SmartWay: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Avoided and Cost Savings
The SmartWay Transport Partnership is an innovative collaboration between EPA and the freight industry to increase energy efficiency while significantly reducing greenhouse gases and air pollution.
By 2012, this initiative aims to reduce between 33 - 66 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and up to 200,000 tons of nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions per year. At the same time, the initiative will result in fuel savings of up to 150 million barrels of oil annually. There are three primary components of the program: creating partnerships, reducing all unnecessary engine idling, and increasing the efficiency and use of rail and intermodal operations
Links to Relevant Program Sites:
To learn more about the SmartWay Transport Partnership, please visit
http://www.epa.gov/smartway
Linkages to Strategic Plan:
Links to Strategic Plan Objective 1.5 (Greenhouse Gas Emissions), available at
http://epa.gov/ocfo/plan/2006/goal_1.pdf
No significant new decisions were made this quarter.
SmartWay works with the transportation and freight sectors to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reduce costs.