The EPA on Friday, March 29, 2024, set new greenhouse gas emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks, buses and other large vehicles, an action that officials said will clean up some of the nation’s largest sources of planet-warming pollution. “Our Clean Trucks plan works in tande...
The EPA recently released new and updated resources to support states as they work to address the climate crisis and reduce climate pollution. These resources include newstate-level dataon greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and sinks, updates to EPA’s existing State Inventory Tool to help states com...
In its first domestic regulation regarding greenhouse gas emissions, theEPA, under the guidance of the Biden Administration, announced cutbacks on hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) used in refrigerators and air-conditioners,reportedCNBC. HFCs are thousands of times more harmful to the atmosphere than carbon d...
Environmental Protection Agency under the authority of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to control greenhouse gas emission from the power plants. Topics discussed include key aspects of the rules and their implications, development of plans by states to meet the goals and reductions in the rate of carbon...
On March 29, 2024, EPA announced new emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles for model years 2027 through 2032. The rule,Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles – Phase 3, regulates heavy-duty vocational vehicles such as delivery trucks, refuse haulers, and public uti...
Washington —The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Environmental Protection Agency to enforce itsmost stringent restrictionson greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants while legal challenges play out.The court rejected requests for emergency relief filed by more than two dozen states and...
The proposal is projected to avoid 1.8 billion tons of CO2through 2055, equivalent to eliminating all greenhouse gas emissions from the entire current U.S. transportation sector for an entire year and deliver additional health benefits by reducing other pollutants from these vehicles. ...
("CAA") suggest the establishment of statewide limits on carbon intensity to reduce greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions on a national level by 30 percent in 2030 compared to 2005 levels. The proposed limits for individual states vary from the national target based o...
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles", 57106 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 179 / Thursday, September 15, 2011 / Rules and Regulations. Other documentation and summaries at http:// www.epa.gov/o...
greenhouse gas reporting requirements for any facility that annually releases 25,000 metric tons or more of carbon dioxide equivalents to the atmosphere. The objective of these reporting requirements is to quantify emissions as a first step towards developing strategies to reduce greenhouse gas losses...