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California Air Resources Board unanimously adopts Advanced Clean Cars Package

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The new rules strengthen the greenhouse gas standard for 2017 models and beyond. The current California program constitutes a separate set of rules with minor variations due to separate legal structures but is designed to parallel the proposed federal joint rulemaking the Obama administration announced last summer. LEV III Board Book.

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EPA proposes repeal of Obama Clean Power Plan

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Released in 2015 by the Obama Administration EPA, the CPP established the first national standards to limit CO 2 emissions from fossil-fuel-fired power plants (Electric Generating Units, EGUs), with a target of a 32% reduction against a 2005 baseline by 2030. Earlier post.). Comments should be identified by Docket ID No.

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EPA Administrator broadly outlines Trump Administration thinking on fuel economy standards and California

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Kelly Blue Book earlier this month reported that the the estimated average transaction price for a light vehicle in the United States was $37,401 in August 2019, up 2% from August 2018. In order to comply with the Obama standards, auto makers need to sell many more electric vehicles. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Former EPA exec surveys the road ahead for US emissions standards

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Under President Obama, the EPA set the first federal greenhouse gas standard for cars. President Biden has made it clear that he intends to strengthen environmental regulations across the board, and his administration is expected to reinstate the Obama-era emissions standards, and possibly go beyond them.

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Why Cyberwarfare Is Overhyped

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I’m very excited to talk to him about his new book which is titled Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age in Five Extraordinary Hacks. Schneider: Before we talk about your book, tell me a little bit about yourself. And a lot of people were asking when the book came out in 2017, “What about cyber war?

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