DOT New Rule Requiring States To Reduce Climate Pollution On Highways

President Biden’s Department of Transportation (DOT), has enacted a critical New Rule requiring States to: Measure, Report, and Reduce, Climate Pollution on the Nation’s Highways. Then those Agencies have to set Targets for Reducing their Emissions over periods of Two or Four years.

The Rule is Straightforward yet Transformational. But Big Oil is doing everything they can to Stop Implementation.

Some States, like Texas, are already moving to Preempt the Rule in Court. To Fight back, Governors who care about Clean Air and Climate Action, need to Act now to Implement the Rules and set ambitious Goals to Cut Pollution.

The DOT Rule: Provides a Framework for States to set Emission Reduction Targets, develop Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure, and Promote the use of Cleaner Options like Electric Vehicles.

The Rule also encourages the Integration of Public Transportation, Cycling, and Walking, into Transportation planning, reducing Reliance on Fossil Fuels. Local and State Governments will play a Critical Role, as they work to develop Policies and Initiatives that directly Measure and Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions within their Jurisdictions.

If States move quickly to Implementation and set Ambitious Goals now, it will be a lot harder for Big Oil to Stop, Later.

The Rule is similar to an Obama-era Proposal, that was rolled back during the Trump Administration. The Rule gives Local Officials Flexibility to set their Emissions Targets, “so long as they are declining.”

The Infrastructure Law sets aside $27 billion to help State and Local Governments Reduce their Emissions, including $6.4 billion dedicated to Helping them develop their own Emissions-Reductions Strategies, the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) said in a News Release.

“Every state has its own unique climate challenges, and every state ought to have the data, funding, and flexibility it needs to meet those challenges head on,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a Statement.









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