The Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency said Friday:Strongest in history Greenhouse gas standards for heavy vehicles, including cargo trucks and buses.
Recent press release The agency explained that the new regulations affect vehicles from the 2027 to 2032 model years.
“This standard will avoid 1 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions and provide $13 billion in annual net benefits to society related to public health, climate, and savings for truck owners and drivers.The final standard will It also reduces dangerous air pollution, especially around the planet.” 72 million people in the United States live near truck freight routes and endure higher levels of pollution burden, and people of color and “They are more likely to come from low-income households,” the EPA claimed.
The agency said the strict standards will give trucking companies “time and flexibility” to comply with the new regulations.
EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan said the emissions standards would “significantly reduce pollution from the hardest-working vehicles on our roads.”
“Based on the recently finalized light and medium-duty vehicle rule, EPA’s Strong and Durable Vehicle Standards will respond to the urgency of the climate crisis by significantly reducing emissions from the transportation sector. ‘ added Mr. Regan.
The EPA last week announced the “strongest ever” vehicle emissions standards for passenger cars, light trucks and medium-duty vehicles from 2027 to 2032 model years, Blaze News previously reported. The group said the crackdown would result in “more than 7 billion tons of carbon emissions averted and net annual benefits of $1,000, including $13 billion in annual public health benefits from improved air quality and $62 billion in annual fuel cost savings.” “Nearly $1 billion will be provided to society.” and driver maintenance and repair costs. ”
Republicans, who largely oppose the EPA’s new plan, called the standards for passenger cars a “mandate” for electric vehicles.
Mr. Regan denied this claim, saying that emissions standards are “clearly” not a mandate for EVs because “there are multiple paths companies can take to become compliant.”
The American Trucking Associations, the trucking industry’s national trade group, called the EPA’s regulations “totally unachievable given the current state of zero-emissions technology, lack of charging infrastructure, and grid limitations.”
“We are committed to the path to zero emissions, but the road to getting there must be paved with common sense,” ATA continued in the post. X. “While we are disappointed with today’s rule, we will continue to work with EPA to address its shortcomings and advance emissions reduction goals and schedules that are realistic, durable, and take into account the industry’s operational realities. I’m going to go.”
In addition to cargo trucks, emissions standards also affect school buses, delivery trucks, garbage trucks, utility trucks, shuttles, ambulances, recreational vehicles, and transportation vans.
Under the EPA’s new rules, about 25% of long-haul trucks and 40% of medium-duty trucks could be zero-emission vehicles by 2032.
said Todd Spencer, president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association. new york times EPA’s restrictions will hit small business owners the hardest.
“This administration appears to be serious about enacting a barrage of unworkable environmental regulations and regulating every local mom-and-pop business,” Spencer said.
Earlier this month, the Department of Energy announced an energy grid plan to build infrastructure for long-haul freight trucks powered by electricity and hydrogen. The administration’s strategy includes installing charging and refueling stations along 12,000 miles of busy roads over the course of 16 years.
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