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Tag Archives: lobbying

NGVAmerica Applauds Obama for Urging More Use of Natural gas in Transportation

January 30, 2012 – 2:58 pm | Source: NGVAmerica | USA, Washington

NGVAmerica, the trade association that represents the U.S. natural gas vehicle industry, hailed President Obama’s call for using more natural gas in the transportation sector. The President made this call last week at a United Parcel Service (UPS) facility in Las Vegas when he discussed his clean energy blueprint, first announced during the State of [...]

Categories Natural Gas Vehicles (NGV), Policy, Vehicles & Fuels | Comments (0)

Benefits of HD NGVs Understated in New US Rules

August 11, 2011 – 1:30 pm | Source: NGVAmerica | USA, Washington

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Transportation has released a 958-page document that includes new regulations that will reduce emissions and increase the fuel economy for medium and heavy-duty trucks. But NGVAmerica, a national organization dedicated to the development of a growing, sustainable and profitable market for vehicles powered by natural gas [...]

Categories Policy | Also tagged: HD Vehicles, NGVAmerica | Comments Off

CNGVA President Appointed to Canada’s National Advisory Council

August 1, 2011 – 4:12 pm | | Canada

Alicia Milner, president of the Canadian Natural Gas Vehicle Alliance (CNGVA), was recently appointed to serve on Canada’s National Advisory Council on Energy Efficiency (NACEE). NACEE is composed of representatives from government, academia, and the private sector. Milner says the move signals the federal government’s growing interest and engagement with respect to natural gas as a [...]

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NGV Promotion the Collective Goal of ANGA and AGA

May 6, 2011 – 11:12 pm | | USA, Washington DC

More than 50 producers and distributors of natural gas from America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA) and the American Gas Association (AGA) are working collaboratively to advance the development and utilization of natural gas vehicles and fueling infrastructure in the North American marketplace. Print PDF

Categories Market Developments, Natural Gas Vehicles (NGV), Vehicles & Fuels | Also tagged: fueling stations | Comments Off

NGVAmerica Testifies on Natural Gas Fuel Benefits for USA

May 6, 2011 – 12:22 am | Source: NGVAmerica | USA, Washington DC

Given “proper government policies”, natural gas fuel for vehicles could reduce imports “the equivalent of about 10 billion gallons of gasoline within 15 years”, says Rich Kolodziej, NGVAmerica president. Testifying before the U.S. House Energy and Power Subcommittee this week in a hearing entitled The American Energy Initiative: Challenges and Opportunities for Alternative Transportation Fuels [...]

Categories Fleets, Infrastructure, Market Developments, Natural Gas Vehicles (NGV), Policy, Vehicles & Fuels | Also tagged: Fleets, fueling stations, HD Vehicles, NGVAmerica | Comments Off

Colombian NGV Industry Calls on Government to Provide Fair Market Conditions

April 17, 2011 – 3:15 am | Source: el universal | Colombia

The Federal Government of Colombia has declared its intention to continue to promote the uptake of compressed natural gas (CNG) and has announced measures to facilitate that process, reports el universal. Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy, Tomás González said, “Where it is economically sensible to use CNG, it will be used. It’s important to [...]

Categories Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Fleets, Market Developments, Policy, Vehicles & Fuels | Also tagged: Compressed Natural Gas, Fleets | Comments Off

NGV Advocates Take Capitol Hill

April 14, 2011 – 3:36 pm | | USA, Washington DC

Washington’s Capitol Hill, home to the Library of Congress, the Supreme Court, and the House and Senate Office buildings, became the venue for a gathering of natural gas vehicle advocates this week intent on emphasising the urgency for passing the newly introduced H.R. 1380, the “New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions” (NAT GAS) Act [...]

Categories Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Natural Gas Vehicles (NGV), Policy, Vehicles & Fuels | Also tagged: Compressed Natural Gas | Comments Off

Stronger Support Required to Implement NGV Solution in Czech and Region

March 2, 2011 – 1:37 pm | | Czech Republic

The Czech Gas Association held its 4th Prospects for the Development and Use of CNG in Transport international conference in Prague in February. The discussion highlighted the need for much stronger support for CNG in transport, mainly on the part of governments and regions, and much more intensive media support in CNG promotion and popularisation. [...]

