California Trucking Group Sues State Over 'Wildly Unrealistic' New Zero-Emissions Rule

Epoch Times ^ | 10/18/23 | Jill McLaughlin

[CFW]

The California Trucking Association is suing the state’s air-quality agency over a new climate action rule that requires truckers to switch to zero-emissions vehicles by 2042, claiming it “threatens the security and predictability” of the trucking industry.

In a federal lawsuit filed against the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Oct. 16 in Sacramento U.S. District Court, the trucking association is seeking the court to permanently stop the agency from enforcing its Advanced Clean Fleets rule that goes into effect Jan. 1. The proposed regulations (pdf) would require trucks operating at California ports to be zero-emission by Jan. 1, 2035, and all trucks operating in the state by 2042.

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“California’s Advanced Clean Fleets rule is completely divorced from reality, with unachievable requirements and timelines that will grind the supply chain to a halt in California and elsewhere,” association President Chris Spear said in the same Oct. 18 statement. “More to the point, the rule vastly exceeds the state’s legal authority. We fully support [California Trucking Association’s] effort to stop it in its tracks.”

[CFW]

At some point all businesses, including the trucking industry, are going to just have to pull out of California and let the state finish destroying itself without their input.

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California Trucking Group Sues State Over 'Wildly Unrealistic' New Zero-Emissions Rule

[pepsionice]

All of the port business will start to shift to Mexico over the next decade, unless this gets resolved. I don’t think the state political figures have grasped the danger. Wouldn’t shock me if the cartels were behind this, and wanting the business of port management to be their operation.

[butlerweave]

Soon it will be back to Ox Carts for California , oh wait ,LOL

[eyeamok]

The problem is that the Trucking Industry isn’t unified on saving their industry. The large companies are just fine with the State running the smaller and independent Trucking companies out of business and think they can afford the extra costs.

If they were Unified they would immediately STOP all deliveries within 100 miles of Sacramento until this religious nonsense stops..

[Dilbert San Diego]

That’s quite possible.

Huge amounts of shipping of products from Asia comes through ports in California. If California ports shut down, because there aren’t enough electric trucks to go to the ports to pick up the products, where will the ships go instead?

[Vaduz]

‘Wildly Unrealistic’ New Zero-Emissions Rule

I guess wild fires are off their list.

Their control fever is getting worse.

[Thunder90]

US EPA is likely to join the lawsuit on the side of the California CARB board, along woth the blue states that are part of it.

[ridesthemiles]

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