Archive for November 2024
Calif. Strengthens Emissions, Clean Transportation Standards
The California Air Resources Board approved changes to the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard, to expand incentives for high-speed electric vehicle charging and advance the use of low-carbon fuels. November 11, 2024 Skip Descant California is taking steps to strengthen its course to zero-emission transportation and hasten progress by providing more incentives for electric vehicle…
Read MoreWhy this enviro is blaming California for Trump’s tech allies
By ALEX NIEVES 11/08/2024 07:29 PM EST TECHNO PESSIMIST: President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House is poised to turn California’s climate policy agenda on its head. Craig Segall, a former top California air quality official, thinks Gov. Gavin Newsom is partly to blame. Segall, who spent a decade as a deputy executive officer and attorney at the California…
Read MoreCalifornia air regulators approve changes to climate program that could raise gas prices
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Updated 12:03 AM CST, November 9, 2024 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California air regulators voted to approve changes to a key climate program aimed at reducing planet-warming emissions that has a wide swath of critics and could increase gas prices statewide. The California Air Resources Board voted to make significant updates to the…
Read MoreOpinion: Innovative fuels policy can propel clean freight in San Diego and across state
By Suncheth Bhat PUBLISHED: November 2, 2024 at 6:00 AM PST We are on the cusp of a generational opportunity — the complete transformation of the trucking sector, starting in California. While trucks represent a fraction of vehicles on the road in the state, they account for a disproportionate share of transportation-related emissions. California, under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s leadership, has committed…
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