The South Coast Air Quality Management District votes to require rail yard owners and operators, including BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad, to aggressively reduce lung-irritating nitrogen-oxide emissions through 2050.
  • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I’m all for replacing the diesel trains with electric ones, but I’m worried this rule is just going to discourage rail usage and put more cargo on trucks. I don’t see anything baked in to prevent that. Hopefully electric trucks will gain popularity and temper that issue if so. I did see a Tesla Semi on the road the other day.

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
      3·
      2 months ago

      There are a separate set of rules covering cargo trucks visiting the ports in the area.