California withdrew EPA waiver requests that, if approved, would have allowed the state to enforce zero-emission truck and train mandates. | Eric Gay/AP By Mike Lee , Alex Nieves and Blanca Begert ...

California has withdrawn requests for the EPA to give the state authority to enforce rules limiting emissions from diesel-powered trains and big rigs.

California for decades has driven the U.S. toward less-polluting vehicles. It is the only U.S. state with the power to request a waiver from the EPA to set its own, more stringent, vehicle ...

“California has withdrawn its pending waiver and authorization requests that U.S. EPA has not yet acted on,” Air Resources Board Chair Liane Randolph said in a statement.

California in November 2023 submitted its Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) request to the EPA, which would have required trucking fleets in the state to transition to zero-emission vehicles beginning ...

California submitted requests to the E.P.A. more than a year ago to tighten controls on additional sources of pollution, including a requirement that commercial truck fleets begin a transition to ...

Rule would have set timelines for zero-emission truck adoption in California Decision certain to resonate across the country Trump has vowed to rescind EPA waiver approvals tied to EVs and ...

California has decided to abandon its groundbreaking regulations phasing out diesel trucks and requiring cleaner locomotives because the incoming Trump administration is unlikely to allow the ...

California said on Tuesday it has withdrawn its request for a federal waiver to require commercial truckers to transition to zero-emissions vehicles, preempting an expected denial from the ...