The Trump administration’s chief environmental regulator signaled a coming showdown with California, warning the state won’t dictate the future of ambitious automobile fuel economy regulations enacted by the Obama administration.
March 13, 2018GovernmentEquipmentFuel
Analysis: How California Guards Its Power on Fuel Standards
In 2012, the Barack Obama administration imposed regulatory standards that require significant increases in the fuel economy of automobiles. Intent on reducing regulatory costs, the Donald Trump administration is rethinking those standards. But it’s encountering a major roadblock: California.
February 13, 2018GovernmentBusinessEquipment
CARB Defies EPA, Retains Obama Era Phase 2 GHG Rule
The California Air Resources Board on Feb. 8 unanimously approved plans to retain two Obama administration Phase 2 greenhouse gas emissions rule provisions for medium- and heavy-duty trucks that would regulate glider kits and trailer emissions.
February 8, 2018GovernmentBusinessEquipment
CARB Will Regulate Trailers If EPA Vacates Section of Phase 2
Whatever federal authorities may or may not do to alter parts of the U.S. Phase 2 regulation of greenhouse gases from trucks, California will keep regulations in place that are at least as tough as the October 2016 final rule, and might even get more strict and encompass aspects of nitrogen oxide emissions.
September 13, 2017Business
States, Environmentalists Seek to Intervene in Federal Phase 2 Greenhouse-Gas Appeal
Eight states, including California, and five environmental advocacy groups have asked a U.S. appellate court for permission to intervene in a civil case between the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association and two federal agencies concerning the final Phase 2 greenhouse-gas rule — just one month after TTMA filed its petition for review.
February 6, 2017Government
CARB Truck and Bus Regulation Compliance Declined in 2015
The rate of compliance for heavy trucks with the California Air Resources Board’s truck and bus regulation has decreased to 70%-75% from 85% over the past two years, according to estimates in a new CARB enforcement report.
June 28, 2016Government
California Judge Rules Against CARB
A California Superior Court Judge has ruled that the state’s air-quality regulators didn’t take into account the economic impact on trucking firms that had complied with their rules when when they voted in April 2014 to allow other carriers to remain noncomplaint for two years.
June 10, 2016Business
Zero-Emission Vehicles at Center of Plan to Slash California’s Nitrogen Oxide Levels
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Zero and near-zero emissions trucks and other freight vehicles are at the center of California’s plan to slash emissions of nitrogen oxides, regulators said. The plan begins with a series of state pilot projects over the next three years, they added.
May 16, 2016Business
CARB Touts ‘Most Promising’ Technologies That Could Cut GHG Output From Reefers
Electric and hydrogen cell-powered transport refrigeration units are the “most promising” technologies that can be used to reduce reefer emissions over the next five to 10 years and beyond, according to California environmental regulators.
August 24, 2015Business
CARB Approves $85 Million for Clean Truck Technology Projects
The California Air Resources Board said it has approved $85 million for advanced-technology, heavy-duty truck projects to help improve the state’s air quality.
June 27, 2014