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The EPA is reopening its Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles rules as well as its Heavy-Duty Nitrous Oxide rule as part of a sweeping review of the Clean Trucks Plan.

The move would sweep away the legal foundation for regulations limiting planet-warming pollution from power plants, automobiles and oil wells.

The EPA has taken a first step aimed at rescinding the Biden administration’s waivers granted for California’s Advanced Clean Trucks and Omnibus low nitrogen oxides rules.

In a major reversal, EPA chief Lee Zeldin said he will try to rescind $20 billion in grants awarded by the Biden administration for climate and clean-energy projects.

The Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources Board have established that NOx and particulate emissions from diesel trucks have an adverse effect on health.

The U.S. EPA awarded the Port of New Orleans $1 million to pay for a sustainability plan to assist with building the multimodal Louisiana International Terminal container facility.

Class 8 orders were on the rise as 2024 ended, but an anticipated rush among fleets to “pre-buy” new trucks before stricter federal emissions standards are due to take effect has not taken hold.

Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors will pay $1.6 billion to resolve federal and state claims over falsified emissions data and excess pollution from more than 100,000 diesel engines sold in the U.S.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s efforts to limit pollution from diesel-powered trains and trucks were stalled in anticipation of pushback from the incoming Trump administration.

U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and economic activity typically grow in tandem. But there are indications that the two are beginning to diverge, in an optimistic sign for the climate.