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Emissions

Regulations
New legislation takes aim at emissions control devices
The Diesel Truck Liberation Act would prohibit federal requirements for emissions control devices and onboard diagnostic systems and not allow prosecution under federal law for tampering with emissions equipment. Also: Truck Parking Club expands.
October 20, 2025
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Regulations
CARB rips EPA's 'sloppy and amateurish' effort to repeal GHG regs
CARB charges that the EPA is ignoring decades of its own science to repeal greenhouse gas regulations, putting public health and the economy at risk.
September 23, 2025
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Regulations
Truck makers' challenge to Clean Truck pact a response to a bad deal
Truck manufacturers are challenging the Clean Truck Partnership not out of bad faith, but due to a changed legal landscape and poor EV truck sales.
September 22, 2025
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Regulations
CARB proposes 'emergency' emissions regs to reinstate prior regulations
Following Congress and the Trump administration's disapproval of EPA waivers, CARB is looking to reinstate previous regulations as lawsuits play out. Also: Robinhood ELD revoked by FMCSA; Iowa ag haulers get weight-limit relief; Averitt earns sustainability recognition.
September 22, 2025
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Regulations
Clean Truck group asks truck and engine OEMs to drop lawsuit
Global environmental organizations, including the Sierra Club and NRDC, are pressuring major truck manufacturers to honor the Clean Truck Partnership.
September 18, 2025
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Regulations
Will the second half of this legislative session be as exciting for transportation as the first?
The EPA is poised to roll back GHG Phase 3 and NOx rules, but legal challenges are guaranteed.
September 11, 2025
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Regulations
California’s ‘smog check’ for out-of-state trucks: EPA proposes to disapprove
EPA's proposal would keep the Clean Truck Check regulation in place for heavy-duty vehicles registered in California, but would disapprove the reg's out-of-state and out-of-country applicability.
August 25, 2025
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Regulations
DOJ joins lawsuits against CARB over Clean Truck Partnership
The Justice Department has filed motions to join two lawsuits challenging CARB's enforcement of preempted emissions regulations through the Clean Truck Partnership with OEMs. Also: A. Duie Pyle expands in New York; recalls from International, Mack, Volvo.
August 19, 2025
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Alternative power
U-turn on the clean trucks deal is bad for the trucking industry
In an era of political whiplash, the Clean Truck Partnership was meant to be a stabilizing force.
August 14, 2025
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Emissions
Feds, Nebraska end antitrust investigations of truck makers over emissions pact
Truck and engine manufacturers faced antitrust suits over the agreement to meet CARB mandates even if those mandates were deemed unlawful.
August 13, 2025
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Maintenance
EPA asks truck OEMs to end 5 mph engine derate for aftertreatment woes
The EPA's new guidance on tiered DEF derates aims to improve highway safety, but could it lead to more costly aftertreatment system damage?
August 12, 2025
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Regulations
OEMs file lawsuit over 'backdoor' enforcement of banned CARB regs
A group of truck OEMs claim CARB has breached the Clean Truck Partnership and that federal law invalidates the agreement.
August 11, 2025
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Regulations
Truck aftertreatment systems are here to stay
What does the Trump administration's pending repeal of GHG regulations mean for SCR, your DPF and DEF?
August 6, 2025
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Emissions
Groups warn OEMs over possible Clean Truck agreement exit
Amid debate over its validity, advocates are pressuring truck makers to end their "silence and equivocations" and honor the Clean Truck Partnership, warning that abandoning it will cost lives and undermine EV investments.
August 4, 2025
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Regulations
Repeal of truck emissions regs 'doesn’t help the trucking industry'
The GHG3 final rule had been derided as a de facto electric truck mandate.
July 30, 2025
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Emissions
EPA set to unravel 'disastrous' federal trucking emissions regulations
The proposal would remove all greenhouse gas standards for heavy-duty vehicles and heavy-duty engines.
July 29, 2025
If finalized, this proposal would remove all greenhouse gas standards for light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles and heavy-duty engines, starting with EPA’s first greenhouse gas regulations set in 2010 for light-duty vehicles and those set in 2011 for medium-duty vehicles and heavy-duty vehicles and engines – which includes off-cycle credits like the much hated start-stop feature on most new cars.
Alternative power
Trump’s emissions rollback: What motor carriers & private fleets must know
While the trucking industry gains temporary relief from complex mandates, fleet managers must now navigate significant uncertainty, balancing the outcome of litigation against ongoing market demands for sustainability.
July 15, 2025
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Alternative power
Is it time to revisit your company’s product roadmap?
This year's disruptions are a game-changer. Companies that strategically adjust their product roadmaps will win.
July 11, 2025
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Bye-bye driver shortage: the economy remains trucking's top concern
Driver shortage falls out of ATRI's Top Industry Issues list for first time in 21 years.
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Tesla expects electric Semi debut in late 2026
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