The trucking industry called Biden's new rules unachievable.
A coalition of energy and trucking groups is suing the Biden administration over its recently-finalized emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks.
The groups — which include the American Petroleum Institute, the American Farm Bureau, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association and the National Corn Growers Association — filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to block the agency's tailpipe emissions rules for heavy-duty trucks, which the agency finalized in March. Provided it withstands legal challenge, the rules will require truck manufacturers to considerably increase the share of their fleets that are electric vehicles (EV) or zero-emissions models by 2032, a timeline that critics say is far too tight given that green trucking technology is in its infancy and costly.
"EPA's final rule exceeds the agency's statutory authority and is otherwise arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and not in accordance with law," the complaint states. "Petitioners accordingly ask this Court to declare unlawful and vacate EPA's final action."
According to The New York Times, long-haul and medium sized trucks must achieve zero-emissions or are electric by 2030. Meaning up to 25% of new long-haul trucks and 40% of all new medium-sized trucks of trucking industry inventories sold. The trucking industry says a lack of charging capacity and inadequately available technology would enable them to comply with the rules.
It is likely Biden did this knowing he would be sued and the trucking industry stood a good chance of striking these new rules down in court. During March, a federal judge in Texas struck down another climate rule put forth by the Biden EPA that would have required states to set reduced greenhouse gas emissions rules using the national highway system. His Fraudulency made this latest move targeting the trucking industry to toss a bone to environmentalists.
Small business or self-employed contractors make up the vast majority of truckers in the country and Biden's climate regulations would drive almost every one of them out of business. But he and his environmentalist allies could care less. Biden is up for re-election and environmentalists will praise policies like this since they'd rather people suffer and die rather than flourish and live.
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