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The new president of the Truckload Carriers Association talks with an expert at FreightWaves about how environmental regulations and switching technologies impact the industry.
A diverse coalition of trucking groups is urging the California Air Resources Board to consider alternative solutions to enforcement of an emissions rule that would require upgrades to 2010 model year or newer diesel engines by Dec. 31.
“An earlier transition will allow more gradual changes, thereby reducing the risk of significant disruptions of the sector and of asset stranding,” the report said.
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“These international commitments are valuable, but of course they are no replacement for actual action on the ground,” said Timothy O’Connor, senior director and senior attorney of energy transition strategy at the Environmental Defense Fund.
The freight and supply chain sector is often categorized as “hard to abate” when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions. AskWaves digs into why that is.
“Where we will see increased regulation and scrutiny will happen not at the fleet operator level but will happen at the OEM level,” said Cole.
