Truck Rule, The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) just finalized its Phase 3 greenhouse gas regulation as a part of the administration
ChatGPT & DALL-E generated image of a truck with a very large bubble of CO2 coming out of its exhaust.the transportation sector. The Phase 3 regulation will cut new greenhouse gas emissions from trucks in 2032 by 32 to 62 percent for vocational trucks and 9 to 40 percent for tractor-trailers, compared to the current 2024 standards.
Overall, the rule’s structure still diminishes its ability to guarantee the deployment of zero-emission trucks.EPA has set a technology-neutral greenhouse gas emissions rule, which means manufacturers have a range of technologies to choose from to reduce those greenhouse gas emissions, the vast majority of which will not result in reductions of the smog-forming and soot pollution inundating communities today.
EPA’s rules are likely to increase the number of zero-emissions trucks on the road beyond what is already required by state requirements under the Advanced Clean Trucks rules. However, the number of those trucks is greatly influenced by the efficiency improvements deployed on diesel trucks in the same timeframe. For the heaviest classes of vehicles , even the most optimistic deployment of electric trucks will disproportionately happen in ACT states.
Considering how vital electric trucks are to addressing harms from the freight sector, this is unacceptable, even if on net the rule is still likely to result in additional electric trucks beyond what is required under state policies.Communities on the ground currently disproportionately burdened by the harms of our freight sector need government intervention to eliminate those harmful emissions, which is why they’ve called for a.
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