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Natural Gas Ignored in EPA-DOT Proposals – NGVAmerica

October 27, 2010 – 6:20 pm | | USA, Washington DC

January 3, 2011 set as the deadline for comments Domestically produced natural gas, which already fuels fleets across the country, has been left out of the government’s proposed rule to reduce emissions and improve fuel efficiency in medium and heavy duty vehicles, in spite of the fact that natural gas is the cleanest burning alternative [...]

Categories Market Developments, Natural Gas Vehicles (NGV), Policy, Vehicles & Fuels | Also tagged: HD Vehicles, local government | Comments Off

NGVAmerica Amongst Joint Voices Urging Obama to Develop US Clean Energy Plan

July 1, 2010 – 3:36 pm | | USA

Last week U.S. President Obama addressed the nation on the oil catastrophe resulting from the April 20 explosion of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. NGVAmerica, joining 13 other national, regional and local organizations, took the opportunity to urge the President and the country to develop a comprehensive clean energy [...]

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Japan Encourages NGV Trucks

June 30, 2010 – 1:51 am | Source: The Electric Daily News | Japan, Tokyo

Japan’s gas industry, encouraged by the huge uptake of natural gas for municipal buses in nearby Republic of Korea, has apparently adopted a policy to support natural gas vehicle transportation in its own country, advocating for high-efficiency trucks and reduced costs for fueling stations, reports the Electric Daily News. Long-distance truck transport and other freight [...]

Categories Fleets, Market Developments, Policy | Also tagged: Compressed Natural Gas, Fleets, HD Vehicles | Comments Off

NGVAmerica Highlights Importance of Aftermarket Conversions at EPA Hearing

June 25, 2010 – 1:35 pm | | USA

Last month, the US EPA issued a long-awaited proposed rulemaking for aftermarket conversion systems, for which a public hearing (23 June) has now taken place. At the hearing, NGVAmerica told the agency that its proposal to streamline the process for certifying natural gas vehicle aftermarket conversions is one of the most important steps government can [...]

Categories Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Policy | Also tagged: certification, CNG conversion | Comments Off

US Mayor Conference Backs NAT GAS Act

June 18, 2010 – 1:02 am | | USA, Oklahoma

At its 78th Annual Meeting, the US Conference of Mayors, for mayors of cities with populations greater than 30,000 people, lent its weight to adoption of the NAT Gas Act (New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2009) and other natural gas vehicle incentives. The NAT GAS Bill was introduced to the US [...]

Categories Natural Gas Vehicles (NGV), Policy | Also tagged: conference, Incentive | Comments Off

EPA Proposes Streamlining Rules for Aftermarket Conversion Systems

May 12, 2010 – 5:34 pm | | USA

Last week, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a long-awaited proposed rulemaking for aftermarket conversion systems, currently governed by regulatory criteria that requires costly applications for certificates of conformity. According to the Proposed Rule, “The proposed revisions would create additional compliance options beyond certification that would protect manufacturers of clean alternative fuel conversion systems [...]

Categories Market Developments, Natural Gas Vehicles (NGV), Policy, Vehicles & Fuels | Also tagged: CNG conversion, Compressed Natural Gas, local government | Comments (1)

European Commission Issues Automotive Strategy Statement

May 7, 2010 – 9:48 am | | Europe

The European Commission (EC) has issued a communication, ref. COM(2010)186 final, to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee entitled A European strategy on clean and energy efficient vehicles. During the press conference to present  the Communication, Antonio Tajani, EC Vice-President and Commissioner in charge of Industry and Entrepreneurship, reportedly [...]

Categories Market Developments, Natural Gas Vehicles (NGV), Policy, Vehicles & Fuels | Also tagged: Alternative Fuels, biogas, Biomethane, emissions, NGVA Europe | Comments Off
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