2012 Climate Change Legal Obama 
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 20, 2009
The formal acknowledgement of the Copenhagen Accord ended a particularly contentious and chaotic set of negotiations, ostensibly capping more than a decade of deliberations towards a framework to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions beyond the terms of the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012. by Jack Rosebro.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 29, 2009
At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% by Jack Rosebro.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 27, 2010
When Congress passed the Clean Air Act, it never gave EPA the explicit authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions for the purpose of stopping global climate change. The resulting set of new standards will cover model years 2012-2016, and will require an average fuel economy standard of 35.5
Green Car Congress
JUNE 30, 2009
Shortly after taking office in January, President Barack Obama directed EPA to assess the appropriateness of denying the waiver. EPA also found that the California program meets legal requirements regarding the protectiveness of public health and welfare as well as technological feasibility. Earlier post.)
Creative Greenius
JANUARY 11, 2010
And since I am indeed The Greenius and I have legally laid claim to this decade, preempting all others, I can confidently lay this on you and you can take comfort knowing I’m on the case and will not let you down. And ready for the carbon credits solar owners will be getting when California institutes Cap and Trade in 2012.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
In a series of tweets Wednesday morning, President Trump said that his administration “ is revoking California’s Federal Waiver on emissions ”—a reference to the waiver of preemption under the federal Clean Air Act granted California by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the Obama Administration in 2012.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
In order to comply with the Obama standards, auto makers need to sell many more electric vehicles. Wheeler said that compared to keeping the 2012 standards in place, the preferred option in the SAFE proposal would reduce the price of new vehicles by thousands of dollars. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). —Andrew Wheeler.
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