The SmartWay Transport Partnership provides logistics companies with ways to reduce the environmental impact of their freight operations and address costs. Designed with and for the freight sector, the SmartWay Transport Partnership delivers solutions to marketplace needs and challenges. With access to the latest in EPA-tested technologies and peer-provided success stories, carriers that join the SmartWay Transport Partnership can gain a better understanding of their environmental footprint and assert their corporate leadership. Additionally, SmartWay Partners are associated with an...

The hopeful re-emergence of auto communities is fueled by hard work at the local level, and also due to a dedicated effort by the White House, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA), the Department of the Treasury (Treasury), the Department of Labor, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and other federal agencies. Auto community revitalization also is being driven by state governments, and by other partners, including the Revitalizing Auto Communities Environmental Response (RACER) Trust, the Manufacturing...

The findings set forth in this report confirm that stakeholder support plays a critical role in the successful adoption and implementation of stormwater funding mechanisms. In order to build stakeholder support and successfully adopt a stormwater funding mechanism, public outreach strategies and focused stakeholder engagement are critical. The specific factors that municipal decision-makers must take into account-such as citizen or business opposition, the policy environment (e.g., enabling legislation), anti- tax sentiments, chronic flooding, and other issues-will differ from town to town....