Longtime Clean Air activist Bill Magavern joins us to chat, and brings some welcome good news: with the COVID-19 pandemic keeping people out of their cars, many areas of California have seen a decrease in air pollution. Those gains may dissipate as Californians return to the roads, but two coming environmental rule changes could have a big impact going forward: the Advanced Clean Truck Rule will require fleets to begin including non-polluting vehicles in their lineup, starting in 2024, and anti-sprawl provisions of SB743 (a Darrell Steinberg bill, which also cleared the way for the Kings' latest Sacramento Arena, passed in 2013) will go into effect on July 1, 2020. Bill also offers a look ahead at other proposed legislation and how the recent underwhelming Cap-and-Trade auction results may impact funding.
Longtime Clean Air activist Bill Magavern joins us to chat, and brings some welcome good news: with the COVID-19 pandemic keeping people out of their cars, many areas of California have seen a decrease in air pollution. Those gains may dissipate as Californians return to the roads, but two coming environmental rule changes could have a big impact going forward: the Advanced Clean Truck Rule will require fleets to begin including non-polluting vehicles in their lineup, starting in 2024, and anti-sprawl provisions of SB743 (a Darrell Steinberg bill, which also cleared the way for the Kings' latest Sacramento Arena, passed in 2013) will go into effect on July 1, 2020. Bill also offers a look ahead at other proposed legislation and how the recent underwhelming Cap-and-Trade auction results may impact funding.