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Article: U.S. Xpress Enterprises Earns a SmartWay Environmental Excellence Award.
- Article from:
- Journal of Transportation
- Article date:
- October 24, 2009
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U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc., one of the nation's largest truckload carriers, was honored on Tuesday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and its SmartWay(SM) Transport Partnership with a SmartWay Environmental Excellence Award. The award recognized the leadership displayed by U.S. Xpress in conserving energy, lowering greenhouse gas emissions and reducing the company's overall carbon footprint through a variety of progressive approaches.
U.S. Xpress went through a detailed application process to be considered for the award. Officials from the EPA evaluated the application, which included the company's strategies and results from implementing improved ...