More than a decade ago, when the low-carbon fuel standard launched in California, its success was thwarted with various legal battles. Now it’s the de facto global standard in decarbonizing freight and logistics by going after the upstream producers and importers of diesel and oil. Clean air regulators have to play the long game with short-term updates, the latest of which comes from New Jersey, the most recent state to adopt California’s Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) rule.
“It’s a requirement...