California is widely seen as a climate and environmental policy leader in the U.S. and beyond. However, allowing local land use decisions to proceed as usual represents a major gap in the state's climate policy framework. Climate mitigation rules and formulae are utilized to claim zero net ...
Although California is the only state in the nation that has been granted authority to set its own vehicle emission standards, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must still approve waivers to make these rules effective. Currently, eight clean air rules await EPA waivers — and some have b...
This can be in the form of trash, raw sewage, chemicals and other substances. These are dangerous to the environment and humans. The environmental protection agencies have put in some rules to control these substances, especially in countries like the United States. The USA is among ...
The court only took up the question of whether various business interests, including liquid fuel companies, had legal standing to sue based on their argument that demand for their products would decrease under California's rules. It did not agree to hear the much bigger issue...
Any money collected from violations will go to the Department of Pesticide Regulation to cover its costs in administering and enforcing the rules, and potentially other activities. Advertisement The department estimated the law would create a one-time cost of $258,000 and an ongoing annual cost of...
Pollution is all the undesirable substances circulating in the environment. This can be in the form of trash, raw sewage, chemicals and other substances. These are dangerous to the environment and humans. The environmental protection agencies have put in some rules to control these substances, espe...
After the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted California an exemption from federal air pollution laws in 2022, effectively letting the state set its own vehicle emissions rules, the U.S. Supreme Court last week agreed to listen to a bid from a Valero Energy subsidiary and other fuel ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday granted two requests from California to enforce strict standards for vehicle emissions, including a rule aimed at banning sales of new gasoline-powered cars in the state by 2035. The inc
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday granted California its request to enforce vehicle emissions standards stricter than federal rules, including the state's ban on sales of new gasoline-powered cars.
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday granted two requests from California to enforce strict standards for vehicle emissions, including a rule aimed at banning sales of new gasoline-powered cars in the state by 2035. The incoming Trump adminis...