On May 5, Congressmen John Moolenaar (R-MI), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), and Craig Goldman (R-TX) introduced the Lifting Overburdensome Commerce Obstructions and Motives Act (the LOCOMOTIVES Act), which aims to “limit the State of California’s ability to place unsustainable regulations on trains crossing into the state.”
California has withdrawn its pending waiver and authorization requests that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not yet acted on. In a win for railroads, this includes the In-Use Locomotive Regulation.
Pacific Harbor Line (PHL), together with the California Air Resources Board (CARB), has received partial funding for five new Progress Rail battery-electric locomotives and two battery chargers through the Federal Railroad Administration’s
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has issued an Enforcement Notice concerning its In-Use Locomotive Regulation, which is pending authorization from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Because the EPA’s ruling on CARB’s request
A federal judge Monday stayed railroad industry groups’ lawsuit against the California Air Resources Board (CARB), “aimed at blocking newly adopted environmental regulations which, over time, will limit pollution and greenhouse gas
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Rep. Troy E. Nehls (R-Texas) on Sept. 12 introduced in Congress companion bills, both called the Stop CARB Act of 2024, which would repeal California’s waiver exemption in Section 209 of the Clean Air Act; repeal Section 177 of the Clean Air Act, which allows other states to adopt California’s emissions standards; and nullify any active or pending waivers granted to California. Railway Age Capitol Hill Contributing Editor Frank N. Wilner weighs in.
As my constituents in Upstate New York and Americans across the nation face a historic affordability crisis, conditions are set to get a lot worse if the California Air Resources Board (CARB)
FINANCIAL EDGE, RAILWAY AGE AUGUST 2024 ISSUE: It’s the dog days of summer. Most of the country is sweltering under extraordinary heat (it was 127 degrees on July 5 in Death Valley),
California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District’s (AQMD) Governing Board on Aug. 2 reported adopting the Freight Rail Yards Indirect Source Rule (Rail Yards ISR; Rule 2306), requiring owners or operators of
Four witnesses on July 9 discussed the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) request for authorization for a state-based regulation at a hearing of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials.
