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A Washington trucking group and farm agency have given the state Department of Ecology a deadline to answer how it will comply with a new carbon price added to most fuel that should be exempt.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that up to $500 million in federal funds are available to boost supplies of American-made biofuel.

The Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association and four trucking company members are suing two commonwealth agencies over adoption of California's heavy-truck emission standards.

Iowa is helping some 1,600 people obtain their CDLs for driving trucks and school buses through in-house training or with third-party providers via $2.49 million in farm-based grants.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills has signed a two-year, $829 million highway budget law creating a reliable revenue stream to fund highway repairs using portions of state motor vehicle taxes.

Construction started on a project with Missouri to replace the aging Chain of Rocks Bridge over the Mississippi River on I-270 with twin bridges to help improve freight transportation.

Louisiana has a new law that enables the state to regulate fueling stations for charging electric vehicles.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and others said the Environmental Protection Agency's final rule establishing biofuel volumes in its Renewable Fuel Standard program fail to reflect reality.

Native Hawaiian women are enthusiastic about an innovative Oahu-based program starting soon to train them to become truck drivers with new, well-paying career opportunities.

U.S. canola producers are seeking to expand their output since the EPA recently OK’d the plant oil be included among acceptable biofuels in its green energy renewable fuel standard program.