Verdict on First US Fuel Economy and Emissions Program for Trucks: Success?
Last week, EPA released its first scorecard on how truck manufacturers are faring under these new standards. The simple answer is: quite well.
View ArticleIllinois Can Still Say “Knope” to Pawnee Gas Plant
The proposed methane gas plant makes it clear our fight against fossil fuel interests is not over.
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The Truck Industry’s Decades-long War on Stronger Pollution Controls
Any day now, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is slated to propose its first regulation on stronger criteria pollution controls for heavy-duty trucks in over 20 years. However, the agency is...
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EPA Recognizes Problem of Truck Pollution, But Hesitates on Solution
For the first time in more than 20 years, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving forward with stronger pollution standards for heavy-duty trucks. Though these trucks are just a small...
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We Can Electrify One in Three Heavy Duty Trucks by 2030: Here’s How.
The past few years have been ripe with exciting news of new electric vehicle models hitting the market. Recently, the anticipated release of electric light-duty trucks has dominated consumers’...
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EPA’s Proposed Truck Rule Delays Justice for Freight-Impacted Communities
It has been over twenty years since smog-forming and particulate pollution standards for heavy-duty trucks were strengthened. In the absence of federal action, states have moved forward to reduce...
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Climate Change Threatens Already Poor Air Quality in California’s Central Valley
California’s Central Valley consistently experiences the country’s worst air quality, and climate change is poised to make air quality even worse. In a region known for its exceptional agricultural...
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Congress Considers First-Ever Purchase Incentive for Commercial EVs
Last week, Senators Schumer and Manchin announced a compromise on a reconciliation bill, called the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, that includes significant climate and air quality progress and a...
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Fighting Climate Change and Unhealthy Air, California Wants to Electrify...
Coming off its recent decision requiring all new passenger cars and trucks be zero-emission by 2035, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is developing a first-of-its-kind regulation to reduce...
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Changes to California’s Electric Truck Proposal Could Reap Huge Climate and...
California has made significant strides towards reducing pollution from vehicles by adopting trailblazing policies to accelerate the adoption of both passenger and heavy-duty zero-emissions vehicles....
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California Needs to Focus on Electrifying Big Rigs
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is currently considering one of the most critical rules for air quality and climate change in many, many years. This regulation, called the Advanced Clean...
View ArticleHow’s EPA Doing on Air Pollution Science?
Recently, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a report that will likely have major effects on how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) protects people from...
View ArticleOhioans Stuck Burning Coal, Burning Cash
Even if you don’t live in Ohio, you may have heard about H.B. 6, the notorious law the Legislature passed in 2019 that slapped Ohio ratepayers with a monthly surcharge to bail out two struggling...
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New Analysis Shows Truck Manufacturers’ Scare Tactic Just a Bunch of Hot Air
I’ve written previously about how the truck industry is fighting regulations at the state and federal level with everything they’ve got. One of the scare tactics truck manufacturers have been pushing...
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Why UCS Supporters Are Pressing EPA to Let California Enforce Its Truck...
California has a longstanding leadership role on transportation pollution, and the Clean Air Act grants the state the right to set strong vehicle emissions standards. In order to enforce those...
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Truck Loopholes 101 – When Emissions Regulations Don’t Match the Real World
The EPA is getting ready to finalize a critical regulation limiting emissions of smog-forming nitrogen oxide (NOX) and soot (or particulate matter, PM2.5) from new heavy-duty trucks. This is the first...
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The EPA’s New Truck Rule Is a Modest Step When What Is Needed Is a Giant Leap
It has taken over 20 years, but EPA has finalized its next step in reducing pollution from new trucks. Unfortunately, it falls short of what states are already doing. On paper it may appear to align...
View ArticleEPA Can Save Lives with Tighter Protections on Fine Particulate Pollution
Given the deadly risks of soot, especially to communities assaulted by polluting industries and vehicle exhaust from highways and heavy trucking, there’s nothing fine about the Environmental...
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New York City May Soon Set the Pace for Municipal Vehicle Electrification
California is rarely outshined as the leader when it comes to transportation electrification. However, the New York City Council is considering a bill that would codify a path toward a 100 percent...
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Dear Maryland: It’s Time to Drive Clean Trucks and Buses
I love living in Maryland. We’re living in a historical moment, and I can’t help but do a lil’ happy dance around the possibilities of the new administration and the groundwork laid by the Climate...
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