How Clean Trucks Can Benefit Rhode Island

The document argues that adopting the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) and Heavy-Duty Omnibus (HDO) rules in Rhode Island would significantly reduce toxic air pollutants and carbon emissions from medium- and heavy-duty (M/HD) vehicles. By 2050, these policies are projected to reduce NOx emissions from M/HD vehicles by over 80% and PM2.5 by over 20%, leading to approximately $150 million in health care savings and over 6,000 avoided minor respiratory illnesses. Economically, the transition is expected to provide commercial fleets with over $15 million in annual savings by 2050 and eliminate over 2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide cumulatively through 2050.

• Adopting the ACT and HDO regulations would lead to an over 80% reduction in NOx and over 20% reduction in PM2.5 emissions from M/HD vehicles by 2050, resulting in over 6,000 avoided minor sicknesses and approximately $150 million in health care cost savings.
• The transition to zero-emissions M/HD vehicles is projected to eliminate more than 2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide cumulatively by 2050.
• Commercial fleets in Rhode Island are expected to see more than $15 million in annual savings by 2050, with individual electric truck operators potentially seeing more than $8,000 in net life-time savings per vehicle by 2040 due to lower fuel and maintenance costs.

APA

Union of Concerned Scientists (2023). How Clean Trucks Can Benefit Rhode Island. https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/ri-clean-trucks-fact-sheet.pdf

Chicago

Union of Concerned Scientists. How Clean Trucks Can Benefit Rhode Island. 2023. https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/ri-clean-trucks-fact-sheet.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Union of Concerned Scientists |title=How Clean Trucks Can Benefit Rhode Island |date=March 2023 |url=https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/ri-clean-trucks-fact-sheet.pdf |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{unionofconcernedscientists2023how, author = {{Union of Concerned Scientists}}, title = {{How Clean Trucks Can Benefit Rhode Island}}, institution = {Union of Concerned Scientists}, year = {2023}, month = mar, url = {https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/ri-clean-trucks-fact-sheet.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }