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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. Image: Freightliner ).

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Climate Policy: What’s Happening at the State Level?

Legal Planet

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.

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Our Environmental Statutes Are Broken

Law and Environment

Indeed, EPA has stated publicly that, at least through 2030, it will perform effects determinations only when ordered to do by a court. The Clean Water Act – It’s routine for EPA to take more than 10 years to act on NPDES permit renewals. They created a pathway towards cleaning our air, water, and land.

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The Profound Climate Implications of Supreme Court’s West Virginia v. EPA Decision

Union of Concerned Scientists

EPA did not revoke EPA’s underlying authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. First and foremost, despite some fossil fuel interests swinging for the fossil fuel-favored fences, the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. And here, the Court has struck a devastating blow.

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It’s Time to Repeal the Clean Power Plan

Legal Planet

When fully implemented, the Clean Power Plan was intended to cut carbon emissions 30% below the 2005 level by 2030. Compliance was set to begin in 2022, ramping up toward 2030 emission reduction goals. Even without the Clean Power Plan, carbon emissions from power generators fell about 15% from the 2015 level.

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Our Environmental Statutes Are Broken

Acoel

Indeed, EPA has stated publicly that, at least through 2030, it will perform effects determinations only when ordered to do so by a court. The Clean Water Act – It’s routine for EPA to take more than 10 years to act on NPDES permit renewals. They created a pathway towards cleaning our air, water, and land.

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Local Governments Across the Country File Legal Brief Challenging EPA’s Failure to Address Power Plant Pollution

Columbia Climate Law

The Clean Power Plan was the Obama Administration’s rule regulating greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants, the nation’s largest stationary source of climate pollution. The rule was expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 30% by 2030.