Biden administration moves to cut smog-forming pollution from heavy trucks
Source: Washington Post
Climate & Environment
Biden administration moves to cut smog-forming pollution from heavy trucks
The Environmental Protection Agency proposes curbing nitrogen oxide and carbon pollution amid an online shopping boom, but some environmentalists call for stricter limits
By Dino Grandoni
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The Biden administration on Monday proposed curbing pollution pouring out of the tailpipes of new tractor-trailers, buses and other heavy-duty vehicles that forms smog, along with emissions warming the planet.
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a new rule to cut the emission of nitrogen oxides — poisonous and reactive gases that can cause asthma attacks — from engines in some of the biggest vehicles on roadways. In the same proposal, the agency will also consider further limiting the amount of carbon dioxide these vehicles spew into the air.
The proposed smog rule marks the first update to heavy-duty tailpipe standards in two decades and comes as Biden is seeking ways to advance his environmental agenda outside Congress. The standards would apply to not only huge 18-wheelers hauling freight on highways, but also many school buses, delivery vans and moving trucks.
The pollution from diesel-powered trucks has a disproportionate impact on low-income communities and those of color located near highways, ports and other heavily trafficked sites. The surge in delivery orders to people’s homes during the pandemic has worsened air pollution in some neighborhoods near the scores of warehouses built in recent years to satisfy America’s growing online shopping habits.
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Joshua Partlow contributed to this report.
By Dino Grandoni
Dino Grandoni is a reporter on the national desk of The Washington Post, focused on covering the Environmental Protection Agency, climate change and other environmental issues. Twitter https://twitter.com/dino_grandoni
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What Botany said!
BTW It was early in the morning Sat. or Sunday and i watched Sec. of State Bliken and the
President of Moldova doing a presser and I was proud to be an American.
...I've often wondered why I've got deal with emission testing while these vehicles get away with belching chucks of coal and soot out their stacks...
...is their pollution good and my pollution bad?
...c'mon...
