The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has opened the comment period for the California Air Resources Board's (CARB) request for a waiver for their Advanced Clean Fleet (ACF) rule. A waiver is required because...
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BRACE YOURSELF
Fuel prices are going up again in California due to taxes and regulations. Effective July 1, 2024, both the sales tax and the excise tax on gasoline and diesel are set to take their annual increase. This year, the...
CARB’S MISSTEP
Truth be told, we could use "California Air Resources Board (CARB)" and "misstep" in the same sentence on a multitude of fronts, but today we talking specifically about their Advanced Clean Fleet (ACF) rule. CARB...
BUCKEYES SAY “NO WAY”
Legislators in Ohio have passed a law banning the state's agencies, municipalities or counties from adopting any vehicle emissions standards established by CARB. Crazy enough, thirteen states plus the District of...
CARB’S CONUNDRUM
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) was faced with a dilemma regarding their Advanced Clean Fleet (ACF) rule because they lacked the authority to enforce the rule as it is more stringent than federal regulations....
SEE YOU IN COURT, CARB
The California Trucking Association (CTA) filed a federal lawsuit against the California Air Resources Board (CARB) seeking an injunction against the implementation of CARB's Advanced Clean Fleet (ACF) regulation. The...
MORE REGULATIONS
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is not stopping with the Advanced Clean Fleet (ACF) regulation. They are also pushing forward with the Clean Truck Check. It is like a smog check for trucks. The current...
LAWSUITS & LEGISLATION
The US House of Representatives passed legislation overriding the waivers the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted California's Air Resources Board (CARB) to ban gas and diesel powered vehicles. While the bill...
CARB CONFORMS
You may have heard about California Air Resources Board's (CARB) recent agreement with the truck and engine manufacturers. If not, here is a quick recap: The agreement aligns California's NOx standards with those of...
ZERO SUM GAME
The State of California is forging ahead with the California Air Resources Board's (CARB) Advanced Clean Fleet (ACF) rule despite the lack of power, technology, or infrastructure to accomplish the task of achieving...
CALIFORNIA BANS DIESEL
Last Friday, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted unanimously to adopt its Advanced Clean Feel (ACF) rule. The ACF rule bans the sale of diesel trucks by 2036 and the use of diesel trucks by 2042. Drayage...
REGULATION REVIEW
CARB: Back in 2007, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) adopted the Drayage Truck Regulation and Truck & Bus Rule banning pre-2010 trucks from all of California's ports and roadways effective January 1, 2023....