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EPA’s New Rule Primes the Pump to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Emissions by 2032

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Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group unpacks the Environmental Protection Agency’s strict new standards to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from light- and medium-duty vehicles by 2032....more

Goldberg Segalla

EPA Seeks to Drive Down Heavy Truck Emissions

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The last time the EPA tightened standards for truck emissions like this, the century was barely a year old and Bill Clinton was still President; in December of 2000 the EPA issued rules dramatically limiting particulate...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

The Internal Combustion Engine Is Bad For Your Health — What Should We Do About It?

I’ve written a lot about how the developing science around particulate exposure supports making the PM2.5 NAAQS more stringent. So it won’t come as a surprise that a new study published in the Proceedings of the National...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

PM2.5 and Environmental Justice - and Electric Vehicles– and Tires

I’ve frequently discussed in recent years the mounting evidence for the need to lower the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for PM2.5. There is also substantial evidence that PM exposure is an environmental justice issue....more

Allen Matkins

Proposed Rule in Southern California Imposes Compliance Obligations To Reduce Emissions from Large Trucks and Yard Equipment

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The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) recently released a 153-page preliminary draft staff report that analyzes one of its most controversial proposed rules in recent years: the Warehouse Indirect Source...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Nota Bene Episode 101: Catching up with Global Climate Regulation with Nico van Aelstyn

The Earth’s climate is changing. With unprecedented fires in California and the State’s litigation with the federal government, the Brazilian rainforest fires, and the aircraft industry’s inability to curb aircraft emissions,...more

Downey Brand LLP

California Air and Climate Vol. 16: CARB Focuses on Vessel and Truck Emissions

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CARB Finalizes Amendments to At-Berth Vessel Rules - On August 27, 2020, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) adopted new emission reductions requirements for At-Berth Vessels. These regulations will require...more

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California Air and Climate Vol. 14: CARB to Hold Public Workshop on Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation Vehicle...

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CARB to Hold Public Workshop on Clean Miles Standard to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation Vehicle Services - Consistent with a recent trend of actions and publicly held workshops aimed at reducing...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

The Transportation and Climate Initiative: Everything You Need to Know, Part III: The Plan for Massachusetts

In Parts I and II of our series delving into the details of the Transportation Climate Initiative, we provided an overview and described the structure of the TCI. In Part III, we will discuss how the plan might look in one...more

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California Air and Climate Vol. 13: CARB Adopting Commercial Harbor and Zero-Emission Truck Rules; Workshops for New CARB Emission...

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CARB Developing Revisions to Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations - The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is in the process of developing revisions to regulations that are applicable to commercial harbor craft in...more

King & Spalding

Energy Newsletter - February 2020

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U.S. Government’s Continued Focus on Large Ship Air Emissions - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the U.S. Coast Guard (“USCG”) continue to signal interest in addressing air pollution from large ships...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

EU is Taking Action: The Fight for Clean Air

Public awareness regarding air pollution in the European Union is at an all-time high and citizens expect authorities to act. In this vein, the European Commission has recently taken a number of direct and indirect actions,...more

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California Air and Climate Vol. 11: CARB Continues Roll-Out to Reduce Emissions from Vessels in California Ports and Targets...

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CARB Continuing Roll-Out of Revised Regulations to Reduce Emissions from Ocean-Going Vessels in California Ports - On December 5, 2019, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) will hold a public hearing in Oakland,...more

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Politics Trumps Economics? Trump’s Revocation of California’s Waiver Under the Clean Air Act

Yesterday President Trump announced on Twitter that the U.S. was revoking California’s waiver under the Clean Air Act (CAA) which allowed it to impose stricter tailpipe emission standards than the federal ones. California’s...more

Downey Brand LLP

California Air and Climate, Vol. 2: Air Districts Begin Implementing AB 617 Retrofit Control Technology; SCAQMD to Regulate...

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California Air Districts Begin Task of Implementing the AB 617 Best Available Retrofit Control Technology Requirements - AB 617, a bill adopted by the California Legislature in 2017 to address criteria air pollutants and...more

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Diesel Emission Reduction Program: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces Grant Funding Availability

The Region 6 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an April 24th news release announcing grants available pursuant to the Diesel Emission Reduction Program (“DERA”). EPA states that it...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Up in the Air - Will EPA rulemaking on carbon emission design standards for aircraft be the next Obama climate initiative on the...

Trump Administration officials followed up on the President’s June 1 announcement of U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate accord by announcing that the Administration was reviewing U.S. participation in ICAO’s global...more

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California’s New Climate Change Laws Tighten Limits on GHG, Increase Legislative Oversight of CARB

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California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law last week two controversial anti-climate change bills that will tighten greenhouse gas (GHG) limits by 40% and increase legislative supervision of the California Air Resources...more

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EPA Determines that Aircraft Emissions Contribute to Air Pollution and Climate Change

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Synopsis: EPA’s recent finding paves the way for the Agency to develop standards regulating greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft. Businesses in the commercial jet manufacturing and aviation transportation industry should...more

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