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EPA: GHG emissions standards for cars and light trucks should be revised; joint process with NHTSA (updated with more reactions)

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Administrator Pruitt also announced the start of a joint process with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to develop a notice and comment rulemaking to set revised GHG emissions standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. The Obama Administration’s determination was wrong.

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Study: Cash-for-Clunkers Programs Should Use Fuel Economy Rather Than Age to Maximize GHG Reductions

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Cash for Clunkers”) program could maximize greenhouse gas emissions savings by using fuel-economy based eligibility requirements rather than age-based requirements. A first wave occurred in the 1990s, followed by a spate of current schemes to stimulate domestic auto industries in the face of the economic crisis.

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Auto Lobby Says EPA Targets Aren’t Achievable

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Updated guidance from the EPA has resulted in the most aggressive vehicle pollution standards the United States has seen so far. Rolling layoffs being attributed to industry commitments to electrification and automation are also beginning to rub people the wrong way. The next couple years are make or break," he stated in the blog post.

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Study Finds That Clean Cars and Climate Policy Can Create Jobs

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The move to greater fuel economy means greater labor content per vehicle and higher employment across the fleet. Many factors will shape where individual firms decide to produce fuel-efficient vehicles and their key components and whether this new demand will be met through domestic sourcing or imports, according to the authors.

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US Utilities Pledge to Ramp Up Efforts To Make Electricity a Crucial Transportation Fuel

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These efforts could include development of industry-wide vehicle specifications by weight class; industry-wide fuel economy requirements; fleet user education programs; and industry-wide best practices, all designed to help achieve a significant increase in fleet fuel efficiency and a commensurate decrease in GHG and other emissions.

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Advanced Turbocharged, Direct Injected Gasoline Engines Poised to Take on Diesels in US and in Europe for Reduced Fuel Consumption and Emissions

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However, prior to the remarks on climate change and the regulatory response, he spent a few minutes discussing the efforts on urban pollution—e.g., What more is need to end urban pollution, something we’ve been spending over 30 years working on? To summarize, future fuel economy improvements will come from a variety of technologies.

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California environmental lawyer forecasts the future of state and federal emissions regulations

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California has led the nation in the fight against air pollution. The reinvigoration of the body of interrelated federal and state fuel economy and emissions regulations will have major implications for the auto industry and the environment. Q&A with environmental lawyer Maureen Gorsen.