California approves far-reaching strategy for tackling climate change. So, what’s next?

[Source: CalMATTERS] California’s air board today unanimously approved a sweeping state plan to battle climate change, creating a new blueprint for the next five years to cut carbon emissions, reduce reliance on fossil fuels and speed up the transition to renewable energy. Called a scoping plan, the 297-page strategy could serve as a roadmap for other Read More…

California’s proposed zero-emission trucking rules ignore years of industry concerns

[Source: Commentary/CalMatters] On Thursday, the California Air Resources Board will hold the first of two hearings on the nation’s first zero-emission mandate for trucking fleets. The proposal completely ignores the numerous practical concerns the trucking industry has raised for years. In some respects, CARB regulating the trucking industry is nothing new. Since 2008, California truckers Read More…

California expected to ban new gas car sales by 2035, with Thursday vote

[Source: CNN] California air regulators are expected Thursday to issue stringent rules to ban the sale of new gasoline cars by 2035 and set interim targets to phase the cars out. The California Air Resources Board will vote on the measure Thursday afternoon, board member Daniel Sperling told CNN. Sperling added he was “99.9%” confident the measure would pass. Read More…

Phillips 66 Company fined $200,000 for violating California’s gasoline regulation

[Source: California Air Resources Board] The Phillips 66 Company has agreed to pay $200,000 in penalties for violations of California’s reformulated gasoline regulations. Phillips “sold, offered for sale, supplied, offered for supply, or transported for eight days” gasoline in violation of state regulations. Phillips 66 is an American multinational energy company headquartered in Houston, Texas. Read More…

Now is your chance to weigh in on how California will achieve carbon neutrality

[Source: Cal Chamber/Leah Silverthorn] Earlier this month, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) kicked off its every-five-years Scoping Plan process with a series of virtual workshops (Scoping Plan Meetings & Workshops | California Air Resources Board).  CARB spent several days presenting these workshops on several topics, including separate workshops on natural and working lands, environmental Read More…

CARB settles with Gemini Coatings for $145,000 for clean air violations

[Source: CARB] The California Air Resources Board reached a settlement agreement with Gemini Coatings, Inc. of Oklahoma for $145,000 for violations of the consumer products regulations that set limits for smog-forming compounds. CARB investigators found that from 2015 to 2018, Gemini Coatings sold, supplied, offered for sale, and/or manufactured noncompliant consumer products in California. One Read More…