Red light on a green policy? Oregon legislature mulls delaying clean truck rules

A legislative push is underway to delay the implementation of Oregon’s Advanced Clean Truck (ACT) regulations, which aim to reduce emissions from large vehicles.

House Bill 3119 seeks to delay the Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) enforcement of the ACT regulations, originally set to begin this year, until 2027. Proponents of the bill argue that implementing large electric vehicles on a wide scale is impractical.

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