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EPA’s Proposed Truck Rule Delays Justice for Freight-Impacted Communities

Union of Concerned Scientists

And as EPA moves forward with its own proposal to finally strengthen truck pollution regulations, industry has been waging an all-out war on those, too. This fight by industry to delay, obstruct, and otherwise thwart stronger regulation has devastating consequences.

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Why the Bay Area’s Zero-Emission Appliance Rule is a Big Deal

Legal Planet

Several cities in California, including Los Angeles and in the Bay Area, have outlawed new gas hookups, but these are the first regulations that would effectively ban the sale of gas appliances. Furnaces and water heaters are even bigger polluters, with major contributions to outdoor air pollution in the Bay Area.

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ACT Delivers Cleaner, Efficient, and Cost-Effective On-Road Freight in a Feasible Package

Union of Concerned Scientists

Regulations like Californias Advanced Clean Trucks rule (ACT) have been key to driving increased ZET model availability and deployment in the early years of on-road freight electrification and will be crucial to accelerating this in the coming years. times) the rate of non-ACT states.

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DEP Budget Testimony: DEP Moving At The Speed Of Business; Lightning Energy Plan; Most Inspections; Commitment To Environmental Justice

PA Environment Daily

Each of those permits also represents a facility that requires regular inspection to ensure permittees are complying with permit conditions and regulations and are not impermissibly contributing to pollution in Pennsylvania. Implementing these programs would mean more energy, more reliability for that energy, and less pollution.

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