Legal Planet
JUNE 13, 2022
The national electricity plan projected that renewables will exceed coal in 2027. Much of the shift may have been due to recognition that renewables would provide more energy independence and would help get India’s crippling urban air pollution under control. Natural gas, oil, and nuclear are minor players. As in the U.S.,
Legal Planet
MARCH 15, 2023
Gas stoves are a significant driver of childhood asthma , leaking methane even while turned off and releasing as much nationwide climate pollution each year as 500,000 cars. Furnaces and water heaters are even bigger polluters, with major contributions to outdoor air pollution in the Bay Area. Richard Trumka Jr.,
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Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 13, 2022
The Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule has the potential to significantly reduce climate-warming greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as harmful air pollutants like fine particulates (PM2.5) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from the numerous commercial and government fleets of MHD vehicles in the state.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 15, 2022
However, the truck manufacturers have responded to the proposal by pressing hard to exclude additional data from the in-use testing or use such data to erroneously increase the conformity factors used by EPA to govern in-use compliance, including around low temperature operations. EPA has proposed three different early credit programs.
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
All in all, the rule as currently proposed is estimated to have a net societal benefit of nearly $47 billion through 2050, accounting for significant reductions in health expenditures, savings to fleets from reduced fuel and maintenance costs, and costs to governments and businesses for the buildout of vehicle charging infrastructure.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 29, 2024
EPA’s final rule could result in a similar level of adoption in the rest of the country, if manufacturers primarily use electric trucks to comply with the rule, with an additional 160,000 electric Class 3-5 trucks deployed from 2027-2032 thanks to the added pressure of EPA’s rule.
Law Columbia
AUGUST 22, 2022
Only portions of the legislation apply directly to units of local government, but taken as a whole it can be expected to help U.S. Still, how does a local government tap in? There are six broad ways local governments will need to navigate the IRA. . There are six broad ways local governments will need to navigate the IRA. .
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