Vice President Kamala Harris announced major federal actions to “expand clean public transit and school buses, reduce emissions from dirty diesel trucks, and create good paying jobs.”  With a new proposed rule to set heavy-duty vehicle emission standards, air pollution that often blights “overburdened low-income communities and communities of color” will hopefully be mitigated. The focus on zero emission trucking should also lead to “create good-paying, union jobs, prove public health, and confront climate change.” Read more…