Newest Clean Energy LNG Fueling Station on Its America's Natural Gas Highway Fuels UPS Trucks and Links Los Angeles-Salt Lake City LNG Truck Fueling Corridor
President Barack Obama spoke on January 26, 2012, at the UPS Depot in Las Vegas, Nevada promoting natural gas-fueled trucking as part of his "Blueprint for an economy that's built to last", unveiled at his January 24 "State of the Union" address to Congress.
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| In his remarks, President Obama proposed several federal initiatives favoring the use of natural gas for transportation, including getting more natural gas vehicles on the road using federal fleets and helping local governments upgrade their fleets, offering new tax incentives to help companies buy more clean trucks, working with the private sector to help develop natural gas fueling stations between cities for more natural gas corridors along our highways, and launching a competition to encourage new breakthroughs for natural gas vehicles. |
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