Publication: The LA Times 

UCLA Expert: Julia Stein: Project Director, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment 

Synopsis: The Los Angeles Times published an article reporting on the EPA’s proposal to reduce smog from big trucks. Additionally, Stein shares how California has stayed ahead of the policy curve on environmental regulations. 

UCLA News: Stein notes that this regulation would ensure emissions controls remain even if California’s authority to implement its own controls is contested. “This rule is largely drawing on work that’s been done in California and a rule that’s already been adopted in California. So this is yet another example of California being out ahead on this regulation and the federal government moving to adopt effective regulations that California has already explored.” 

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