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Vehicle emissions

Consumer Choice Factored Heavily into Vehicle Rule

By William C. Schillaci Apr 8, 2020 Special Topics in Environmental Management

Updated: Apr 8, 2020

According to the EPA and the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), ensuring that Americans can buy the types of cars and light trucks they prefer is at the heart of the EPA’s/NHTSA’s final rule amending and establishing carbon dioxide (CO2) and fuel economy standards for passenger cars and light trucks.

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EPA’s Actions on Vehicle GHG Standards Not Reviewable

By William C. Schillaci Nov 4, 2019 Special Topics in Environmental Management

Updated: Nov 4, 2019

Seventeen states, the District of Columbia, and seven of the nation’s top environmental groups petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to review the legality of the Trump EPA’s decision to withdraw the Obama EPA’s January 2017 determination that the Agency’s 2012 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for model year (MY) 2022–2025 […]