"CA communities want buses and trucks that don’t pollute neighborhoods. These investments in nonpolluting trucks and buses show our elected leaders heard us." - @lasmogguy.bsky.social
Southern California's first-in-the-nation rule to electrify industrial heating survived a courtroom challenge: www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele... via @mariagallucci.bsky.social
Southern California clean-heat rule survives key legal challenge
A U.S. appeals court upheld the first-in-the-nation measure, which will slash smog-forming emissions from certain gas-fueled boilers and heaters in the…
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GOOD NEWS: Yesterday, @governor.ca.gov signed the state budget, which includes a $135.5 million investment in the state’s program to electrify trucks. @lasmogguy.bsky.social shares how CA is demonstrating that we don’t need to cower in the face of federal attacks earthjustice.org/experts/adri...
California Leaders Listen to Community Demanding Action to Clean up Deadly Diesel Pollution
California includes $135.5 million investment in state’s program to electrify trucks
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👀The Home Energy Choice Act (AB 2313) is before the California Senate's energy committee next Tuesday. It’s the “biggest no-brainer of the state legislative session” according to @earthjustice.org @righttozero.bsky.social earthjustice.org/experts/matt...
Californians Deserve to Choose the Energy Source for their Homes — a New Bill Would Give Them the Freedom and Funds to Do So
The Home Energy Choice Act (AB 2313) is the biggest no-brainer of the state legislative session
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@lasmogguy.bsky.social offers two ways California can counteract the Trump Administration’s destructive moves to thwart the state’s clean air progress. 1️⃣ Use the state budget to replenish a popular program that helps companies adopt nonpolluting trucks 2️⃣ Pass the California Clean Skies Act
@lasmogguy.bsky.social for @sfchronicle.com "With diesel prices spiking 50% higher than before the war on Iran a mere month ago, what was a health and pollution problem is now barreling our way as an economic problem too." www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
Soaring prices are making California’s diesel truck problem worse. Here’s how we can fix it
OPINION: With diesel prices spiking 45% higher than a month ago, what was a health and pollution problem is now barreling California’s way as an economic problem, too.
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Sasan Saadat and Rachel Spector for @lohud.com breakdown how relying on fossil fuels is short-sighted for New York.
It hasn’t been acknowledged that community, health & envtl groups pushing for truck electrification have been pro consumer despite hyperbolic claims of freight lobbyists. Diesel Is a Bigger Problem for Consumers Than Gasoline. Here’s Why. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/b...
Diesel Is a Bigger Problem for Consumers Than Gasoline. Here’s Why.
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"It’s clear that EPA means to tilt the scales in favor of polluting school buses, and kill any interest in the Clean School Bus program by unexpectedly halting and starting funding for school districts." - @lasmogguy.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2026/02/26/p...
Policies on the Bus Go Round and Round - Legal Planet
The Trump EPA is moving away from electric school buses. The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.
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ICYMI, @lasmogguy.bsky.social breaks down the latest report on SoCal's first-in-the-nation approach to cleaning up pollution from mega-warehouses. earthjustice.org/experts/adri...
Four Years in, Southern California’s First-in-the-Nation Approach to Clean up Warehouse Pollution is a Beacon
If the WAIRE program were a state, it would rank 21st in electric trucks.
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Heading to South Coast AQMD hearing and ran into a zero-emission Cheeto truck while getting coffee. Good sign.
Mailing some holiday cards. I love this stamp … I’m going to name it “Electric Long Life Vehicle with Dude Sending Mail From the Sewer.”
@lasmogguy.bsky.social put it so well. "Before Jesse, there was no playbook. What was remarkable from the beginning is that Jesse wasn’t afraid to write stuff down, to demand things, to spend lots of time scouring for evidence.”
Los Angeles Times@latimes.com · 11mo agoJesse Marquez, tireless defender of L.A. port communities, dies at 74
Thank you, @governor.ca.gov, for standing strong for Californians and the right to breathe clean air. This piece of legislation would have made it more difficult to shape clean air policies in Southern California, the nation's smog capital.
Right To Zero@righttozero.bsky.social · 12mo agoIn case you missed the good news: @governor.ca.gov vetoed #SB34, a dangerous bill that would have made it more difficult to clean the air in the nation’s smog capital earthjustice.org/press/2025/i...
