The American Trucking Associations (ATA) recently created the Climate and Clean Energy Advisory Committee to take action on key environmental issues and help shape the organization’s policies.
Topics the committee will focus on include carbon pricing, fuels, and zero emission vehicle development that can significantly impact the trucking industry.
The committee will be tasked with seeking out data on zero emission vehicle fueling infrastructure and environmental justice, infrastructure resiliency, and research and development opportunities.
It also will advise ATA on its broad-based advocacy platform to make the organization a leader on these critical issues.
“The trucking industry has a strong, positive record on addressing climate change – from our broad support for programs like SmartWay to our backing of historic and first-ever greenhouse gas standards for new trucks – ATA has been a leader in making sure our industry is at the table and delivering results on these issues,” ATA President and CEO Chris Spear said. “Today, with even more attention being paid to issues impacting our climate and clean energy in Washington and in state capitals, we are creating an advisory committee to help guide our future direction and actions.”