Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
Under the Clean Air Act, California has the unique ability to set its own standards for tailpipe emissions from new vehicles, including greenhouse gases. There are some aggressive milestone requirements: 35% of new vehicles must be electric by 2026 and 68% in 2030. Other states can then piggyback on California’s efforts.
Acoel
JUNE 29, 2022
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. For example, EPA projected a total of just 4,700 MW of coal capacity retirements under the 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards rule.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 12, 2024
In 1966, vehicles were responsible for nearly 60 percent of the 146 million tons of pollutants discharged into the air across the United States. Many transportation professionals now acknowledge this sorry legacy and want to do something about it.
Law Columbia
MARCH 29, 2024
Current estimates are that the law will impact over 10,000 companies, which will have to draft a report every two years, beginning January 1, 2026, and publish it on their own website. This bill captures more companies, with a lower revenue threshold of over $500 million instead of $1 billion.
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
The Clean Air Act directs lawsuits challenging EPA’s disapprovals of the inadequate state plans to the D.C. There are no emissions-reduction requirements for other types of industrial emitters until May 2026 or later, and those future requirements, too, reflect proven controls already in use in many regions across the country.
Legal Planet
APRIL 24, 2023
When the Biden Administration ramped up fuel efficiency requirements through 2026, ideologues such as the Heartland Institute and states like Texas were quick to wheel out this attack. No doubt the same attack will be made on the Administration ambitious proposed post-2026 standard. But the resemblance ends there.
Law Columbia
AUGUST 22, 2022
Clean Air Act appropriating $2.25 An additional appropriation of $750 million is made for the same set of activities in ports located in nonattainment areas, as designated under Section 107 of the Clean Air Act. States, Indian tribes, and air pollution control agencies are also eligible for funding.
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