California Blames Trump As It Ditches Diesel Truck Ban, New Clean-Air Rules
by Thomas Richard, CCD Editor Jan 21, 2025
California is scrapping its ambitious plans to ban diesel trucks and mandate cleaner locomotives. The reason? The incoming Trump administration is unlikely to approve the onerous one-size-fits-all regulations.
State officials have long considered the rules essential to cleaning up California’s severe air pollution and combating climate change.
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.
Why? President Trump plans to scrap zero-emission vehicle rules and California’s clean-air waivers, so Gov. Newsom withdrew the state’s request for EPA approval as the ‘state recalibrates‘ under the Trump administration.
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