California Forges Ahead with Clean Cars RulesAnne C. Mulkern,ClimateWire
The high court granted a petition from companies and groups representing oil refiners and biofuel producers that seeks to revive their lawsuit against theBidenadministration’s reinstatement of California’s clean cars program. In 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)gave California the OKto ...
Last year, California set a new precedent with the Advanced Clean Cars II regulations, expected to rapidly scale down light-duty passenger car, pickup truck, and SUV emissions starting with the 2026 model year through 2035. The regulations amend the Zero-emission Vehicle (ZEV) regulati...
“California is now the national leader in clean energy, clean cars and renewable energy as a result of its efforts to both address air quality and fight climate change. Thanks to these forward looking policies, the per capita annual greenhouse gas footprint continues to decline and the carbon-...
Californiahas the unique authority to develop rules stronger than equivalent federal rules under the Clean Air Act, while other states have the authority to opt in to those more health-protective standards. To date, 12 states have adoptedCalifornia'spending Advanced Clean Ca...
16 January 2025:The California Air Resources Board withdrew its requests for US EPA waivers for two important emission regulations: the Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule and the In-Use Locomotive regulation [more ...] 15 January 2025:Toyota Motor subsidiary Hino Motors has reached a $1.6 billio...
16 January 2025:The California Air Resources Board withdrew its requests for US EPA waivers for two important emission regulations: the Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule and the In-Use Locomotive regulation [more ...] 15 January 2025:Toyota Motor subsidiary Hino Motors has reached a $1.6 billio...
First EV for the Masses General Motors built and leased more than a thousand EV1 electric cars from 1996 to 1999 to meet California's environmental deadline. However, the EV program gave way to low-emission gas and hybrid gas-electric cars. This car is in the Smithsonian Institute, Washingt...
California has some of the nation's highest electricity rates, and power bills are rising fast. That's a problem because it makes it harder for people to afford switching from fossil fuels to clean electric cars and appliances that are essential to combating climate change. ...
California legislators on Monday passed a series of supplemental budget bills, including one that would appropriate billions of dollars for clean vehicles, target wildfire needs, and fund water and drought resilience programs. Lawmakers earlier this month approved a $195.5 billion framework general fund...