The EPA plans to grant California a waiver that will allow the state to phase out diesel-powered trucks, helping communities burdened by truck pollution.
The Environmental Protection Agency intends to grant California “waivers” to enforce environmental rules that are significantly tougher than federal requirements and that state regulators have already approved, said these individuals, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the announcement was not yet public.
“This is a critical market signal,” said Matt Petersen, who heads the nonprofit Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator and leads ain Southern California. “Goods movement is a huge part of our economy here … yet it’s the single largest source of air pollution between the trucks and trains and ships,” he said. “Now we need to get the charging infrastructure in place, we need to get the trucks on the road, and we need to get the domestic supply chain in place.
Environmental activists disappointed with the EPA’s truck pollution rule, which the agency finalized late last year, have pressured the administration to come out with stricter standards when it proposes greenhouse gas limits for heavy-duty trucks. The EPA’s expected approval of California’s waivers does not mean the state has won its fight against polluting trucks. Some of the nation’s largest truck manufacturers
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