Biden administration moves to cut smog-forming pollution from heavy trucks
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
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By Dino Grandoni at the Washington Post
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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 offered 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 America’s roadways. In the same proposal, the agency will also consider further limiting the amount of carbon dioxide these vehicles spew into the air.
The draft smog rule marks the first potential update to those 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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