EPA Slows Effort To Propose Truck Rule, Rejecting Broad Stakeholder Push

EPA is under pressure from industry and environmental groups to propose by the end of the year and finalize in 2022 a rule to limit nitrogen oxides (NOx) and possibly greenhouse gases from heavy-duty vehicles, but the agency’s new unified agenda shows officials have reclassified the rulemaking as a “long-term” action with no specific deadline. The delay suggests officials are grappling with a series of tough questions, including whether or how to address environmentalists’ calls to toughen existing rules for...