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EPA Grants California Vehicle GHG Regulations Waiver

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The US Environmental Agency (EPA) has granted California’s waiver request enabling the state to enforce its greenhouse gas emissions standards (Pavley I) for new motor vehicles, beginning with the current model year. This decision puts the law and science first. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson.

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Federal Appeals Court vacates EPA Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

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labor organizations petitioned for review of the rule (all the cases were consolidated). statutory text grants EPA authority to require upwind States to. In response, a number of states, local governments, industry groups, and. statutory limits on that authority. statutory limits on that authority. First, the.

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Volkswagen AG provides details on investigations into NOx cheating; origin and fixes; new strategic direction

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At a press conference in Germany today, Volkswagen Group executives provided details on the status of its investigation—which is being coordinated by a special committee of the Supervisory Board—into the diesel emissions debacle. Earlier post.). Earlier post.) The software of the 2.0 liter TDI will be updated. Earlier post.).

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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and (b) Could emissions credits based on faulty assumptions or inadequate review be revoked? United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009. Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15 th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer , by Brian J.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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Surprising, Unsettling, Surreal: Roaming Through Saudi Arabia

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Another prediction came by way of Keith Thornton, the director of restaurants, who said he expects the resort to legally serve alcohol by the end of the year. Granted, the resort had just opened the month before — but the same was true at the nearby Six Senses Southern Dunes , an inland Red Sea resort that opened in November.