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The Truck and Bus Rule is considered by the Air Resources Board and other organizations such as the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Environmental Defense Fund as a win-win for the State of California: reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, reducing fuel use, providing fuel and operating cost-savings for truck owners, and reducing smog-forming pollution, in addition to providing human ...
New car sales are planned at 35% electric by 2026, 51% in 2028, 68% in 2030 and 100% in 2035. One Bee reader asked the Bee’s service journalism team: Can I buy a gas powered car in Nevada or ...
The American flag stands against the backdrop of a smoggy Los Angeles in 1972. The California Smog Check Program is an attempt to reduce smog in California. The California Smog Check Program requires vehicles that were manufactured in 1976 or later to participate in the biennial (every two years) smog check program in participating counties. [1]
They are 6 percent of California vehicles with 25 percent of the vehicle-related emissions. This move fits with other state clampdowns on internal combustion. California Will Not Allow Heavy-Duty ...
State regulators are facing backlash for a proposed regulation to phase out the sale of new diesel trucks by 2040. A future without diesel big rigs? California air board writing new clean-truck rules
The Clean Air Act of 1963 (CAA) was passed as an extension of the Air Pollution Control Act of 1955, encouraging the federal government via the United States Public Health Service under the then-Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) to encourage research and development towards reducing pollution and working with states to establish their own emission reduction programs.
During his first administration, Trump attempted to thwart various California climate efforts, including rules to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions from transportation sources. One of the rules California pulled after the EPA failed to approve it would have phased out the sale of new diesel-powered semi-trucks and buses by 2036. The Air ...
California air regulators on Friday voted to ban diesel truck sales by 2036.