GOOD NEWS: @governor.ca.gov signed #AB1280, which will help California manufacturers shift to zero-emissions equipment like heat pumps and thermal energy storage! Next up 👉 “We hope to see Governor Newsom invest funds from cap and invest in the INDIGO program” - @lasmogguy.bsky.social
California Passes Law To Help Modernize Manufacturing in a Win for Jobs and Clean Air
AB 1280 establishes funding mechanism for companies to replace dirty industrial equipment with zero-emissions technologies
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Still awaiting signature - commonsense legislation supported by over 90% of CA voters that will make sure utilities don't pass the costs of their lobbying and image polishing into energy bills. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social: let’s save people money and sign #AB1167! earthjustice.org/experts/matt...
TAKE ACTION and tell @governor.ca.gov to sign these commonsense bills into law earthjustice.org/action/tell-...
Tell Newsom to sign these commonsense bills into law
Tell Newsom to sign these commonsense bills into law
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Grab some breakfast tacos and coffee and join us for a rally to demand @metrolosangeles.bsky.social embrace a bold plan to Electrify LA28. 🗓️ Thursday, September 25 at 9 am www.eventbrite.com/e/rally-for-...
Etransit buses are just better than methane burning buses for riders. Took a SM big blue gillig ebus & it was quiet & clean. Took a methane burner back & it was loud & funky smelling Now don’t get me wrong - we need to keep using combustion buses until the end of useful life but ebuses are better.
“It’s smart for California to think about how they can [counteract] some of the reckless behavior of the federal government. But there’s also huge economic benefits from facilitating and advancing electric vehicles, including a lot of jobs in California.” - @lasmogguy.bsky.social
Los Angeles Times@latimes.com · last yr.Trump is undermining California's EV goals. The state has a new plan to fight back
New blog from @lasmogguy.bsky.social just dropped ⬇️ ⬇️ While Trump wreaks havoc, California and @airresources.bsky.social can resist the big chill on zero-emissions. earthjustice.org/experts/adri...
California Can’t Afford to Blink in the Showdown over Zero-Emissions
While Trump wreaks havoc, California can resist the big chill on zero-emissions
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Hey folks - started a substack. Subscribe (for free) if you want to read it. open.substack.com/pub/lasmoggu...
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Yesterday, our team toured Bellwether Coffee in Berkeley to see firsthand how their innovative technology is transforming coffee roasting. By replacing gas-powered equipment with all-electric roasters, Bellwether is slashing carbon emissions by up to 90% ☕
Call your CA Legislators and let them know we don’t have time for garbage legislation 👇🏼 earthjustice.org/experts/adri... #NoOnSB34 - the filthy port pollution act of 2025
Trump Wants to Make America Smoggy Again. California Legislators Are About to Make It Worse
We know where the Trump administration stands on clean air protections, but why are state legislators in California pushing a pro-pollution bill like SB 34 forward?
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This is incredible news for clean air.
Adrian Martinez@lasmogguy.bsky.social · last yr.Late yesterday, we received a massive clean air & climate win for Southern California. Industry challenged a massive life-saving rule - 1146.2 - adopted by the South Coast AQMD. You can read more about the rule that will result in major emission reductions here - earthjustice.org/press/2024/s...
Late yesterday, we received a massive clean air & climate win for Southern California. Industry challenged a massive life-saving rule - 1146.2 - adopted by the South Coast AQMD. You can read more about the rule that will result in major emission reductions here - earthjustice.org/press/2024/s...
🧵🪡 A thread on my attempt to thread the needle at a @calenergy.bsky.social meeting in a two-minute high-level public comment and taken out of context on (to be fair) a complex subject. ⬇️
Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN)@apen4ej.bsky.social · last yr.Yesterday, @politico.com ran an article about this week’s @calenergy.bsky.social meeting claiming that climate and environmental justice groups are lining up behind a plan that would “pump the brakes” on the transition away from fossil fuels. It’s time to set the story straight ⬇️⬇️
“There is still work that can be done. These are big hits (from Trump) but I think still continuing to press on zero-emission vehicles is going to be really critical.” - @lasmogguy.bsky.social calmatters.org/environment/...
Reined in by Trump, what will California do next to clean its air?
With 7 of its ambitious rules for cars, trucks and trains repealed, California officials must find new ways to clean up the nation’s worst air pollution. But officials face growing pushback about affo...
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