Edit Column Colorado’s Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) is considering a rule that would require that a certain number of medium and heavy duty trucks sold in the state be zero emission, joining several other states in this important effort to reduce emissions from trucks that deliver our groceries, packages and other supplies.

The Colorado government is considering new rules that would that, “would require large truck dealers to market a certain percentage of their stock as low-emissions diesel engines starting in 2027…

Asserting that the State of Colorado must enact new policies to fight environmental racism and clean our air, a new coalition has formed to move the state “toward eliminating environmental degradation and barriers harming disproportionately impacted communities…” and create conditions so that “Colorado’s children can breathe clean air regardless of race or socio-economic background for future generations to come.”

In 2022, the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) will consider new rules to help reduce harmful emissions of greenhouse gas pollutants and other emissions that hurt Colorado’s air quality and create smog and ozone.

This year, Colorado has a chance to address climate impacts, environmental racism, and historical inequities by enacting safer and more sustainable clean truck rules.

California, Oregon, Washington, New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts could be the lynchpin to transforming the entire U.S. trucking industry into a cleaner and more climate-friendly sector of the economy.

business, and other sectors are urging the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) to begin working now on new rules for clean trucks.

A new interactive map shows you the levels of dirty diesel emissions in your neighbourhood and how it might be effecting you and your family’s health.

Simon, advocate for the Colorado Public Interest Research Group, in a recent opinion article published in the Coloradan Sun.