Sentences with phrase «california air regulators»

(The Hill) • California air regulators plan to spend $ 423 million of its Volkswagen money to incentivize major polluters to upgrade transportation fleets and buy cleaner vehicles.

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That state's powerful regulator, the California Air Resources Board (CARB), given extraordinary powers under the federal Clean Air Act, led the U.S. to adopt stringent NOx restrictions.

Diesel cars from Volkswagen (VLKAF) and Audi, which is owned by VW, were rigged to cheat on clean air rules with software that made emissions look cleaner than they actually were, according to federal and California regulators.

Back in 2006, when the California Legislature was wrangling over AB 32, then - Assemblywoman Fran Pavley added language that would force regulators to pay attention to those parts of the state suffering from especially poor air quality.

The new methodology also has the potential to inform California regulators at the Air Resources Board (ARB), who have recently embarked on the development of a CCS GHG emissions reductions quantification methodology.

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's top air pollution regulator Wednesday denounced the federal government's proposal to demand higher fuel efficiency in new cars because a 24 - word passage written into the Bush administration's 417 - page plan would block California's aggressive efforts to enact its own emissions standards.

Instead, lawmakers told the state's pollution regulator, the California Air Resources Board (CARB), to figure it out, using a mix regulations and market mechanisms.