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Why You Should Care That Congress Might Use the CRA to Overturn California Waivers

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California needs the waivers to meet pollution standards for ozone and fine particulate matter. The South Coast basin has never met the federal ozone standard and can’t meet one that was set in 1997, let along two tougher standards enacted since then. The Central Valley also violated the ozone standard. Heavy duty trucks.

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The “Big Beautiful Bill” is One Damn Dirty Deal

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Eric Katz at Government Executive obtained the first 200 submissions from park visitors to the National Park Service and they are mostly people imploring NPS not to censor history. Despite that good news out of China, the IEA is sticking to its prediction that global demand will peak by 2029. Circuit,” reports Bloomberg Law.

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Why the Bay Area’s Zero-Emission Appliance Rule is a Big Deal

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Additionally, NOx react with other chemicals in the air to create other harmful pollutants, like fine particulate matter and ozone. The rule would ban most new gas water heaters (in new construction and replacements in homes) after 2027, gas furnaces after 2029, and large gas water heaters (in apartments and commercial buildings) after 2031.