The Green Elephant

Big Truck Country

Any Environmental Problems with all those Cowboy Cadillacs?

Why Pickup Truck Drivers Are Paying $5,000 to Pollute MoreRolling coal is a way of saying, You tree huggers are idiots, says a sociologist.

Focus on pickup trucks, not Priuses, to reduce gasoline use, emissionsLarger trucks and SUVs with powerful, high-displacement engines are the low-hanging fruit for any policymaker seeking the most efficient path to reducing gasoline use and the associated emissions, according to an issue brief by an expert in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.

SUVs and Trucks Nullify Car Efficiency Gains

The World Is Embracing S.U.V.s. That’s Bad News for the Climate.For the first time last year, S.U.V.s made up more than one in three cars sold globally as drivers in China, Australia and Europe ditched sedans.

Are Pickup Trucks Really That Bad for the Environment? | MotorBiscuitPickup trucks are now touted as family cars. But is there a negative side to bigger vehicles ruling the roadways?

Drivers of pickup trucks and SUVs must pay for their pollutionIt’s time for people to start internalizing the cost of the vehicle they’re driving, finance professor Amir Barnea writes.

SUVs are way worse for the planet than anyone previously thoughtSales of hefty and heavily-polluting SUVs have doubled in the last decade – outweighing the progress made from electric vehicles. Can cleaner SUVs offer a way out?

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