(Natural News) A Supreme Court decision may force over 70,000 truck owner-operators in California to stop driving, creating another choke point in the already stressed West Coast logistics networks. The AB5 law restricts the use of independent contractors and will soon be enforced against the trucking industry after the court declined to hear their appeal. […]

(Natural News) In yesterday’s article and podcast, I warned that the US supply of diesel engine oil faced a near-total wipeout in the next 8 weeks due to a supply chain shortage of chemical additives used to make diesel engine oil. The so-called “base oils” are not reportedly in short supply, but the chemical additives […]

(Natural News) Auction prices for used trucks are falling as the freight market cools off. The rate at which prices are falling is occurring almost as rapidly as they rose to record-highs over the last year. The drop in used truck prices is leaving many owner-operators stuck with overpriced equipment that they purchased when prices […]

(Natural News) Western governments are quickly losing legitimacy by the day as they continue to crack down like fascists on legitimate protests against ongoing tyrannical policies involving COVID-19. That includes attempts to crush the Freedom Convoy protests in Canada, once thought of as a serene, calm, tolerant society until just a few weeks ago. After […]

(Natural News) The Canadians are not really trendsetters, but they appear to have started one in response to asinine, pointless COVID-19 vaccine mandates for the nation’s truck drivers. Last month, Canadian drivers frustrated with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cross-border mandate, foolish because vaccines don’t work but also because there is an ongoing supply chain crisis, […]

(Natural News) The California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) announced on Wednesday, November 17, that it will issue temporary permits that will allow trucks to carry heavier import loads. The state government hopes this change can help resolve the state’s port congestion crisis. However, experts believe it is unlikely to produce the intended reductions in the huge cargo container […]

(Natural News) The plummeting cost of batteries could mean that electric freight trucks may soon be cheaper than their diesel-powered equivalents to own and operate. This is according to a new report from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of California, Berkeley. Heavy-duty freight trucks are considered to be one of transportation’s hardest-to-decarbonize […]

(Natural News) Sales of electric vehicles (EV) will dramatically increase over the next two decades, according to a new report released on June 9. But that increase is not going to be 100 percent beneficial to the environment due to the way EV batteries are manufactured and charged The report, authored by research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF), analyzed […]

(Natural News) America’s failing infrastructure caused 47 train cars to derail and explode in Iowa over the weekend, once again highlighting the collapse of our nation under the Biden regime. Firefighters worked to extinguish the burning rubble, which piled up near the town of Sibley. Thick plumes of polluting black smoke were seen bellowing out […]

(Natural News) Electrifying medium- and heavy-duty trucks reduces pollution-related costs and dramatically improve environmental conditions in poor neighborhoods, according to Jennifer Helfrich, senior manager of state policy at nonprofit sustainability organization Ceres. During the Ceres 2021 virtual conference on Wednesday, March 24, Helfrich claimed that turning all of the United States’ medium- and heavy-duty trucks into zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) by […]