PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 25, 2023
The Advanced Clean Trucks standard modeled in the report would require manufacturers, beginning in 2027, to increase their zero-emission truck sales to between 30-50 percent by 2030 and 40-75 percent by 2035. The report was prepared by ERM and commissioned by NRDC and the Union of Concerned Scientists. These gains include $1.3
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 13, 2022
and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from the numerous commercial and government fleets of MHD vehicles in the state. These businesses would not have to begin compliance under the regulation until 2027 or 2030, depending on the type of tractor, which allows half a decade to plan.
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Legal Planet
MARCH 15, 2023
A policy brief published by the Emmett Institute in March 2022 outlines California air districts’ legal authority to adopt these kinds of regulations and suggests policy mechanisms to help ensure the transition to electric appliances is equitable and affordable.
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
Now that California has taken the lead and set a goal for all passenger vehicles sold in the state to be electric by 2035, the next logical step is electrifying medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. This is an integral step towards cleaning our air and reducing climate-warming emissions. There are more than 1.8 pollution from vehicles.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 15, 2022
The EPA is getting ready to finalize a critical regulation limiting emissions of smog-forming nitrogen oxide (NO X ) and soot (or particulate matter, PM 2.5 ) from new heavy-duty trucks. This is the first time EPA has sought to limit emissions in over two decades, and it is long overdue.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 26, 2024
They will go into effect in model year 2027 and steadily increase in stringency through model year 2032. The overall combination of reductions in particulate matter, nitrogen oxides and other air pollutants are expected to deliver $13 billion in annual health benefits. Far from it.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 4, 2023
leader in cleaning up the light duty fleet quietly released its own proposal in August: the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has proposed to improve fuel economy of passenger cars and trucks steadily from 2027 through 2032 and heavy-duty pickups and vans from 2030 to 2035.
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