US pushes for weaker truck pollution rules

Source: Yahoo! News/AFP

Thu, July 9, 2026 at 4:33 PM EDT


President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday moved to loosen truck pollution regulations put in place by his predecessor Joe Biden, in its latest environmental rollback that benefits makers of fossil fuel burning vehicles.

Speaking to reporters at an event on the National Mall, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said the changes would help both manufacturers and truck operators, who he said had warned the previous rules "would drive up costs" and "force companies to rush products to market before they were ready."

The proposed changes pertain to a 2023 rule designed to tamp down NOx -- shorthand for nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide -- from truck tailpipes, beginning with model year 2027.

It still requires a public comment period before it is finalized.

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