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Section 202(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act requires the Administrator of the EPA to establish standards "applicable to the emission of any air pollutant from…new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines, which in [her] judgment cause, or contribute to, air pollution which may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare" (emphasis added). [3]
EPA's greenhouse gas score [28] reflects the amount of greenhouse gases a vehicle will produce over its lifetime, based on typical consumer usage. The scoring is from 0 to 10, where 10 represents the lowest amount of greenhouse gases. The Greenhouse gas score is determined from the vehicle's estimated fuel economy and its fuel type.
The EPA's auto emission standards for greenhouse gas emissions issued in 2010 and 2012 are intended to cut emissions from targeted vehicles by half, double fuel economy of passenger cars and light-duty trucks by 2025 and save over $4 billion barrels of oil and $1.7 trillion for consumers.
California abandons clean truck and locomotive regulations after Biden's EPA doesn't grant waivers needed to depart from federal rules. ... and global greenhouse gases required special waivers ...
The finding gave the EPA the responsibility to regulate greenhouse gasses under the Clean Air Act, leading to a raft of regulations in the past 14 years targeting emissions from trucks, cars and ...
The EPA said the rules cut emissions by 49% by 2032 from 2026 levels and will reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 7.2 billion metric tons through 2055. Republican Donald Trump has vowed to repeal ...
The EPA estimates that, by 2025, these rules will double fuel efficiency of cars and trucks, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent and save consumers $1.7 trillion in fuel costs. [6] In September 2014, The Economist ranked these standards as the world's sixth most effective measure in slowing climate change.
It reported that greenhouse gas emissions in 2023 were 18 percent lower than in 2005. With its existing policies, the U.S. is on a path to cut its emissions 38percent to 56 percent below 2005 ...