The U.S. Transportation Dept. said July 7 it will propose regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector in an effort to address climate change. Under the proposal, similar to one released late in the Obama term but dropped by the Trump administration in 2018, state transportation departments and metropolitan planning organizations would be required to track and reduce greenhouse gas emissions related to highway and road driving.
A draft of the proposal was released by DOT’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), which already has a framework to track national emissions performance measures to help states assess their own controls and to inform decisions about infrastructure and other investments. The new rule would add a greenhouse gas performance measure to the existing framework.