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

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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.

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California gas vehicle ban faces pushback from 17 states

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The Missouri State Attorney General commented, “If California can set restrictive ‘gas emissions’ standards, manufacturing becomes astronomically expensive, and those additional costs are passed onto consumers, many of which are Missourians.”

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Which states align with California EV mandate in 2024?

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Virginia will stop following California’s stricter emissions standards, which would have put the state on track to end sales of nearly all new internal-combustion cars by 2035, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced last week. So Youngkin plans to revert Virginia to the federal emissions standards on January 1, 2025.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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A limit was imposed on emissions from the power plants, and utilities were allowed to buy and sell permits to comply. These reductions in power plant emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ) and nitrogen oxides (NO x ) were achieved at a significantly lower cost than originally assumed. greenhouse gas emissions. Participating U.S.

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Gas War: U.S. House Suggests Ending California Emissions Authority, White House Says Nope

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Due largely to possessing the ability to self-regulate, California is known for having some of the strictest emission rules in the country. Furthermore, the EPA cannot legally issue a formal ban on combustion vehicles. percent of U.S. vehicles sold in 2022 that were EVs.