Whenever I pass a truck letting out a black cloud of pollution from its exhaust, and whenever I glance at the diesel fuel pump at a gas station, I wonder why I have to go threw so many changes to proof that my vehicle is not soil the air more than its share, when other vehicles are allowed to add ten times the caustic fumes and dirt than my car does...  More than unfair, its dangerous.  The Union of Concerned Scientists would like us to help pressure the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) to institute emissions regulations for medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks:

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) are currently accepting public comments on the first-ever national fuel economy and emissions regulations for medium- and heavy-duty trucks.

Trucks account for only four percent of all the vehicles on our nation's roads, but they use 20 percent of our fuel. The technology already exists to make these vehicles cleaner, and everyone benefits when we have more efficient trucks on the roads -- we get cleaner air and we can help break our dependence on oil.

Please send a message to the EPA and DOT. From holiday packages shipped to far away friends and family, to the abundance of goods that crisscross our country daily, we deserve a truck fleet that minimizes pollution and oil use."

To sign the petition asking the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation to institute emissions regulations for medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks, Click Here!