider | 05/18/20

Recovery and New Auto Buyers Coming Back… for Pickup Trucks

As of the end of April, more pickups and light trucks were sold than sedans for the first time in decades.

Policy Insider | 05/15/20

Diesel Pickup Sales Help Drivers Save Fuel and Reduce Emissions for Everyone

As more Americans look to pickup trucks and SUVs, diesel options can deliver the efficiency and performance consumers want.

Policy Insider | 05/12/20

What Does COVID-19 Economic Recovery Look Like? Can it Be Green?

Well-crafted green recovery brings together near term + longer term considerations with realistic assessment of what is possible vs. what is aspirational.

Policy Insider | 04/20/20

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Diesel Technology in the Circular Economy

Diesel industry & products developed by leading manufacturers, are vital to protect our health, planet & sustain economic prosperity.

Policy Insider | 04/20/20

Diesel Trucks Haven’t Stopped Rolling During the Pandemic, and Now the Air is Cleaner. What Gives?

Recent decline in measured fine particles (PM 2.5) is really a story about impacts of reduced consumer travel and gas consumption, not eliminating truck traffic.

Policy Insider | 04/14/20

Stepping Up to Help - Diesel Industry Leaders Innovate During COVID-19 Pandemic

Recognizing DTF members who are stepping up, using their manufacturing, technology, & philanthropy to do great things in their communities.

Policy Insider | 04/14/20

COVID-19 Stimulus Package Can Help Manufacturing and Clean Air

Congress likely to consider stimulus measures to keep economy moving in the longer term including federal infrastructure plan to boost recovery, address critical needs.

Policy Insider | 03/30/20

Thoughts on Delivering Essential Goods and Services During National Emergency

It’s that vast network, a support ecosystem that keeps the freight, the goods, the supplies moving, shelves stocked, hospitals replenished.

Policy Insider | 03/17/20

“Theory and Construction of a Rational Heat Motor”: AKA How Rudolph Diesel Changed the World

Imagine Diesel's wonderment seeing his hulking 10-ft tall cast iron single cylinder apparatus now transformed into today’s modern engines

Policy Insider | 03/17/20

Go Big or Go Home at #CONEXPOCONAGG

Manufacturers are still overwhelmingly committed to even more efficiency gains using the industry standard – the diesel engine.

Policy Insider | 03/02/20

There’s More to Falling Diesel Fuel Prices Than a Potential Pandemic

Diesel fuel prices are also trending down. Is it related to fears of a spreading COVID-19 epidemic?

Policy Insider | 01/28/20

2020 Diesel Outlook: Off and Running

With 2020, a new decade begins, and from this vantage point, a year where major developments are happening in the diesel fuels, engine and equipment sectors.

Policy Insider | 01/13/20

New Diesel Fuel Specs for Large Ships: So Far, So Good on Price, Supply and Clean Air Benefits

Business and financial analysts had predicted a near pandemic for global diesel fuel prices and even potential supply shortages.

Policy Insider | 12/03/19

From Black Friday Thru Cyber Monday, Diesel Delivers More Holiday Gifts with Fewer Emissions

The latest diesel technologies are delivering more holiday gifts with fewer emissions than ever before.

Policy Insider | 11/11/19

What Does Clean Diesel Have to do with Thanksgiving?

The latest generation of diesel technology helps realize our agricultural bounty with minimal impact to our environment.

Policy Insider | 10/15/19

Raising the Bar on Fuel Efficiency in America’s Most Popular Selling Vehicle

As more full-size pickups are sold in America and come with the diesel option, we can save quite a lot fuel and reduce emissions that benefit us all.

Policy Insider | 09/25/19

Manufacturing Progress: 1 Million Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines Are Good for the Environment and Economy

1+ million heavy-duty diesel engines rolled off U.S. assembly lines in 2018, up by 13% - good news for economic fundamentals, job security & the environment.

