New sales of diesel big rigs to end statewide in 2036
California air regulators and major engine manufacturers announced a deal Thursday to lock in place the state’s tough emissions standards for trucks, including rules that prohibit the sale of new diesel big-rigs by 2036.
“This agreement makes it clear that we have shared goals to tackle pollution and climate change and to ensure the success of the truck owners and operators who provide critical services to California’s economy,” said Liane Randolph, chair of California Air Resources Board. In recent years, the air board has passed increasingly stringent rules on trucks to reduce smog and greenhouse gases.
In April, the air board approved first-in-the-nation rules to ban the sale of new diesel big-rig trucks statewide by 2036, the latest step in the slow but steady phase-out of fossil fuels in California. At least 8 other states have copied California’s tough truck emission rules, accounting for about 25% of the national market: New York, New Jersey, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Massachusetts, Vermont and Rhode Island.
Over the past 50 years, Republican and Democratic administrations have granted dozens of EPA waivers to California. But Trump’s EPA administrator, Andrew Wheeler, a former coal industry lobbyist, opposed the move, saying “federalism does not mean that one state can dictate standards for the nation.”
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