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Breaking: California Abandons Diesel Truck Ban And Other Clean-Air Rules Ahead of Regressive New Adminstration

15 Jan 2025 | Abstracted from CalMatters.org

"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 waivers for four other standards

"California's Advanced Clean Fleet rule, which phases out diesel trucks, was one of the most far-reaching and controversial rules...would have ended the sale of new fossil-fuel trucks in 2036 and required large trucking companies to convert their medium and heavy-duty fleets to electric or hydrogen models by 2042."

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