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GOP-run EPA won't defend old anti-truck eco rule in Washington court
THE US Court of Appeals in Washington has granted the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association's (TTMA) plea to delay implementation of costly aerodynamics mandate for truck trailers.
The mandate is supposed to reduce "climate change pollution". But the newly Republican-controlled Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declined to defend the anti-trucker rule in court against TTMA's plea to delay its implementation.
Said Environmental Defence Fund (EDF) lawyer Vickie Patton: "We are disappointed that the court allowed a delay of these important climate and public health safeguards.
"Importantly, the EPA's vital limits on climate pollution from freight truck engines, a major and rapidly growing source of pollution, remain in full force and effect," she said.
TTMA had asked the court for a stay of the EPA mandate to improve aerodynamics of freight trailers. The standards were devised in the EPA's "collaborative" SmartWay Program.
But the new GOP-controlled EPA declined to defend the Democrats' old truck trailer mandate.
The new Republican EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, a global warming sceptic, also announced that EPA will reconsider new freight trailer standards.
The mandate is supposed to reduce "climate change pollution". But the newly Republican-controlled Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declined to defend the anti-trucker rule in court against TTMA's plea to delay its implementation.
Said Environmental Defence Fund (EDF) lawyer Vickie Patton: "We are disappointed that the court allowed a delay of these important climate and public health safeguards.
"Importantly, the EPA's vital limits on climate pollution from freight truck engines, a major and rapidly growing source of pollution, remain in full force and effect," she said.
TTMA had asked the court for a stay of the EPA mandate to improve aerodynamics of freight trailers. The standards were devised in the EPA's "collaborative" SmartWay Program.
But the new GOP-controlled EPA declined to defend the Democrats' old truck trailer mandate.
The new Republican EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, a global warming sceptic, also announced that EPA will reconsider new freight trailer standards.
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