Nissa Koerner, nissa.koerner@sierraclub.org
Washington, DC -- Earlier today, the EPA said it was planning to craft new standards to limit smog-forming pollution from big rigs and other heavy-duty trucks. The process to strengthen current emission standards began under the Obama Administration before disgraced former EPA Chief Scott Pruitt pumped the brakes upon taking office.
In response, Sierra Club Clean Transportation for All Deputy Advocacy Director Andrew Linhardt released the following statement:
“NOx from heavy trucks is the leading cause of smog across our country, and the U.S. desperately needs to transition to cleaner forms of transportation. However, Trump and Andrew Wheeler have given the American people no evidence they understand how to protect our communities and climate -- only polluter profits. So it’s hard to believe this Administration’s claims about safeguarding our air and communities from heavy duty trucks. We need to put the pedal to the metal to reduce air pollution, and the Sierra Club has yet to see any substantive action by Trump or his cronies to do so.”
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