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EPA’s Proposed Truck Rule Delays Justice for Freight-Impacted Communities

Union of Concerned Scientists

This truck proposal is just more of the same: when considering credits, Option 1 gives away 12 percent of the first step of regulations (2027-2030), causing even further delayed action in an industry that hasn’t seen new tailpipe NO X regulation in over 20 years. Act now—drive emissions reductions a.s.a.p.

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Cities & the Inflation Reduction Act

Law Columbia

On August 16, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (or “IRA”), widely hailed as the most ambitious piece of climate legislation in U.S. cities move toward their greenhouse gas reduction goals via a cleaner national electric grid, increased vehicle and building electrification, and new distributed renewable energy resources.

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Stronger Fuel Economy Standards Are Needed to Clean Up Combustion Vehicles

Union of Concerned Scientists

leader in cleaning up the light duty fleet quietly released its own proposal in August: the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has proposed to improve fuel economy of passenger cars and trucks steadily from 2027 through 2032 and heavy-duty pickups and vans from 2030 to 2035.

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Reading the Tea Leaves: Biden’s and California’s Vehicle Regs at the D.C. Circuit

Legal Planet

greenhouse gas emissions, more than the electric power sector. EPA is an effort by conservative states and fuel suppliers to block EPA regulations of greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. I’m an appellate litigator with a focus on climate and Clean Air Act cases.

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Trump’s America First Energy Plan Puts Industry First, Environment Last

Vermont Law

These efforts began with an assault on Obama-era Clean Power Plan (CPP), which the administration claimed “unnecessarily raised electricity prices, decreased the competitiveness of America’s manufacturers, cost Americans jobs, and undermined the nation’s energy security” through regulatory overreach. Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule.

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Policy News: May 28, 2021

ESA

The Rural STEM Education Research Act ( H.R. The MSI STEM Achievement Act ( H.R. 2027 ) directs NSF to research the barriers to increasing participation in STEM education at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and to increase these institutions’ awareness, capacity and participation to compete for federal research funds.

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