Three fleets hit with California emissions fines

Starbucks expands rewards program at grocery stores

Starbucks expands rewards program at grocery stores

The coffee chain's move to more than triple the number of products it sells under the rewards program comes following customer backlash after Starbucks overhauled an existing program last year. Companies have been tweaking their rewards programs in recent years to make them less-generous to consumers. Seattle-based Starbucks, which launched its rewards program in 2009, made changes to it last year, which irked some customers and caused a furor on social media.


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Truck platooning requires more than technology

LONG BEACH. Platooning technology could offer a major step forward in cutting truck emissions as well as bring significant improvements to highway safety, according to a panel of researchers at the Advanced Clean Technology (ACT) Expo. While the technology is essentially ready, the panel cautioned that achieving those gains faces both regulatory and operational hurdles before platooning can begin to prove its value in real-world fleet use.

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