What the Advanced Clean Truck Rule Will Do for Connecticut

The document argues that adopting California's ACT and HDO rules would significantly reduce toxic air pollutants and carbon emissions from medium- and heavy-duty vehicles in Connecticut, leading to substantial health savings and economic benefits by 2050.

• Medium- and heavy-duty (M/HD) vehicles in Connecticut represent approximately 5 percent of all vehicles but contribute disproportionately to pollution, accounting for 25 percent of global warming pollution, 53 percent of NOx, and 45 percent of PM2.5 from on-road vehicles.
• Adopting the ACT rule is projected to increase the share of zero-emissions M/HD vehicle sales in Connecticut from less than 1 percent today to nearly 30 percent by 2030 and nearly 60 percent by 2035, which would eliminate almost 16 million metric tons of cumulative carbon dioxide through 2050.
• The implementation of ACT and HDO regulations is estimated to reduce NOx emissions from M/HD vehicles by nearly 86 percent and PM2.5 emissions by 27 percent by 2050, resulting in 104 fewer premature deaths, 102 fewer hospital visits, and $1.2 billion in avoided health care costs.
• Economic benefits include $467 million in annual net societal benefits in 2050 and $4.3 billion in net cumulative societal benefits. Additionally, electric truck operators are expected to see over $8,000 in net lifetime savings per vehicle by 2040 due to lower fuel and maintenance costs.

APA

Union of Concerned Scientists (2022). What the Advanced Clean Truck Rule Will Do for Connecticut. https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/2022-01/ct-clean-trucks-fact-sheet.pdf

Chicago

Union of Concerned Scientists. What the Advanced Clean Truck Rule Will Do for Connecticut. 2022. https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/2022-01/ct-clean-trucks-fact-sheet.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{unionofconcernedscientists2022what, author = {{Union of Concerned Scientists}}, title = {{What the Advanced Clean Truck Rule Will Do for Connecticut}}, institution = {Union of Concerned Scientists}, year = {2022}, month = jan, url = {https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/2022-01/ct-clean-trucks-fact-sheet.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }