Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2017

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced that EPA intends to reconsider its final determination issued on 12 January 2017 which recommended no change to the greenhouse gas standards for light duty vehicles for model years 2022- 2025. Earlier post.) Background.

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APRIL 2, 2018

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced the completion of the Midterm Evaluation (MTE) process for the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for cars and light trucks for model years 2022-2025, and his final determination that the current standards are not appropriate and should be revised.

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APRIL 25, 2024

EPA announces new grant program to fund zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, infrastructure, and workforce development to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, and advance environmental justice DENVER — Yesterday, April 24, the U.S.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 1, 2013

A waiver has been granted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the California Air Resources Board on its Advanced Clean Car regulations. Thanks to the revision, changes have been made to both the Low Emission Vehicle program and the Zero Emission Vehicle program.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 22, 2024

Photo by RAZE Solar on Unsplash President Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in grants for low-income households to go solar, and expanding his administration’s US Climate Corps. Details of each grant can be found on the EPA’s website. So announcing this program at a New Deal site is apt.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2013

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Southern Company, and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) are together contributing more than $20 million in research funding to support the SouthEast Atmosphere Study (SAS).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Executive branch agencies, like EPA, carry out the laws passed by Congress. When Congress passed the Clean Air Act, it never gave EPA the explicit authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions for the purpose of stopping global climate change. But, that is exactly what EPA has proposed to do.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2012

Former and realigned EPA research programs and strategic goals. Dr. Anastas, appointed to the EPA by President Obama, is known widely as the “Father of Green Chemistry” for his groundbreaking work on the design and manufacture of chemicals that are nonhazardous and environmentally benign. Credit: ACS, Anastas 2012. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 17, 2017

These effects were found with ozone exposure lower than that which affects respiratory health, and lower than current Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air quality standards. In 2015, 108 million Americans—one third of the population—lived in counties with ozone levels that exceeded standards set by the EPA.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working on a rulemaking—to be complete by July— that would defer , for three years, greenhouse gas (GHG) permitting requirements for CO 2 emissions from biomass-fired and other biogenic sources. EPA New Source Review regulations and standards.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. The headliner in this segment is the issuance of a Presidential Memorandum directing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to work “ expeditiously ” to complete CO 2 emission standards for both new and existing power plants. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the US.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

Electrifying heavy-duty trucks is essential if we’re to fight climate change and air pollution, but the pace of the transition has been painfully slow—many, many pilots, but few truly large-scale orders. Funds are also available through the EPA and the Volkswagen Environmental Trust.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

The bill also directs the President to work with the relevant Federal agencies and California to harmonize, to the maximum extent possible, the federal fuel economy standards, any emission standards promulgated by EPA, and the California standards for light-duty vehicles. trucks, construction machines, ships and planes.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

“ One Agreement, Two Steps ” Expectations for Copenhagen quickly became complicated after Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen boarded an overnight flight to Singapore to address an impromptu breakfast forum on climate change at the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit on 15 November. by Jack Rosebro.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Verification of the emission reduction or carbon sequestration is critical in efforts to mitigate climate change. One question is who will be responsible for verifying changes in carbon, which raises questions about the role of a regulatory agency for accrediting claimed changes in carbon levels from an activity.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2009

” “ Some have even suggested that coal state representatives in Washington should block any advancement of national health care reform legislation until the coal industry’s demands are met by the EPA, ”, wrote Byrd. ’ West Virginia would be much smarter to stay at the table.”

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2009

This is an important step in the fight against climate change. Credits would be granted for companies doing better than the applicable fleet average standard for a given model year, while. Tags: Canada Climate Change Emissions Fuel Efficiency Policy. Minister Prentice.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2010

Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the details of their long-anticipated energy and climate change legislation on Wednesday, 12 May. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Policy. Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.),

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AUGUST 21, 2009

campaign targeting the application of indirect impacts such as international indirect land use change only to the calculation of the carbon footprint of biofuels. The campaign has been combining short quotes from organizations such as the EPA and CARB with pictures illustrating the opposite conclusion. US State Department.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

announced its next environmental sustainability strategy—PLANET 2050—which includes science-based goals that meet or exceed the goals in the United Nations Paris agreement on climate change. Cummins Inc. By 2050, Cummins is targeting net-zero carbon emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honored the six 2015 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award winners at a ceremony in Washington, DC. For 2015, EPA announced a new award category for a green chemistry technology that has a “Specific Environmental Benefit: Climate Change.” Department of Energy).

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

government was going to try a whole bunch of different government interventions—incentive programs, tax credits, grants, infrastructure investments—to bend the trajectory of our energy transition. The target of reducing emissions by 50 percent by 2030 was established through an executive order in 2021.

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JANUARY 28, 2009

1 $100,000 Grant Moving in the Right Direction? Batteries Included $142,000 Grant 2006 Archive GM Plug-in Series Hybrid? Sign the petition Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge www.sierraclub.org/arctic/ American Lung Association call for better EPA air pollution standards. 100K Mile Club Newsletter Vol.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2009

Accordingly, the Board recommended that a final decision be deferred until the outstanding issue with the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) waiver is resolved. The Vehicle Standards Advisory Board was formed as a condition under the Climate Change and Emissions Reduction Act.

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EV Life

JUNE 28, 2023

The negative impact of fossil fuel emissions on climate change and the environment has become an important issue facing the world today, and some of the biggest contributors are the gas-powered vehicles we drive every day. The Model Y also offers optional third-row seating, allowing it to seat up to seven people.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2009

In addition to the new CAFE rules from NHTSA, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will soon decide whether to grant California, and the other adopting states, the long-awaited waiver to implement its light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas emission standards. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 25, 2017

Following the removal of all mentions of climate change from the White House website, the new administration has apparently trained its sites on the U.S. The EPA and a handful of other government agencies are now reportedly under gag orders: employees are forbidden to discuss ongoing changes, post new material on.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2017

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is targeted for the largest percentage reduction in FY 2018, with a $2.6-billion Δ Clean Air and Global Climate Change. Supports Categorical Grants with $597 million, a $482-million reduction below 2017 annualized CR levels. The US Department of Energy (DOE) faces a $1.7-billion

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In a speech on Tuesday at the National Automobile Dealers Association meeting in Washington, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler outlined the Trump Administration’s thinking on national fuel economy standards and California. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). The George W.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In a series of tweets Wednesday morning, President Trump said that his administration “ is revoking California’s Federal Waiver on emissions ”—a reference to the waiver of preemption under the federal Clean Air Act granted California by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the Obama Administration in 2012.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

The state’s lawsuit argues that NHTSA is attempting to declare the California greenhouse gas and ZEV standards preempted under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), and is overstepping the authority granted to it by Congress, ignoring what it calls “Congress’ careful and repeated preservation of California’s authority.”.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Oceans, already expanding from warmth and melting glaciers, would rise, increasing coastal flooding; a chain reaction of climate changes is projected to lead to harsher, more widespread droughts and more powerful storms. Reductions in Emissions. Lomborg says.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, built their climate change bill last year in large measure around it. As Senators Graham, Kerry and Lieberman try to resuscitate the climate change bill by introducing a revised bill in mid-to-late April, twenty-three U.S. Representatives Henry A. Waxman of California and Edward J.

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Baua Electric

MAY 12, 2024

Further, as one of the most polluting sectors globally and the most polluting in rich countries , it is necessary that transportation clean up its act, and fast, in order to avoid the worst effects of climate change. The sooner this happens, the easier it will be for all of us.

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