Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 12, 2024
Thanks largely to the Clean Air Act, new passenger vehicles are 98 to 99 percent cleaner than they were 60 years ago when it comes to most tailpipe pollutants, including hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and fine particulate matter. EN: The pandemic slammed public transportation.
Law and Environment
MARCH 10, 2022
EPA has now formally restored its waiver under § 209(b) of the Clean Air Act that allows California’s greenhouse gas emissions standards and Zero Emission Vehicle mandate, notwithstanding the preemption of state vehicle emission standards contained in § 209(a) of the CAA. My friend J.B. Time to get to work.
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Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Conventional pollution controls would have been seen as transition measures until the shift to clean energy, so the Clean Air Act would have been written differently. Instead, we would have understood that the root problem was the burning of fossil fuels in the first place.
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
What does the Clean Air Act say about emissions tampering? The Clean Air Act is crystal clear: no one is allowed to tamper with the emissions controls of a motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine, full stop ( 42 U.S.C. 7522(a)(3) ). No, EPA is not coming for your race car.
Legal Planet
APRIL 3, 2023
EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act (CAA) A. Transportation planning and land use policies F. Standing based on climate impacts C. Social Cost of Carbon D. Co-benefits E. Climate science F. Climate justice II. State climate and energy policy A. Renewable portfolio standards. Adaptation A.
Acoel
JUNE 29, 2022
The downwind air quality benefits are minimal. Some 23,000 megawatts of coal capacity is projected to be retired due to the new transport rule, largely at units that are not economic candidates for SCR retrofits. The post Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule appeared first on ACOEL.
Law and Environment
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Or, they may use “any similar methodology that satisfies the criteria under § 211(o)(1)(H) of the Clean Air Act.” Finally, the guidance announces that DOE will release a revised Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions and Energy Use in Transportation (“GREET”) model for the SAF tax credit.
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