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In Final Ruling, New York Court of Appeals Greenlights New York City’s Building Performance Standards

Law Columbia

Case History: 2022-2024 Glen Oaks Village Owners v. City of New York began in 2022, when a group of cooperative apartment owners filed suit seeking to invalidate Local Law 97. The City cannot directly regulate vehicle emissions due to Clean Air Act preemption, but it can regulate indirect sources like e-commerce warehouses.

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Railroads Are Running Dirty Diesel Trains Through Communities and No One Is Doing Anything About It

Union of Concerned Scientists

We can rebuild it—we have the technology (and lax regulations) Under the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency sets emissions standards for engines in new locomotives. Beginning in 2001, emissions regulations were phased in for newly built locomotive engines, along with requirements for rebuilt engines.

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Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

Acoel

Posted on June 29, 2022 by Eugene M. The downwind air quality benefits are minimal. This level of forced retirements is far in excess of any prior EPA projections of plant shutdowns resulting from implementation of a Clean Air Act rulemaking. It marks the seventh round of NOx controls for the EGU sector since 1990.

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Brazil: Volkswagen will pay more than R$10 million in labor lawsuits

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Climate Activists in Germany Glued Themselves to the Volkswagen Showroom Floor John Lopez | Tech Times | October 20, 2022 On Wednesday, Oct.19, Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S. One topless woman interrupted CEO Oliver Blume's speech with the words "Dirty Money" painted on her back.

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VW owners affected by "Dieselgate" in Switzerland will not receive compensation

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Climate Activists in Germany Glued Themselves to the Volkswagen Showroom Floor John Lopez | Tech Times | October 20, 2022 On Wednesday, Oct.19, Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S. One topless woman interrupted CEO Oliver Blume's speech with the words "Dirty Money" painted on her back.

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Germany: Scandal at Volkswagen subsidiary MOIA: The company is refusing to sign a collective agreement, but gets millions in state subsidies

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Climate Activists in Germany Glued Themselves to the Volkswagen Showroom Floor John Lopez | Tech Times | October 20, 2022 On Wednesday, Oct.19, Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S. One topless woman interrupted CEO Oliver Blume's speech with the words "Dirty Money" painted on her back.

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Germany: Workers at VW subsidiary Cariad protest against job cuts

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Climate Activists in Germany Glued Themselves to the Volkswagen Showroom Floor John Lopez | Tech Times | October 20, 2022 On Wednesday, Oct.19, Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S. One topless woman interrupted CEO Oliver Blume's speech with the words "Dirty Money" painted on her back.