{"id":2412066,"date":"2025-03-10T14:43:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T18:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hochul-pressured-to-halt-impossible-truck-emissions-rules-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T14:45:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T18:45:42","slug":"hochul-pressured-to-halt-impossible-truck-emissions-rules-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hochul-pressured-to-halt-impossible-truck-emissions-rules-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Hochul pressured to halt \u2018impossible\u2019 truck emissions rules &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fhochul-pressured-to-halt-impossible-truck-emissions-rules-washington-examiner%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=2412066&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>A group \u2064of Democratic lawmakers in New york is\u2064 urging \u200cGovernor kathy Hochul to delay the state&#8217;s stringent new emissions\u200c standards for trucks and SUVs. Legislation proposed by Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo aims to put off the Advanced Clean Truck regulations until at least\u200c January 1, 2027. supporters of the bill argue that the trucking industry faces meaningful hurdles in meeting these\u200c regulations due to insufficient charging infrastructure for\u200b electric vehicles, high costs of\u200b zero-emission trucks, and the \u200dprolonged wait times for vehicle\u200c deliveries.Lupardo emphasized \u2063that the current \u2062infrastructure could not\u200c support the\u2063 transition, noting that electric \u2064trucks take much longer to charge and have shorter ranges compared to diesel trucks. New\u200b York\u2019s aspiring climate goals require major changes \u200cin transportation emissions, as outlined by laws enacted that aim to phase out gas-powered vehicles. While environmental advocates stress the importance of these regulations for public health and climate\u200d change mitigation,\u200b opponents, including some Republicans, argue that \u2064the \u200dstandards are unrealistic with\u2064 current technology and \u200cinfrastructure limitations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Hochul pressured to halt &lsquo;impossible&rsquo; truck emissions rules<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2034127\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &mdash; A group of Democratic lawmakers are urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to pump the brakes on the state&rsquo;s plan to adopt tough new emissions standards for truck and SUV sales.<\/p>\n<p>Legislation filed by Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo, D-Binghamton, would delay the implementation of New York&rsquo;s &ldquo;Advanced Clean Truck regulations until at least Jan. 1, 2027. A similar bill has been filed in the State Senate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3342628\/sports-wagering-on-pace-of-365000-a-day-for-101-9m-this-fiscal-year\/\">Sports wagering on pace of $365,000 a day, for $101.9M this fiscal year<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3342627\/advocates-for-disabled-imprisoned-oppose-dangerous-patient-end-of-life-bills\/\">Advocates for disabled, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohios-unemployment-rate-continues-to-rise-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Ohio\u2019s unemployment rate continues to rise - Washington Examiner\">imprisoned oppose &#8216;dangerous&#8217; patient end-<\/a>of-life bills<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3342626\/maine-governor-faces-recall-effort-over-transgender-policy\/\">Maine governor faces recall effort over transgender policy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Backers of the proposal say the new regulations will be &ldquo;nearly impossible&rdquo; for the trucking industry to comply with because of a lack of e-vehicle charging infrastructure, cost factors and other challenges that won&rsquo;t be resolved before Hochul&rsquo;s edict goes into effect this year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Major infrastructure and budgetary challenges must be accounted for before these policies are implemented to prevent disruptions within the supply chain,&rdquo; Lupardo wrote in a summary of the bill. &ldquo;The state&rsquo;s highway system, and other major roadways, lack the necessary infrastructure to accommodate zero-emission truck vehicles.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lupardo said the average diesel truck can be refilled in about 10 minutes and can drive for about 2,000 miles, while an electric, zero<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">-emission heavy-duty truck takes approximately 10 hours<\/a> to charge and can run for about 500 miles.<\/p>\n<p>For businesses that do switch, she noted, zero-emission heavy-duty trucks available are significantly more expensive, with upfront costs and delays in waiting for their new vehicles deterring many shipping companies from upgrading their fleet and deciding to continue use of older vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Zero-emission heavy duty trucks can average three-times the cost of a normal diesel truck,&rdquo; she wrote. &ldquo;Companies that can afford to purchase these vehicles are faced with a significant wait time of up to eighteen months before receiving their new vehicle.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A 2021 law signed by Hochul eliminates sales of gas-powered passenger cars, trucks, off-road vehicles and equipment by 2035; and medium- and heavy-duty vehicles by 2045. Truck manufacturers will be required, starting with the 2025 model year, to reduce annual sales of new zero-emission trucks by increasing levels, according to the rules, which are set to go into effect in January.<\/p>\n<p>The plan is modeled after California&rsquo;s Advanced Clean Trucks regulations and joins Massachusetts, New Jersey and other states with similar guidelines aimed at helping clean up some of the nation&rsquo;s largest sources of planet-warming greenhouse gases.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;New York is implementing the nation&rsquo;s most aggressive plan to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions affecting our climate,&rdquo; Hochul said in a statement at the time. &ldquo;To reach our ambitious goals, we must reduce emissions from the transportation sector, currently the largest source of the state&rsquo;s climate pollution.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Republican lawmakers have also called on Hochul to rescind the ACT regulations, arguing that the standards are unreachable with existing electric-vehicle technology and point to a lack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-pressures-gop-on-infrastructure\/\" title=\"White House Pressures GOP on Infrastructure\">electric vehicle charging stations<\/a> and power grid capacity to handle the shift to zero-emissions trucking.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\"><strong>LIST: THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, ACTIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS TRUMP HAS MADE AS PRESIDENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Environmental groups argue the new regulations are crucial to helping the state meet its ambitious climate-change goals, which call for &ldquo;net zero&rdquo; carbon emissions by 2050. They have criticized the push to postpone the new emission rules.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Delaying implementation is not only a foolish response to a false crisis whipped up by manufacturers, who are looking to rig the market in their favor, but it will lead to more ER visits, people suffering from asthma, and increased health costs, particularly for communities of color and low-income,&rdquo; a coalition of green groups including the Sierra Club and Alliance for Clean Energy New York said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2034127\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2034127\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hochul urged to pause &#8216;impossible&#8217; truck emissions rules<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2412067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Hochul-theft.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36279,8433,51890],"class_list":["post-2412066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-environmental-policy","tag-hochul","tag-truck-emissions"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Hochul-theft.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412066","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2412066"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2412074,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412066\/revisions\/2412074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2412067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}