The withdrawal comes after the Biden administration recently approved the California Air Resources Board’s mandate phasing out new gas-powered cars by 2035, but had not yet approved other waivers for four diesel vehicle standards that the state has adopted.
The withdrawal comes after the Biden administration recently approved California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) mandate phasing out new gas-powered cars, but had not yet approved waivers for four other clean-vehicle rules the state adopted. President-elect ...
The California Air Resources Board said Tuesday it withdrew its requests for federal approval to implement stricter emissions rules for locomotives and semi-trucks because the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had yet to approve them. The decision came ...
California derailed its rule that would have likely killed plans for Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s $1.5 billion Barstow International Gateway project.
Withdrawal of request for EPA waiver means the state no longer seeks to enforce its zero emission vehicle mandate on fleets.
The executive order "Unleashing American Energy" also kills off former President Biden's goal of increasing EV adoption to 50 percent of all new vehicle sales by 2032. The order claims that it is ensuring "consumer choice" and "a level regulatory field" for vehicle sales.
Catalina Express, Harbor Breeze Cruises, and the Port of Los Angeles have recently secured a $31 million grant from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to test emission reduction vessel technolo
Seeing homes in Malibu and the Pacific Palisades burn to the ground while fire hydrants ran dry is bad enough, but knowing the water shortage resulted from bad bureaucratic decisions makes the horrifying sights even worse.
In order for California to promulgate vehicle emission standards without violating the Clean Air Act, it must receive a waiver from the EPA for any state law that regulates vehicles covered by the Act.
California's environmental policies are doing more damage to the environment than anything else in the country.
While we are disappointed that U.S. EPA was unable to act on all the requests in time," a state official said.
California regulators say the Trump administration is unlikely to approve the rules and that they have no choice but to abandon groundbreaking regulations for zero-emission trucks and cleaner locomotives.