DEVELOPING: EPA approves California rules phasing out diesel trucks. Eight other states plan to adopt California’s truck standards
The rule applies to a wide range of trucks including box trucks, semitrailers and even large passenger pick-ups.
“We’re leading the charge to get dirty trucks and buses – the most polluting vehicles – off our streets, and other states and countries are lining up to follow our lead,” the Democrat said in a statement. The new truck standards are aimed at companies that make trucks and those that own large quantities of them. Companies owning 50 or more trucks will have to report information to the state about how they use these trucks to ship goods and provide shuttle services. Manufacturers will have to sell a higher percentage of zero-emission vehicles starting in 2024. Depending on the class of truck, zero-emission ones will have to make up 40% to 75% of sales by 2035.
Andasan and other environmental activists from across the country who are a part of the Moving Forward Network, a 50-member group based at Occidental College in Los Angeles, met with EPA officials recently to discuss national regulations to limit emissions from trucks and other vehicles. “They will certainly feel the pain when these fanciful projections lead to catastrophic disruptions well beyond California’s borders,” he added.
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