SACRAMENTO -- The California Air Resources Board approved the Community Emissions Reduction Program (CERP) for South Los Angeles, which will deliver significant reductions in smog-causing and harmful fine particle pollution in this community. This is the twelfth such program approved under AB 617 (C. Garcia, Stats. 2017, ch. 136).
SACRAMENTO – The California Air Resources Board today approved the trailblazing Advanced Clean Cars II rule that sets California on a path to rapidly growing the zero-emission car, pickup truck and SUV market and deliver cleaner air and massive reductions in climate-warming pollution.
SACRAMENTO — Following a competitive grant solicitation, the California Air Resources Board has chosen San Diego-based nonprofit organization Pedal Ahead as the administrator to implement California’s statewide Electric Bicycle Incentive Project. The equity-focused program is expected to officially launch in the first quarter of 2023.
SACRAMENTO – Today at noon (PDT), California and Quebec released the results of the 32nd joint cap-and-trade auction of carbon allowances from both jurisdictions. The final numbers include sales figures and settlement prices for 2022 (current) and 2025 (advance) vintages.
Number offered: 56,956,085
Number sold: 56,956,085
Settlement price: $27.00
Number offered: 7,942,750
Number sold: 7,942,750
Settlement price: $30.00
SACRAMENTO – Californians can now get wildfire alerts and smoke forecasts straight to their phones with the new version of the California Smoke Spotter mobile app. The update of this first-of-its-kind app, launched last year by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to help people prepare for smoke impacts from prescribed fires, boasts a suite of new tools to help users protect themselves from smoke during wildfire season.
New features of the upgraded app include:
SACRAMENTO – California Air Resources Board Chair Liane Randolph announced today that the Board is appointing Dr. Steven Cliff as CARB’s new Executive Officer, replacing CARB’s previous Executive Officer, Richard Corey, who retired at the end of June.
SACRAMENTO — One hundred low-income electric vehicle owners in the San Joaquin Valley are receiving reloadable contactless debit cards to use at EV charging stations as part of a demonstration project launched today by Valley Clean Air Now (Valley CAN) and the State of California.
SACRAMENTO — Funds to replace old agricultural equipment and vehicles are available starting Monday for 17 of California’s smaller air districts. Replacement with cleaner equipment helps reduce emissions of harmful diesel exhaust and greenhouse gases, and improves local air quality.
PASADENA, CA – The California Air Resources Board (CARB) opens the second round of its Clean Off-Road Equipment Voucher Incentive Project (CORE) today, providing point-of-sale discounts on off-road zero-emission equipment. The project is administered by CALSTART and has $125M in funding available, more than double the amount allocated to the project when it first launched in January 2020.
SACRAMENTO – The California Air Resources Board is set to launch a new pilot program that aims to help small trucking fleets make the transition to zero-emission technologies.