by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor
As Appearing in the California Globe
‘This burden on the trucking industry would only contribute to the affordability crisis the State of California is experiencing’
“California has no choice but to abandon its groundbreaking rules for zero-emission trucks and cleaner locomotives,” CalMatters reports.
That’s one way of acknowledging that the benevolent California Air Resources Board has withdrawn the federal waiver to enact emissions limits that exceed federal standards, and would require California truck drivers to transition from diesel to electric trucks.
Seriously. This was about to go into effect, but in anticipation of the upcoming Trump administration… need we say more?
CARB has enjoyed little to no legislative oversight by the California Legislature since AB 32, California’s Global Warming Solutions Act, was passed in 2006, nearly 20 year ago. Since then, the CARB has run amok spreading devastating “climate change” regulations and cap and trade extortions on businesses in California, and infected Western states.
Notably, California’s weather events and “climate” hasn’t changed since 2006.
