Dive Brief:

• Anheuser-Busch is replacing the 66 diesel-powered vehicles it uses to deliver beer in the Houston area with new trucks powered by compressed natural gas (CNG).
• The new engines are expected to release 23% less greenhouse gas—helping Anheuser-Busch move closer to its goal of cutting total carbon emissions from logistics by 15% by the close of 2017.
• The company teamed with truck rental company Ryder to acquire the vehicles. The Houston fleet will continue to be managed by logistics and transportation services provider J.B. Hunt.

Dive Insight:

Anheuser-Busch isn't the first major player in the industry to move to natural gas. Kroger, for example, began shifting its fleet in the Pacific Northwest to LNG earlier this year. Nor will it be the last: It seems that every company is committed to reducing emissions. And that's worth applauding.

Also worth applauding is Texas' Natural Gas Vehicle Grant Program. Supports tied to that program led to a boom in the creation of CNG fueling stations in the Houston area. That makes it feasible, although not certain, that the switch to CNG will be good for the bottom line, not just the planet.