Brian Jean with David Bradley, CEO of the Canadian Trucking Alliance performing a white handkerchief test on the new enviroTruck with state-of-the-art diesel technology.

Hull, Quebec - Canada could be on the road to cleaner air and lower greenhouse gas emissions as a result of a major environmental initiative from the trucking industry.

The CTA’s enviroTruck program will ensure that the trucking industry is as clean and green as possible by tackling both air quality and climate change challenges through the cooperative effort of motor carriers, industry manufacturers, and government. The industry on its own is off to a great start.

A new generation of smog-free truck engines and ultra-low sulphur diesel fuel has recently hit the market. The exhaust from the smog-free trucks will actually be cleaner than the air in some major cities! Now the focus is on accelerating the penetration of these super-clean trucks into the Canadian fleet.

At the same time the industry is seeking to adopt proven new technologies to further improve fuel efficiency – and fuel efficiency is the chief weapon in the fight to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To learn more, please visit http://www.cantruck.com/envirotruck/index.html

The Canadian Trucking Alliance introduced the EnviroTrucks at a news conference in Hull, Quebec. Mr. Jean, who is Parliamentary Secretary to Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon, examined a still-white handkerchief that had been held over an exhaust stack for one minute. He admitted that exhaust from the new EnviroTrucks can be cleaner than the air some Canadians breathe.