article thumbnail

Nine states and DC to design regional approach to cap greenhouse gas emissions from transportation

Green Car Congress

All the participating jurisdictions are members of the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI), a regional collaboration of Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia that seeks to improve transportation, develop the clean energy economy, and reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector.

article thumbnail

Coalition of 11 states sues US EPA over soot rules

Green Car Congress

In 2009, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit agreed with the coalition of states, and ruled that the EPA had not justified its decision to adopt those lax standards. The EPA has not taken action in response to the coalition's notice, leading Schneiderman and his coalition to take the latest legal action.

EPA 231
article thumbnail

Federal Appeals Court vacates EPA Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

Green Car Congress

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia held in a 2-1 opinion that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had overstepped its authority with the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), and, as a result, vacated the regulation (USCA Case #11-1302). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

EPA 236