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Court upholds EPA’s ability to grant environmental waivers to California

The ability of California to set its own, more stringent environmental and emissions standards — the basis for the state’s Advanced Clean Trucks rule and possibly its Advanced Clean Fleets rule — was upheld Tuesday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

The case, Ohio vs. EPA, had a plethora of plaintiffs, including 16 states besides Ohio and a group of petroleum-focused trade groups such as the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers and the National Association...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/court-upholds-epas-ability-to-grant-environmental-waivers-to-california

Challenge to California’s Advanced Clean Trucks EPA waiver on hold

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A legal challenge to the waiver granted by the Environmental Protection Agency allowing the...

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ELDs coming to California intrastate trucking in 2024, trailing rest of US

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A regulation that would require intrastate carriers in California to be equipped with ELDs is open...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/elds-coming-to-california-intrastate-trucking-in-2024-trailing-rest-of-us

News Alert: Appeals court denies request to rehear AB5 decision

A decision by a federal appeals court on Monday could allow California to begin enforcing its independent contractor law over the trucking industry in as soon as one week.

In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit denied a petition filed last month by the California Trucking Association (CTA) for an en banc rehearing of the court’s April decision that removed a lower court’s injunction exempting the trucking industry from the independent contractor law known as AB5. The...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/news-alert-appeals-court-denies-request-to-rehear-ab5-decision

California regulators to fleets: Buy those electric trucks

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  • A California regulation under development would require fleets operating in the state to purchase electric trucks.
  • Trucking associations are leery of the rulemaking, and prefer a phased-in approach, starting with municipal, local haul and last-mile delivery vehicles.
  • Financial incentives for electric truck purchases at risk due to economic downturn

What if you threw an electric truck party and nobody came? 

That is potentially the situation facing commercial truck makers bound by a...

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Truckers on edge as civil unrest rages in major U.S. cities

Peaceful protests and civil unrest have erupted in nearly 140 cities in the U.S. over the last eight days since George Floyd died in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Fears about public safety have left truckers who deliver freight in many of the affected areas on edge.

While it’s been 28 years since truck driver Reginald Denny was pulled from his truck cab and beaten during the 1992 Los Angeles riots following the acquittal of four police officers charged with using excessive force in...

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