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EPA seeks input on Phase 3 GHG standard rulemaking for heavy-duty engines and vehicles

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EPA first adopted GHG requirements for heavy-duty vehicles in 2011. The Phase 1 standards began to apply in Model Year 2014 for heavy-duty vehicles. The Phase 1 standards began to apply in Model Year 2014 for heavy-duty vehicles. The Phase 2 standards began to apply in Model Year 2021.

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California ARB fines Tesoro $1.36M for Low Carbon Fuel Standard violations

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million settlement with Tesoro Refining & Marketing, LLC for violating the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). In March 2017, Tesoro notified CARB that the company had misreported fuel data from 2011 to 2016. The California Air Resources Board (ARB) announced a $1.36-million In this case, the company misreported 1.9

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California Clean Fuels rule reports 100% compliance in 2016

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The 2016 Compliance Report for the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), released today by the California Air Resources Board (ARB), shows 100% compliance with the regulation. In 2016, the industry continued to over-comply with the regulation, generating 9.1 There are 224 companies reporting in the LCFS. million credits against 6.8

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Gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that in 1965

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Not coincidentally, the first Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for new cars and light trucks became effective with 1978 model-year vehicles. Total consumption (millions of gallons). Consumption per capita (gallons). Consumption per capita (gallons). The maximum consumption per capita (505 gallons) was reached in 1978.

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Cleaner fuels have replaced more than 3B gallons of diesel under California Low Carbon Fuel Standard

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New 2018 data from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) indicates that the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) continues to drive production of a growing volume of cleaner transportation fuels for California consumers. California reached that overall goal in 2016. To date almost 3.3

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EIA: Renewable diesel increasingly used to meet California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard; 10.1% of total diesel supplied in 2Q18

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Renewable diesel net supply to California’s fuel market has increased since the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program went into effect in 2011, reaching 100 million gallons during the second quarter of 2018, or 10.1% Source: US Energy Information Administration, based on California Air Resources Board.

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EPA to revisit trailer and glider provisions of Phase 2 GHG and fuel efficiency standards for medium- and heavy-duty engines

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to revisit provisions of the Phase 2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines, citing “concerns” raised by stakeholders in the trailer and glider industry. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Earlier post.). feet in length).

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