Clean trucks means cleaner air and equity for all Coloradans

A coalition of organizations advocates for Colorado's Air Quality Control Commission to adopt clean truck rules to mitigate the health impacts of diesel pollution in marginalized communities, specifically those along the I-70 corridor.

• The Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) is considering two rules—the Advanced Clean Trucks Rule and the Low NOx Heavy-Duty Omnibus Rule—designed to reduce emissions from delivery trucks, vans, and semi-trucks.
• Marginalized communities in Colorado, particularly Indigenous, Immigrant, Black, and Brown families, suffer from higher rates of health issues including asthma, bronchitis, anemia, and premature births due to toxic pollution from congested highways, warehouses, and railyards.
• The I-70 corridor and its surrounding areas are identified as 'Diesel Death Zones' where heavy truck traffic, idling, and frequent stops exacerbate pollution in disproportionately impacted communities.
• Historical redlining and predatory urban planning contributed to current environmental inequities; for example, the Elyria Swansea neighborhood was redlined in 1938, and I-70 construction was later diverted north in 1961 to run through this area rather than through the affluent Glendale area.
• The proposed clean truck rules would provide significant public health benefits to heavily populated areas with some of the most unhealthy air in the U.S., specifically north metro Denver, Adams County, and Weld County.
• The transition of semi and delivery trucks on I-70 to electric engines is presented as a necessary step toward a just transition to clean energy and the elimination of environmental racism.

APA

Burrola, K., Tafoya, E., Madrid, J., Chacon, R. M., Young, S., Ntepp, J., Howell, W., & Morris, B. (2022). Clean trucks means cleaner air and equity for all Coloradans. GreenLatinos. https://www.greenlatinos.org/clean-trucks-means-cleaner-air-and-equity-for-all-coloradans/

Chicago

Burrola, Katara, Ean Tafoya, Juan Madrid, Renee M. Chacon, Sondra Young, Jeremiah Ntepp, Wendy Howell, and Bri Morris. Clean trucks means cleaner air and equity for all Coloradans. GreenLatinos, 2022. https://www.greenlatinos.org/clean-trucks-means-cleaner-air-and-equity-for-all-coloradans/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{burrola2022clean, author = {Burrola, Katara and Tafoya, Ean and Madrid, Juan and Chacon, Renee M. and Young, Sondra and Ntepp, Jeremiah and Howell, Wendy and Morris, Bri}, title = {{Clean trucks means cleaner air and equity for all Coloradans}}, publisher = {GreenLatinos}, year = {2022}, month = feb, url = {https://www.greenlatinos.org/clean-trucks-means-cleaner-air-and-equity-for-all-coloradans/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }