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Coltura: Supreme Court precedent means states can require all new vehicles sold be electric

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Coltura is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the switch from gasoline and diesel to cleaner alternatives. The article points to the 2019 Supreme Court case of Virginia Uranium v. The Washington bill, drafted according to the legal path identified in the law review article, required all new cars to be electric by 2030.

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Provisional agreement reached on European CO2 standards for heavy-duty trucks; 30% lower by 2030

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Under the agreement, emissions from new trucks will have to be 15% lower by 2025 and 30% lower in 2030 compared to 2019 emissions. With the first-ever EU emission standards for trucks agreed, we are completing the legal framework to reach the European target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by 2030.

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Poor air quality to remain a problem in India despite pollution control policies

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In January 2019, the Indian government launched the National Clean Air Program (NCAP), a five-year action plan to curb air pollution; build a pan-India air quality monitoring network; and improve citizen awareness. —Markus Amann, Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases Program director at IIASA. levels by 20-30% over the next five years.

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ELECTRIC VEHICLE RULES IN INDIA: Everything That You Must Know

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With the increasing global concern over climate change and the need to transition towards cleaner and more sustainable modes of transportation, countries around the world have been formulating regulations to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). Another objective of the rules is to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles.

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California Air Resources Board readopts Low Carbon Fuel Standard, adopts regulation on alternative diesel fuels

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The regulation puts in place a three-step process beginning in 2016 to create a path to bring cleaner diesel substitutes into the market. The decline in the LCFS carbon intensity targets was frozen due to a legal challenge. The Board also adopted a regulation governing alternative diesel fuels ( ADF ). Diesel and Diesel Substitutes.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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But it took more than a year and scores of meetings for IBM's contract and legal teams to authorize the terms. It did not matter that Microsoft's software was notorious for having bugs or that IBM's was far cleaner. This article is based on excerpts from IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon (MIT Press, 2019).

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US advances review of Nevada lithium mine amid concerns over endangered wildflower – ET Auto

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The Biden administration has taken a significant step in its expedited environmental review of what could become the third lithium mine in the US, amid anticipated legal challenges from conservationists over the threat they say it poses to an endangered Nevada wildflower.

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