California and Mexico sign agreement to reduce GHGs
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 1, 2014
Strengthening fuel and truck efficiency standards and supporting green freight initiatives.
Mexico Oregon Pollution Standards 
273 
Coalition of 11 states sues US EPA over soot rules
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.
What is Advanced Clean Cars and why does it matter?
Plug in America
MAY 13, 2022
Advanced Clean Cars, also known as Clean Cars Standards, is a set of standards designed to put more zero-emission vehicles on the road and improve air quality. The standards require automakers to increasingly sell more EVs each year. Transportation is the largest source of emissions in many states and the U.S.
Soot rules cause controversy in USA
Green Cars News
FEBRUARY 13, 2012
There’s a storm brewing in the USA– and its all over the national air quality standards for air pollution released by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions
Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
I engaged in integrated resource planning for the two investor-owned utilities in Oregon—PGE and Pacific Power. And Oregon is pretty transparent. So when Texas got hit by Uri, it couldn’t pull power from New Mexico or Colorado or further away in the Eastern Interconnection. But those models were entirely proprietary.
California will ban new gasoline car sales
Teslarati
AUGUST 24, 2022
“The climate crisis is solvable if we focus on the big, bold steps necessary to stem the tide of carbon pollution,” Governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement. all conform to CARB’s standards. all conform to CARB’s standards. Colorado is the most recent state to adopt CARB’s emissions standards.
Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution
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. Sources: Large electric generators. Coverage: 28% of CO 2 emissions.
Let's personalize your content