The government on Friday proposed new carbon-emissions standards for big trucks as part of President  Barack Obama’s broad climate-change agenda, a move many in the trucking industry cautiously support as a way to save money on fuel.

 

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department jointly announced draft standards for big vehicles ranging from garbage trucks to 18-wheelers, as well as from vans and buses to heavy-duty pickup trucks.

 

“In 2014, trucking spent nearly $150 billion on diesel fuel alone,” said  Glen Kedzie, a vice president of the American Trucking Associations. “So the potential for real cost savings and associated environmental benefits of this rule are there.”

 

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