Colorado recently became the third state to mandate human trafficking training for commercial truck drivers. Effective this summer, people seeking a new Class A commercial driver’s license (CDL) are required to complete a 30-minute course teaching them how to recognize and report the signs of human trafficking under a new law signed by Gov. John Hickenlooper.
04-20-2018 As the House Energy and Commerce Committee reviews the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for the first time in five years, Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) has tasked four Republican panel members to take the lead on RFS reform.
08-01-2013 U.S. Senators Michael Bennett (D-Colo.) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.) have introduced legislation that would require that liquefied natural gas (LNG) for transportation fuel be taxed based on energy output and not by the gallon equivalent.
06-17-2013 New bipartisan legislation in the U.S. Congress seeks to amend the Internal Revenue Code to change the way liquified natural gas is taxed, from a volume (gallon) to an energy content (diesel gallon equivalent) basis.
06-05-2013 Several state legislatures recently offered tax incentives aimed at boosting usage of cars and trucks that run on alternative fuels.
04-22-2013 Many truckstops in Colorado will soon be equipped with a video system.
06-11-2012 The Colorado Wyoming Petroleum Marketers Association (CWPMA) last week withdrew its bill HB-1136 “Prohibition on the Use of Public Land for Retail Sales” after Senate State Affairs Committee Chairman Rollie Heath said he would allow taxpayer dollars to be spent by government entities to compete against private companies.
05-07-2012 The Colorado General Assembly last week passed legislation that prohibits fuel sales on public land.
04-30-2012 Colorado Republican State Rep. Robert Ramirez and State Senator Ellen Roberts (R) have co-sponsored a bill in the Colorado General Assembly that would prohibit the state or any state agency from operating a truck stop, fueling station or convenience store on or near public land, including state highways, toll roads or any other infrastructure supported by state revenues.
01-30-2012