Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen responds to the White House inviting the ‘Tennessee Three’ but not the Nashville shooting victims’ families and slams a proposed California utility bill based on income.state's sweeping climate agendaOn Thursday, the California Air Resource Board , a state agency tasked with protecting air quality and reducing harmful pollution, announced that it would pursue aggressive regulations to.
Under the regulation, California will ban any locomotive engine that was constructed more than 23 years ago by 2030. And the rule would require all new switch, industrial and passenger locomotives to be zero-emissions while in California beginning in 2030 and 2035 for freight line haul.In addition, locomotives will only be allowed to idle for a maximum of 30 minutes under the regulation.
A freight train travels past flooded land in Allensworth, California, on March 18. Freight railroads represent just 0.5% of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and just 1.7% of transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions, according to federal data.and prevent 3,200 premature deaths and 1,500 emergency room visits or hospitalizations.