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The EPA Says Greenhouse Gases Are A-OK. Here's What It Means For Your Next Car

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The EPA Says Greenhouse Gases Are A-OK. Heres What It Means For Your Next Car The EPA wants to undo greenhouse gas emission standards for cars and trucks. 30% The EPA Says Greenhouse Gases Are A-OK Photo by: EPA I’ll never forget going to school in the early 2000s, right in the era of Al Gore and An Inconvenient Truth.

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Gas War: EPA Proposes Dumping Greenhouse Gas Rules

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released the agency’s proposal to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding on the grounds that it promoted over $1 trillion in needless regulations while also crippling vehicle development. This seems to have been the case with current EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.

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EPA finds NMP and 1-BP present unreasonable risks to human health

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized revisions to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) risk determinations for n-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) and 1-bromopropane (1-BP). In the revised risk determination based on the 2020 risk evaluation , EPA found that NMP presents unreasonable risk to the health of workers and consumers.

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EPA settles with Tesla over Clean Air Act violations at Fremont plant; $275K penalty

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Tesla Motors Inc. EPA found Clean Air Act violations at Tesla’s automobile manufacturing plant in Fremont, Calif. People living in communities that are near sources of hazardous air pollutants may face significant risks to their health and environment.

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Study finds marine workboat engines staying in service two times longer than estimated by EPA; emissions reduction implications

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Commercial workboat engines are staying in service more than two times longer than predicted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), according to new research from the Diesel Technology Forum (DTF) and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). —Ezra Finkin, DTF Policy and Outreach Director. Elena Craft, EDF Senior Director.

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EPA proposes adding renewable diesel and naphtha from landfill biogas and butanol pathways to RFS

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a proposed rulemaking for modifications to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) program. EPA is also proposing to allow butanol that meets the 50% GHG emission reduction threshold to qualify as an advanced biofuel. Advanced butanol pathway.

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US EPA seeking to award up to $1M for project to mitigate black carbon from diesel sources in Russian Arctic

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting proposals for a project to provide assistance in developing and implementing assessment and mitigation activities for diesel sources of black carbon in the Russian Arctic. EPA reserves the right to reject all applicants and make no award from this competition.

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