“While the urgency to act is real and unquestionable, CARB uses unreasonable, flawed assumptions to support a rule that will not result in emissions reductions,” says the Association of American Ra…
Rail industry trade groups filed a lawsuit against a California state agency for rules that call for zero-emissions locomotives to replace existing equipment — a technology the industry says isn’t ready.
Although the railroads are experimenting with locomotives powered by batteries and fuel cells, the technology hasn’t been tested enough and it’s not yet available for purchase, the rail groups said in a statement. Railroads have worked with the agency, known as CARB, on initiatives to reduce emissions, said Ian Jefferies, president of the AAR.
California’s strategy to fight climate change by weaning the state off fossil fuels has produced some of the world’s strictest environmental rules in recent years. Since 2020, the state has approved regulations that would ban the sale of new gas-powered cars, lawn equipment and trucks by the middle of the next decade.
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