Policy Insider | 09/16/19

Beating Traffic Gridlock on the Water

Last year, 119 million Americans took a ride on a ferry boat. There’s a 95.4 percent chance that it was powered by diesel.

Policy Insider | 09/03/19

Are We Near the End of the ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) Age?

Today’s internal combustion engine powered by gasoline & diesel isn’t vanishing anytime real soon, despite its “demise” becoming a regular feature in popular media.

Policy Insider | 08/19/19

Wind Energy, Diesel Power Working Together to Build the Renewable Energy Future

All wind energy projects have one thing in common - high-powered diesel engines are essential at every step in the construction process.

Policy Insider | 08/12/19

What do a craft brewery, a medical center, a wastewater treatment plant and a city in New Jersey have in common?

Microgrids bring together the best of both worlds - renewable sources of prime power - combined with battery storage, and reliability from backup diesel generators.

Policy Insider | 07/01/19

Celebrating Energy Independence Day this July 4th

Expanding availability of clean diesel fuel is necessary condition to help reduce emissions globally & U.S. refiners are helping to make it happen.

Policy Insider | 06/11/19

The Cost of Going All Electric Might Be… More Dollars and Higher Emissions

Thanks to diesel’s low-cost relative to other options, more emissions can be reduced by replacing older buses with new advanced technology diesel-powered buses.

Policy Insider | 06/03/19

Booming Exports Depend on Diesel

Diesel technology is a very high value export intensive industry and one that relies on imports.

Policy Insider | 06/03/19

What Technology is at Work Today Protecting Lives and Property?

A ready and available technology deployed across the country in almost every community is primed to protect and rebuild.

Policy Insider | 05/20/19

Guess What Technology is Eliminating the Most CO2?

Diesel technology is running the scoreboard on eliminating GHG emissions and contributing to California's ambitious sustainability goals.

Policy Insider | 05/10/19

Build it Smart, Build It Efficiently... and Build it Clean

It will take the brawn and brains of clean diesel technology to build the next generation of infrastructure.

Policy Insider | 04/29/19

Policymakers Should Get Serious About Cash for Cleaner Air

The Clean Air Dialogue recently endorsed a roadmap for CA policy leaders to make more effective use of programs to achieve ambitious clean air & climate goals.

Policy Insider | 04/02/19

Tunnel Studies Offer New Vision for Real-World Emissions from Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles

Separate studies by CARB and the Health Effects Institute validate how the newest-generation diesel technologies deliver cleaner air

Policy Insider | 03/14/19

Honoring America’s Farmers: National Agriculture Day

National Ag Day works to help us value the essential role of agriculture in maintaining a strong economy as well as understand the role agri

Policy Insider | 03/07/19

Geneva v. Indy

The two automotive shows, 4,412 miles apart, couldn’t offer a different picture of the industry if they tried

Policy Insider | 02/25/19

A School Bus is Way More than Just a Way to Get Kids to School

School buses are often a necessary element in evacuation plans to make sure that residents without a private means of transportation can escape a natural disaster safely.

Policy Insider | 02/19/19

Low Hanging Fruit on the Climate Change Tree: Renewable Fuels in Gas and Diesel Engines

As more governors look to CA for leadership on climate change, they should look to what’s working…and it doesn’t have to do with electric cars, but with use of low-carbon renewable biofuels in internal combustion engines.

Policy Insider | 02/12/19

Delivering Agricultural Bounty and Air Quality Benefits by the Ton

CARB, with funding primarily provided through the GHG Reduction Fund, developed the FARMER program that helps farmers replace aging equipment with latest clean diesel models.

Policy Insider | 02/06/19

Finding the Best of Both Worlds: Energy Abundance & Clean Energy Transition

Diesel power is an integral part of both a clean energy future and is a technology that enables and benefits from the energy abundance that we enjoy today.

Policy Insider | 02/05/19

Fighting Climate Change Takes Something Big

The opportunity to do big things is ready to go. All we have to do is get these clean diesel technologies out working for the U.S. while eliminating GHG emissions.