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APRIL 30, 2024

Over two dozen states have joined forces to sue the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over proposed vehicle emissions regulations put forward by the Biden administration in March. We won’t stop fighting to protect our communities from pollution and the climate crisis.” Swelling vehicle prices was another issue.&

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EPA Emissions West Virginia Gas 95

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JULY 5, 2017

The defect leads to lower fuel economy, non EPA-compliant emissions levels, and costly and frequent vehicle repairs, the complaint charges. This reduces the truck's fuel economy, according to the complaint. One of the suit’s named plaintiffs, Forrest Poulson, had his truck flashed three times.

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Fuel Economy Chrysler Diesel Emissions 170

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APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. Graham recently declared, “ Economy-wide cap-and-trade is dead. ”

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Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate 244

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MARCH 6, 2010

In an “economy-wide” cap-and-trade emissions program, energy sector emissions would likely be capped. A 2008 EPA study analyzed the economic impacts of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 (S. Erosion control may reduce water pollution from non-point sources, a leading source of water pollution in US waterbodies.

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Climate Change Climate Emissions 2008 218

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MARCH 22, 2010

These issues highlight the challenges of turning carbon into a commodity, with the undertaking’s simultaneous goals of imposing financial penalties on polluters, luring more investors into the market, and channeling money toward renewable energy technologies that would reduce emissions. CONCLUSION. REFERENCES. Donovan (February 19, 2010).

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Carbon Climate Change Climate Emissions 255

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

China and India recently announced plans to reduce the carbon intensity, or the amount of carbon-dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product, of their economies over the next decade. The Chinese can promise to do this because they’re modernizing their economy. The situation is the same for India.

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Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions 244