Clean air advocates urge EPA to regulate heavy-duty trucks
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Growing up amid the opaque skies of Los Angeles resulted in childhood asthma for DJ Portugal. To protect his four children from the same fate, he moved to Phoenix, hoping for clearer vistas and cleaner skies. But the Valley of the Sun has consistently failed to meet air quality standards, a side effect of its status […]
Calls For New Heavy-Duty Truck Standards
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State, environmental and health leaders plan to call on the Biden administration and the Environmental Protection Agency to adopt new standards for heavy-duty trucks in order to put them on a path towards zero emissions. Representatives from the American Lung Association and the Arizona Public Health Association (AZPHA) will be speaking out about this.