CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Under these special statutory provisions governing CARBs expedited CEQA review of regulations setting air pollution emissions limits, the analysis must address the reasonably foreseeable methods of compliance with the Regulation (Pub.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule has the potential to significantly reduce climate-warming greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as harmful air pollutants like fine particulates (PM2.5) These trucks regularly operate along industrial corridors – areas that often flank communities disproportionately impacted by air pollution.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 15, 2023

Gas stoves are a significant driver of childhood asthma , leaking methane even while turned off and releasing as much nationwide climate pollution each year as 500,000 cars. Furnaces and water heaters are even bigger polluters, with major contributions to outdoor air pollution in the Bay Area. Richard Trumka Jr.,

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 22, 2022

More details regarding funding applications will need to be made available by the EPA, and funding is set to remain available until September 30, 2027. States, Indian tribes, and air pollution control agencies are also eligible for funding. Resiliency, adaptation & local air pollution. Second, $11.97

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2024

They will go into effect in model year 2027 and steadily increase in stringency through model year 2032. Here’s what you need to know: Climate Transportation is the largest source of climate emissions in the US (29 percent) and passenger cars and trucks account for the majority of this pollution. Far from it.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 15, 2022

I recently wrote a (very wonky) paper about how giving credits to technology deployment in advance of the beginning of the rule in 2027 could pose a serious problem to the long-term effectiveness on the rule at driving the cleanest technology to market, but it’s worth summarizing here. EPA has proposed three different early credit programs.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

XTO) [ExxonMobil] and Hilcorp Energy Company (Hilcorp) , agreed to resolve alleged Clean Air Act and Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act violations involving their oil and gas production operations in Pennsylvania. In separate agreements, XTO Energy Inc. Specifically, by Dec. million to plug or remediate them.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Beginning in 2027, the ACF would require all new medium- and heavy-duty vehicles purchased by public agencies to be emissions-free, including large work trucks and vans, street sweepers, vacuum trucks, and other similar vehicles. Public Agency Fleets.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The Advanced Clean Trucks standard modeled in the report would require manufacturers, beginning in 2027, to increase their zero-emission truck sales to between 30-50 percent by 2030 and 40-75 percent by 2035. The report was prepared by ERM and commissioned by NRDC and the Union of Concerned Scientists.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) proposed new emissions and fuel economy standards (respectively) for model year 2027-2032 passenger cars and light trucks (sedans, utility vehicles, pickups, etc.).

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ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Rob Portman (R-OH) reauthorizes the Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Act through FY 2027 and authorizes $20 million a year for the program. EPA says state agencies’ regulation of air pollution may violate civil rights of Black residents – Nola.com. Another amendment from Sen.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The case involves EPAs 2024 Vehicle Standards that set new air pollutant and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for model year 2027 through 2032 Light- and Medium-Duty Vehicles, which have been challenged by states and industry groups. In 2007, the Supreme Court held in Massachusetts v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 30, 2024

We heard this all in full effect at recent meeting s of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, where some in industry advocated for delays all the way out to 2027. Industry’s push to delay state clean truck regulations until 2027 would result in up to $3.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 17, 2024

year the vehicle is purchased): 2023, 2027, 2030, 2035. The bars to the right of the graph represent the average grid used by model year 2023, 2027, 2030, and 2035 vehicles, respectively. In addition to the vehicle characteristics, we also considered different energy futures. How to calculate the impact of a truck?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

UCS/S&P Global Mobility 2024 This accelerated transition to cleaner on-road freight is vital to reduce harmful air pollution generated from trucks, given that theyre the largest source of ozone-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx) pollution in the nation and the largest source of lung-damaging fine particulates from vehicles on the road.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

A couple other issues came up: The preemption waiver challenged in Ohio is a reinstatement of a waiver initially granted in 2013, but rescinded in 2019 by the Trump Administration’s rollback of air pollution protections. Thanks again, Dan. Download as PDF

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 22, 2025

EPA , 24 states and industry groups challenged the HDV Rule, which revises the greenhouse gas emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles, model year 2027, and sets new standards to lower greenhouse gas emissions from model years 2028-2032. In Nebraska v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 21, 2025

Decades of government vehicle standards to improve vehicle efficiency and cut down on tailpipe pollution have saved car and truck drivers trillions of dollars at the pump, saved countless lives from reduced exposure to toxic air pollution , and avoided the extraction and burning of billions of barrels of oil.

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