Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said on Jan. 29 that his department is taking action to remove stringent fossil fuel emission standards passed by the Biden administration.
In December 2023, the Department of Transport’s Federal Highway Administration finalized a rule establishing a method to measure and report transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions.
The rule required state-level agencies to establish targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles traveling on national highways. These emission targets were intended to decrease over time, and agencies were required to report on their progress in meeting them. The rule did not specify how low the targets should be but allowed agencies the discretion to set goals appropriate for their communities….