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IDLEAIRE/TRUCK STOPS TO SLASH DIESEL IDLING EMISSIONS.

Publication: Industrial Environment
Publication Date: 01-JUN-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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IdleAire Technologies Corporation, Knoxville, Tenn., and members of NATSO, the trade association representing truck stops and travel plazas, have partnered to eliminate nearly 72 million pounds of emissions from idling diesel trucks and save over 3 million gallons of diesel fuel thus far in a...

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...2007, according to numbers IdleAire has released.

Carbon dioxide, recognized greenhouse gas, accounted for 70 million pounds of that figure, and nitrogen oxide, a precursor of ozone, accounted for nearly 1 million pounds. A variety of other components, including particulate matter, volatile organic compounds and carbon monoxide comprise the remainder of the eliminated emissions.

So far, 30 states are benefiting from the improved air quality because...

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