Legal Planet
APRIL 12, 2024
’s delegation of federal Clean Air Act (CAA) authority for California to adopt regulations limiting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles and mandating the state’s steady transition from sales of conventional cars and light trucks to electric vehicles.
Legal Planet
MAY 11, 2023
still does not limit carbon emissions from existing power plants, which generate 25 percent of our greenhouse gases. On June 2, 2014 , this blog led with an almost-identical sentence about EPA releasing its rule to regulate climate change-related carbon emissions from existing power plants, known as the Clean Power Plan.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
E2 Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Methane and hydrofluorocarbons are potent greenhouse gases, with global warming potentials tens to thousands of times greater than carbon dioxide’s. (2) The EPA noted that its efforts will focus on protecting drinking water supplies and that it anticipates enforcement actions under this NECI to begin in FY 2025. (3) 17, 2023). (1)
Vermont Law
DECEMBER 8, 2017
of total United States greenhouse gas emissions, with passenger cars and light-duty trucks being the largest source. of the Clean Air Act requires the Environmental Protection Agency to address this through emissions standards for air pollution from cars and trucks. Transportation accounts for. 27 percent.
Columbia Climate Law
DECEMBER 2, 2019
The emissions make a significant contribution to climate change because methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas which, in the first 20 years after it is released, traps approximately 84 times more heat in the earth’s atmosphere than carbon dioxide (on a per ton basis).
Law Columbia
APRIL 20, 2021
Additionally, the executive order articulated a new federal policy of listening to science , prioritizing environmental justice, improving public health, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and bolstering climate resilience. The Biden administration is now poised to wield that tool to make a meaningful dent in greenhouse gas pollution.
Law Columbia
AUGUST 3, 2018
The SAFE Vehicle Rule proposes changes to EPA’s greenhouse gas emissions standards and DOT’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for light duty vehicles in model years (MY) 2021 through 2025. The rule will substantially increase vehicle greenhouse gas emissions. transportation sector in 2016 (based on EPA data ).
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
296 
Let's personalize your content