“It’s going to be groundbreaking, and it’s going to address the diesel crisis that’s been poisoning communities near railyards for literal decades,” Yasmine Agelidis, a lawyer with environmental nonprofit Earthjustice said before the agency vote.ĭiesel exhaust is a health hazard. The rule is the most ambitious of its kind in the country. Other states can sign on to try to adopt the California rule if it gets the OK from the Biden administration. It would also ban locomotives in the state from idling longer than 30 minutes if they are equipped with an automatic shutoff.
The rule will ban locomotive engines more than 23 years old by 2030 and increase the use of zero-emissions technology to transport freight from ports and throughout railyards.
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