California last week officially got permission to crack down even further on diesel emissions inside the state, and it will go above and beyond the limits put in place by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Trucking industry leaders have called those measures “unachievable,” adding the technology for zero tailpipe emissions in truck transportation “does not yet exist,” and chided EPA – the country’s air quality regulator – for “handing over the keys” to a single state.
Joining Jason and Matt this week on the 10-44 is John Boesel, CEO and President of CALSTART – a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing clean, efficient solutions within the transportation sector – who says California’s need for a different, more stringent, standard is driven by the sheer volume of transport that happens in the state, and that its regulations will likely be a non-issue for most fleets.
