EPA’s Heavy Truck Proposal Seeks To Reflect New ‘Status Quo’ On EVs

EPA’s heavy-duty truck emissions proposal focused mostly on conventional pollutants would tweak model year 2027 greenhouse gas standards for some commercial vehicles to account for recent electrification trends, though observers say it would do little to accelerate such trends. In addition, the March 7 proposal is notable as the first major EPA regulatory action to be released since last month’s court injunction barring the use of the revived social cost of carbon (SCC) metric, with the agency declining to monetize...