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GovernmentBusinessFuel

19 States Challenge California on Emissions Legal Activism

Alabama is leading a 19-state coalition suing California and four other states in the U.S. Supreme Court over state legal fights against energy companies.

June 5, 2024
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Correctional Program in Nebraska Celebrates First CDL Grads

Holding new CDLs, five men incarcerated in a work-release corrections center are the first such aspiring truck drivers in a program focused on their re-entry into society.

June 5, 2024
BusinessTechnologyFuel

Air Products Plans Calif. Hydrogen Truck Refueling Network

Industrial gas giant Air Products plans to build a network of commercial-scale, multimodal hydrogen refueling stations stretching from Northern California to Southern California.

June 5, 2024
BusinessSafety

Report: Cargo Thefts Remained Unusually High in First Quarter

Verisk Analytics’ CargoNet reported that criminal activities impacting the logistics and transportation industry increased 46% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2024. Document forgery, in particular, has emerged as a new type of crime in cargo thefts. Story via Connor D. Wolf.  

June 5, 2024
BusinessTechnologyFuel

Truck OEMs’ Battery Cell Group Hires Ford Exec Kearns as CEO

Kel Kearns is slated to be the CEO at the commercial vehicle battery cell manufacturing joint venture set up by Accelera by Cummins, Daimler Trucks & Buses U.S. Holding and Paccar Inc.

June 5, 2024
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

Senators Promote AI Education

Senior senators on the freight transportation committee are promoting artificial intelligence education to improve supply chain industries’ adoption of the technology.

June 5, 2024
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

ZF Appoints Ramiro Gutierrez as Head of North American Unit

Ramiro Gutierrez is to become the top executive in North America at component manufacturer ZF, the company said June 4.

June 5, 2024
BusinessLogisticsPrivate

Walmart Offers Workers Opportunities in Skilled Trade Jobs

NEW YORK — Walmart is offering new perks for its hourly U.S. workers, ranging from a new bonus plan to opportunities to move into skilled trade jobs within the company.

June 5, 2024
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuel

GOP Seeks Probe of Plug Power’s $1.7 Billion in US Backing

Sen. John Barrasso is asking a government watchdog to investigate nearly $1.7 billion in financing offered last month to hydrogen company Plug Power Inc.

June 5, 2024
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

New York Governor Delays Congestion Pricing

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has indefinitely postponed a plan to charge motorists driving into much of Manhattan, upending an initiative that was slated to kick in at the end of the month.

June 5, 2024

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