Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2010

A coalition of environmental groups has filed a lawsuit challenging what it called the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) failure to address greenhouse gas emissions from ocean-going ships, aircraft and nonroad vehicles and engines used in industrial operations. Lisa Murkowski’s (R-Alaska), “disapproval resolution” (S.J.

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EPA District of Columbia Emissions Engine 210

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2019

At that time each of the 12 TCI states and the District of Columbia will decide whether to sign the final MOU and participate in the regional program, which could be operational by 2022. The final MOU is expected in the Spring of 2020, following additional public input and analysis.

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Transportation Emissions DC District of Columbia 195

Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2012

In June, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated the EPA’s interim final rule on the use of non-conformance penalties (NCPs) in order to sell diesel engines with emissions levels above 0.20g NO x. Navistar expects the In-Cylinder Technology Plus (ICT+) technology to be available beginning early 2013.

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EPA 2010 District of Columbia Engine 231

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2019

A new study analyzing data from the 29 states and District of Columbia with mandatory RPS policies finds that the policies come at a high cost to consumers and are inefficient in reducing carbon emissions. The analysis also does not assess the impact of RPS policies on criteria pollutants.

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Renewable Price District of Columbia Chicago 207

Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2015

Stacked bars show the change in generation cost combined with the median damages by pollutant assuming the 2010 social cost of carbon given by the Office of Management and Budget ($31 in $2010). However, this shift results in increased externality costs of health and environmental damages from increased air pollution.

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Charging Coal Grid District of Columbia 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

The Air Pollution Control Division of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment proposed the adoption of the LEV standards in response to Gov. Under both sets of rules, the greenhouse gas emission limits become increasingly more stringent through the 2025 model year. Earlier post.)

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Colorado Standards Emissions District of Columbia 262

Baua Electric

AUGUST 29, 2024

The Biden-Harris Administration has awarded $521 million in grants to build out EV charging infrastructure across 29 states, two Federally Recognized Tribes and the District of Columbia (DC), including the deployment of more than 9,200 charging ports, the US Department of Energy has announced.

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Grant Puerto Rico District of Columbia Charging 52

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

These standards are followed, in whole or part, by 13 other states and the District of Columbia. In its argument, the states conflate the multiple-decade history of state regulation of criteria pollutants with the more recent addition of greenhouse gas regulations and the ZEV mandate. Earlier post.).

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District of Columbia Los Angeles Congress Pollution 207

Teslarati

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Supreme Court is set to hear a challenge from fuel companies against California’s ability to create its own emissions rules, in a case that could set a major precedent for how states handle making their own standards in efforts to lower greenhouse gas emissions through electric vehicle (EV) adoption. BEV sales , as led by Tesla.

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California Emissions District of Columbia EPA 82

The Truth About Cars

APRIL 9, 2024

For those that don’t recall this particular saga of the Great American Gas War, the EPA reinstated a waiver under the Clear Air Act that allowed California to establish vehicle emission rules that went beyond federal standards in 2022. This ruling reaffirms California’s longstanding right to address pollution from cars and trucks."

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EPA California Emissions Gas 104

The Truth About Cars

APRIL 30, 2024

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit last week. This ruling reaffirms California’s longstanding right to address pollution from cars and trucks, work started by Governor Ronald Reagan and codified by President Richard Nixon,” California Governor Gavin Newsom said at the time.&

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