Busch Cleaning Up 20 Percent Of Fleet In High Asthma Area

June 9, 2008

Email this story Print this post Add your comments

Anheuser-Busch will install pollution reducing equipment in 15 delivery trucks that will operate out of its Bronx, N.Y. location. Busch also has committed to using biodiesel for its Bronx fleet, and converting the trucks manufactured between 2002 and 2005, as well as 14 additional trucks, to burn natural gas, the EPA announced.

The move is part of a partnership the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority announced by the U.S. EPA.

“Pollution from diesel trucks has health implications for everyone, especially asthmatic children,” said the EPA’s Alan J. Steinberg. “In partnering with Anheuser-Busch, we are cutting diesel pollution in an area that has a high percentage of kids who suffer from asthma.”

A $150,000 grant, awarded by EPA on behalf of the Northeast Diesel Collaborative, will equip the 15 trucks, or twenty percent of Busch’s Bronx fleet, with diesel filters and closed crankcase filtration systems.

The diesel multi-stage filters will reduce particulate matter emissions by an estimated 70 to 80 percent. The closed crankcase filtration system eliminates 100 perecnt of crankcase emissions for medium-duty engines, the EPA says.

Email this story Print this post Add your comments

Advertisers

Enhance Sustainability. Improve Profitability.

Learn how at the SAP Sustainability Resource Center. >>

Unclear about the EPA's new GHG Rule?

Learn how it could affect your business. >>

EPA mandatory emissions reporting starts Jan 1st

CSA Standards can help your organization get ready for compliance. Find out how. >>

Survey Results: Product Environmental Compliance Best Practices

How to achieve compliance at a significantly lower cost. Download the full report. >>

Join the Discussion

Recent Daily News [ see all ]

11/20/2009
11/19/2009
11/18/2009

Charts [ see all ]

European Paper Industry Cuts CO2 Emissions by 42% since 1990

S. America Takes Most Urgent View of Copenhagen Talks

Nike Tops Annual Climate Action Scores

Oceans May Trap more Carbon than Forests

Jobs

View All Jobs >> Post a Job >>

Comments and Discussions

Trade Association on Trade Group on EPA Chemical Regs: ‘If Everything is a Priority, Then Nothing is a Priority’
"Seriously… that..."

Gary Markowitz on Supermarkets Tackle Emissions Reductions, Fuel Efficiency
"Supermarkets waste over 10 percent of their energy through improper..."

peter in ireland on Ontario May Follow California’s Lead on TV Energy Efficiency
"Governor Schwarzenegger is shooting himself in the foot! 1...."

Environmental Leader on S. America Takes Most Urgent View of Copenhagen Talks
"The survey respondents (the PDF report mentions 4,000 respondents in 38..."

Jake on UPS Trying New Hydraulic Hybrid Trucks
"A point of clarification: the Reuters press release referenced herein reports that 20 UPS will purchase..."

Custom Organic Shirts on S. America Takes Most Urgent View of Copenhagen Talks
"90% of North Americans believe it is urgent to get a global climate..."

peter dublin on California City’s Green Building Ordinance Applies to Commercial Buildings
"Why energy efficiebnt regulation on buildings –..."

Environmental Leader