Health Groups Boost Pressure On EPA To Grant California Rule Waivers

Dozens of public health groups are renewing pressure on EPA to approve long-pending federal preemption waivers and authorizations for eight California mobile source air rules, ahead of the agency’s public hearing on a high-profile rule requiring truck fleets to purchase cleaner models and eventually only zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs). “EPA’s approval of waivers and granting of authorizations to allow these California-based programs to move forward will help reduce the health harms of air pollution from motor vehicles -- not just in...