emissions News Updates

While California abandoned its pursuit of regulatory approval for the Advanced Clean Fleets rule, its Advanced Clean Trucks regulation is still being enforced in 10 states.

CARB's decision to back down on a regulatory proposal that would have required trucking companies to gradually add zero-emission vehicles to their fleets was welcomed by industry leaders.

The EPA has reached a $7.4 million settlement with Meyer Distributing over allegations it sold tens of thousands of aftermarket emissions tampering devices.

One truck manufacturer has stopped taking orders for new diesel-powered trucks and buses in Oregon and two more are limiting sales there as a result of the state’s implementation of certain laws.

The fourth Run on Less program in NACFE’s Run on Less initiative will involve four different powertrain solutions: diesel, natural gas, battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cells.

WASHINGTON — The EPA enhanced enforcement efforts in 2024, doubling financial penalties issued to polluters and issuing the first arrest for a climate change-related crime, the agency said.

An auto trade group asked U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to ease requirements on making vehicles more fuel efficient and to protect the industry from “unfair” practices by China.

Newsom’s office told the Associated Press that the governor and lawmakers are ready to “Trump-proof” California’s state laws, including those affecting the transportation sector.

Opponents, including trade groups and companies in the power and mining industries, were seeking to halt the rules while a legal challenge goes forward at a federal appeals court.

On Sept. 10, Rudy’s Performance Parts Inc. and its owner, Aaron Rudolf, were sentenced in federal court in Washington, D.C., for conspiring to violate the Clean Air Act.