{"id":1651522,"date":"2022-09-21T14:07:37","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T18:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1651522"},"modified":"2022-09-21T14:08:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T18:08:10","slug":"exclusive-u-s-epa-to-consider-tougher-emissions-rules-for-heavy-trucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-u-s-epa-to-consider-tougher-emissions-rules-for-heavy-trucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive-U.S. EPA to consider tougher emissions rules for heavy trucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-u-s-epa-to-consider-tougher-emissions-rules-for-heavy-trucks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1651522&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>By David Shepardson<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) \u2013     The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will consider adopting more stringent greenhouse gas emissions rules for heavy trucks after Congress passed new incentives to speed the adoption of zero-emission vehicles, the agency told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>In March, the EPA proposed new rules to cut smog-forming and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from heavy-duty vehicles. The agency said it will reopen the proposed GHG rules after passage in August of the climate and spending Inflation Reduction Act.<\/p>\n<p>The EPA will be issuing a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking to consider more stringent GHG standards for model years 2027 through 2029 in December.<\/p>\n<p>EPA Office of Air and Radiation official Joseph Goffman told Reuters \u201cthe big change here is the Inflation Reduction Act. Congress definitely sent a very strong message backed by significant resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>EPA believes much greater zero-emission vehicle adoption rates are possible for 2027 through 2029.<\/p>\n<p>The EPA still plans to finalize the proposed smog-forming truck rules by December.<\/p>\n<p>The Truck &#038; Engine Manufacturers Association, which represents companies like Daimler Trucks, Caterpillar and Cummins, previously raised concerns the EPA proposal could boost costs and result in customers keeping \u201ctheir higher-emitting trucks longer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nonprofit RMI said the inflation reduction law\u2019s up to $40,000 Qualified Commercial Clean Vehicle tax credit \u201cwill turbocharge adoption of electric medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks.\u201d and will make electric trucks cheaper to operate than diesels in most cases.<\/p>\n<p>In March, the EPA said the new heavy truck GHG standards when fully phased in would result in up to 24% to 25% lower carbon dioxide emissions, but environmentalists have pressed the agency to do more.<\/p>\n<p>Sierra Club transportation official Katherine Garcia said \u201cit\u2019s vital that the EPA\u2019s policies match the urgency of the air quality and climate crises. \u2026 We urge the administration to move quickly to finalize the near-term heavy-duty standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The EPA in March proposed tighter standards for 17 of the 33 subcategories of vocational and tractor vehicles, including school buses, transit buses, commercial delivery trucks, and short-haul tractors. <\/p>\n<p>Next month, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) will vote on new rules to require zero-emission truck deployments starting in 2024 \u201cand would establish a clear end date of new medium- and heavy-duty internal combustion engine vehicle sales in 2040.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CARB Chair Liane Randolph told Reuters the board will be voting on purchase requirements for delivery van fleets of 50 or more vehicles to transition to zero-emission purchases. \u201cThey need to transition to zero,\u201d Randolph said. <\/p>\n<p>Transportation is the largest source of U.S. GHG emissions, making up 29% of emissions, and heavy-duty vehicles are the second-largest contributor, at 23%, the EPA said.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by David Shepardson; editing by Jonathan Oatis)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/exclusive-u-s-epa-to-consider\/signage-is-seen-at-the-headquarters-of-the-united-states\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI8K0P6-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI8K0P6-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) \u2013 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will consider adopting more stringent greenhouse gas emissions rules for heavy trucks after Congress passed new incentives to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1651522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1651522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1651522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1651522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1651522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1651522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1651522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}