CARB Adopts Truck GHG Rules But Gliders Remain Air Quality Concern

California on Feb. 8 adopted its Phase 2 greenhouse gas standards for medium and heavy-duty trucks, trailers and glider kits that mimic existing federal rules, but gliders remain a major threat to air quality because EPA has proposed to repeal its glider standards and California can do little to prevent the trucks from operating in the state. Nonetheless, California Air Resources Board (CARB) staff said during a Feb. 8 meeting in Sacramento that they hope other states will adopt the...