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Download our "Member Action Kit" (View Page)Who We Are
Driving Toward a Cleaner California (DTCC) is a coalition of owners-operators, farmers, construction contractors and other business and community leaders committed to working with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to craft a sensible truck and bus replacement rule that both cleans the air and keeps California’s economy moving forward.
The regulations impact the more than 1.5 million trucks and buses used to transport goods and people on California’s roads, highways and farms. Given the millions of consumer and industrial goods and products delivered via truck each day in the State, these regulations could have a profound, negative impact on state’s economy.
DTCC Proposes Sensible Alternative to Air Resources Board Proposed Diesel Regulation
DTCC has developed an alternative proposal to the California Air Resources Board (ARB) proposed on-road diesel regulation that allows for flexibility and early incentives, while also achieving significant emission reductions. DTCC will continue to work with the ARB to evaluate this proposed alternative and to develop a regulation that improves air quality while also taking seriously its potential impact on California’s current economic environment.
Download DTCC’s letter to the ARB & Alternative Proposal
Read the press release about this proposal
Take Action
This proposed regulation could significantly impact your business, our economy and the cost of goods and services for all Californians. Your voice is important in this process – take action today and be part of this important process!
CARB Work Shop Schedule
Energy Efficiency and Co-Benefits Audits Public Workshop
June 9, 2009
Portable Refueling Station Workshop
June 24, 2009
Join DTCC
Take a few moments today to join our coalition of truckers, farmers and other business and community leaders. The application process is easy – click here to get started.
Submit A Comment To CARB
One of the most important steps you can take over the course of the next few months is to let CARB know why it is important for the health of the state’s trucking industry, its workers, overall economy and environment to modify these proposed regulations.
Write The Governor
Gov. Schwarzenegger has made clear his commitment to simultaneously protecting the economy and the environment. Write the Governor to let him hear from you regarding your opposition to the rule.
Educate Your Community
Has your local paper covered this issue? Take time today to submit a letter to the editor to educate your community about the impact of this rule on you. Click here for a sample letter-to-the-editor.
Learn how this rule will impact you and your fleet.
We have a PowerPoint presentation summarizing the recent Truck & Bus Replacement Regulation Workshop, hosted by the California Chamber of Commerce on July 8, 2008.
Download the PowerPoint presentation (1.4 MB .ppt file)
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Top Headlines
PLF Files Complaint Against CARB
Most CARB science-panel members have overstayed their terms of office, charges PLF lawsuit
Science-panel members "aren’t regulators for life," says PLF attorney; elected officials charged with appointing must stop neglecting their oversight of this CARB regulatory panel, so there will be potential for new blood and fresh perspectives.
June 18, 2009
Sacramento, CA; Most members of the scientific panel for the California Air Resources Board are serving beyond the legal limit on their terms of office, and a court should order that proper nomination and appointment of replacements take place. So argues a lawsuit filed today by Pacific Legal Foundation attorneys, representing various businesses that are subject to CARB regulations.
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Senate Rejects Granting State Air Board Broad Authority to Raise Fees/Taxes
Posted June 11, 2009
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A bipartisan vote of the Senate this week stopped California Chamber of Commerce-opposed legislation that would have increased costs and discouraged job growth by granting the California Air Resources Board (ARB) broad authority to implement unlimited fees and taxes with little or no oversight.
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Cooling Down With Global-Warming Data
June 10, 2009
U.S. and world temperature records are compromised by monitoring station errors
If fighting global warming may cost the economy $9.6 trillion and more than one million lost jobs by 2035, as the Heritage Foundation forecasts, it’d be a good idea to be sure there’s a sound basis before making such a massive sacrifice.
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Governor Schwarzenegger Issues Executive Order to Reduce State Spending
June 9, 2009
Taking immediate action to reduce spending as the state faces a $24.3 billion deficit, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today signed Executive Order S-09-09 to eliminate funding for contracts entered into by state agencies and departments after March 1, 2009 for all goods and services excluding those necessary for public safety and to prohibit entering into any new contracts.
California Air Resource Board's Part in our Economic Collapse
June 8, 2009
Letter sent to Governor Schwarzenegger from Delta Construction Company, Inc
The current economic condition in California is exacerbated by government taxes and over regulations. I wrote to you on November 25, 2008 (entitled " Outcome of California air Resource Board's Regulations") about this small businessman's views of the resultant consequences.
Treasurer Lockyer Announces Kickoff of Loan Program to Help California Truckers Comply with New Diesel Emissions Regulations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 19, 2009
SACRAMENTO – State Treasurer Bill Lockyer today announced the kickoff of a $48 million loan guarantee program to help California truckers comply with new diesel emissions regulations. The program is a partnership with the California Air Resources Board (ARB).
