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Southern California Mega-Warehouse Will Heavily Electrify Operations, Per Landmark Agreement Worth Up to $50 Million

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For Immediate Release April 29, 2021 Southern California Mega-Warehouse Will Heavily Electrify Operations, Per Landmark Agreement Worth Up to $50 Million   World Logistics Center settlement could spark industry trend to protect air quality, climate and wildlife Riverside, CA — Environmental and community groups reached a landmark settlement today with the developer of the World … Read more

Atmosphere-Friendly California Legislation in 2021

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California Capitol

(This is the second in our series of three articles on 2021 California legislation. The first is on whether 2021 will be the year California’s Legislature moves forward on transportation policies.) California is blessed this year with a bumper crop of bills that would significantly reduce air and climate pollution. Here are some of the … Read more

Time for South Coast to crack down on warehouse and oil refinery pollution

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2021 has dawned as a significant moment for air quality. After four years of the pro-polluter Trump Administration, President Joe Biden has pledged to put environmental justice at the front of his climate policy. Meanwhile, California Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed a bold state budget plan that, if passed, will invest $1.5 billion in to … Read more

California Mandates Electric Trucks

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Photo of a Cummins-Aeos electric semi truck

Note: This post was originally published on California Current. The California Air Resources Board voted nearly unanimously June 25 to require that at least 100,000 trucks on California roads, three quarter ton and heavier, be electric by 2030 to reduce greenhouse gases and diesel pollution. Five years later, the number is to grow to 300,000 … Read more

ACTION ALERT: Governor Newsom is attempting to postpone smog checks for heavy-duty trucks

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[message_box text_color=”light”] Action Alert Governor Newsom’s May budget revise cuts funding from and delays implementation of the smog check program for heavy-duty trucks established by SB 210. Email Governor Gavin Newsom, your state Senator, and your state Assemblymember and urge them to adopt a trailer bill to SB 210 that imposes a July 1, 2022 … Read more

ACTION ALERT | Tell the state to pass a strong electric trucks rule now

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! December 2019 Update: Thanks to your calls, comments and advocacy, CARB moved forward to begin the process of adopting a tougher regulation! CARB will vote on the final regulation in the spring of 2020. Over 600,000 electric cars have been sold in California since we set zero-emission vehicle standards. It’s time for CARB to … Read more

Clearing the Air: recapping the 2019 legislative year

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Testifying before Senate Committee

Another legislative year has come and gone in Sacramento; and it brought both good and bad news for air quality. Not only did 2019 mark the beginning of a new legislative session with 13 newly elected State Legislators, but it was also the first full year with Governor Gavin Newsom and Senate President Pro Tempore … Read more

SB 210 Becomes Law: Trucks Will Have Smog Checks under Bill Signed by Governor

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Governor Gavin Newsom today signed a bill to require heavy-duty trucks to finally undergo an emissions inspection and maintenance program, roughly similar to the Smog Checks that car owners have had for decades. SB 210, authored by Senator Connie Leyva and sponsored by Coalition for Clean Air and American Lung Association in California, tells the … Read more