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In April 2023, the EPA proposed new tailpipe emissions limits that the agency estimated could require 67 percent of all new automobiles sold in the United States to be electric by 2032 (surpassing the previous commitment by the Biden administration under Executive Order 14037 for electric cars to make up 50 percent of new automobile sales by 2030).
Dec. 5—A new federal environmental rule aiming to reduce methane emissions produced by the oil and gas industry bears a resemblance to standards New Mexico enacted in recent years.
Between coal and gas plants, the EPA's new regulations are projected to eliminate 1.38 billion metric tons of carbon pollution through 2047, the same as preventing the annual emissions of 328 ...
In attempts to lift regulations on oil, mining, drilling, and farming industries, the Trump administration proposed a 31% budget cut to the EPA that would result in reduced initiatives to protect water and air quality, leaving much of the effort up to the states. [126] [213] Environmentalists fear that these cuts will result in health problems ...
Little evidence has also been found to support the idea that oil prices will either stabilize or decrease once pipelines are constructed. [53] [52] Critics of pipeline transport of oil cite environmental and land rights issues. Protests over the Keystone XL Pipeline beginning in 2011 [54] and Dakota Access Pipeline have expressed these same ...
Consistent with the federal statutes that they administer, US federal agencies promulgate regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations that fill out the broad programs enacted by Congress. Primary among these is Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, containing the regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Other ...
EPA will issue final GHG standards for powerplants. EPA Settlement Fact Sheet: June 2012 On June 26, 2012, the U.S. D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rules in Coalition for Responsible Regulation, Inc. v. EPA upholding the Tailoring Rule and the LDV Rule. U.S. D.C. Circuit Court ruling: November 2012 EPA will issue final GHG standards for oil ...
The EPA updated regulations target six of the chemicals. EPA regulations applauded by advocates Rockland Water Coalition members — a conglomeration of environmental groups — have been ...