California Air Board Defends Freight ‘Emissions Target’ Amid Lawmaker Worry

The California air board’s top executive is defending a proposed “emissions performance target” for freight facilities as part of the state’s evolving “sustainable freight” strategy to slash greenhouse gases and other pollutants from the sector, pushing back against lawmakers’ charges that officials failed to address industry concerns about the plan. “With this approach, the owner of the facility or equipment would have the flexibility to determine the best way to meet the emissions target,” Richard Corey, executive officer of the...