Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

A coalition of 11 states filed a lawsuit to compel the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promptly to revise national air quality standards for air pollution involving soot. The EPA had failed to meet an October 2011 deadline for revising the existing standards. EPA last revised the standards in 2006.

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EPA Rhode Island District of Columbia New York 231

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Slated for a July 2011 start, it would regulate 1000 of the country's biggest polluters and 75 percent of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. The frequency of extreme weather and climate events is already on the rise in China, and is expected to have “immense impacts on socio-economic development and standards of living.”

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Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions 236

Creative Greenius

JANUARY 19, 2009

Maybe some Washington Mutual stock instead? All I ever heard them do was badmouth the small Honda car I drive and complain about CAFE fuel economy standards. That’s a real bummer about your lack of money old Chucky, but I’m still laughing away at your karma, dude. Now that’s funny! Really Bob? Guess what?

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GM Michigan Obama Detroit 150

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.).

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Fuel Economy Standards California EPA 170

Green Car Congress

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. INTRODUCTION. Coverage: 28% of CO 2 emissions. Western Climate Initiative (WCI).

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Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate 244

The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

House of Representatives that would prevent California from receiving federal waivers to set standards limiting the sale of gasoline-driven automobiles. Furthermore, the EPA cannot legally issue a formal ban on combustion vehicles. percent of U.S. vehicles sold in 2022 that were EVs.

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California Emissions Gas EPA 104