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Bill Aimed to Protect Off-Highway Vehicle Competitions Passes Assembly Committee

July 8, 2024 5:08 pmJuly 8, 2024 5:08 pm

A bill that would save off-highway vehicle (OHV) competitions in California passed the Assembly Transportation Committee during the weekend, moving it to the Assembly Appropriations Committee for a vote next month. Senate Bill 708, authored by Senator Brian Jones (R-San...

California Air Resources Board vs. Reality

July 8, 2024 10:18 amJuly 9, 2024 6:29 am

There is a reason the California Air Resources Board known as “CARB” is not actually called the California Air Reality Board. The very recent past has seen CARB try to mandate anti-pollution technology on boats, trucks, and trains. The problem...

It’s In the Air We Breathe: CARB and Racial Equity

July 1, 2024 6:47 amJuly 1, 2024 6:47 am

Rabbit hole. Wormhole. Rat hole. When trying to digest various government racial equity plans, these are three frustrating words that come up rather too often. Click on one government thing and it takes you to another and to another and...

National Opposition to CARB Rail Rule Growing

June 17, 2024 3:42 pmJune 17, 2024 3:42 pm

The California Air Resource Board (CARB), never a shrinking violet when it comes to regulating things out of existence, is running into national opposition in its bid to force railroads to go to zero-emission locomotives. Last fall, CARB approved its...

CARB Clean Boat Emissions Override Bill Passes Senate Transportation Committee

June 16, 2024 2:45 amJune 16, 2024 2:46 am

Both Republicans and Democrats have given support for a bill to override a recent California Air Resources Board (CARB) mandate, bringing about two rarities in the Capitol: A bipartisan environmental bill, and a Democrat-supported bill that opposes CARB regulations. Assembly Bill...

NorCal Railroad Under CARB’s Gun

May 18, 2024 2:55 amMay 18, 2024 2:56 am

The Mendocino Railway in northern California, more commonly known as the “Skunk Train,” is what is called a “short line” rail service. And if the California Air Resources Board gets its way, it may move from being short to being...

Nebraska & 16 Other States Sue California Over Zero-Emissions Trucking Mandates

May 14, 2024 12:38 pmMay 14, 2024 12:40 pm

In a lawsuit filed on Monday, Nebraska and 16 other states sued the State of California over their “Advanced Clean Fleet” electric vehicle (EV) truck mandates, including laws where only new zero-emissions trucks would be sold in California beginning in...