California's plan to ban carbon-producing trains from operating in the state beginning in 2035 has come under fire from critics, with a major rail industry body claiming it would be 'devastating' to 'the critical efficient functioning of the national freight rail network.
The American Association of Railroads, a trade association for the North American freight industry, said: 'The railroad industry is invested in reducing emissions from locomotives as quickly as realistically possible, while protecting the critical efficient functioning of the national freight rail network.'CARB's In-Use Locomotive regulation...will be devastating to the latter and will in fact set back progress toward the former.