Sentences with phrase «u.s. federal emissions»

NOx is a term for the arithmetic sum of oxides of nitrogen (principally NO and NO2) per U.S. federal emissions regulations.

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To give one example, Climate Mayors is a group of U.S. mayors committed to working with one another to boost local efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and support aims for «binding federal and global - level policymaking.»

Once in power, Trump and Pruitt have moved to delay or roll back federal regulations limiting greenhouse gas emissions while pledging to revive the long - struggling U.S. coal mines.

The following are some facts about diesel car engines, the tailpipe pollution they emit and the «defeat device» software that federal regulators say VW used to circumvent emissions standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of California.

Volkswagen's former Chief Executive Officer Martin Winterkorn was charged in a Michigan federal court with conspiracy and wire fraud in relation to a probe into the German automaker's efforts to cheat U.S. diesel emissions testing, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday...

Volkswagen AG's former Chief Executive Officer Martin Winterkorn was charged in a Michigan federal court with conspiracy and wire fraud in relation to a probe into the German automaker's efforts to cheat U.S. diesel emissions testing, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday.

The U.S. power sector must cut carbon dioxide emissions 30 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels, according to federal regulations unveiled on Monday that form the centerpiece of the Obama administration's climate change strategy.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says the federal government should seek the maximum possible fine from Volkswagen and demand that the automaker give rebates to buyers following the recent scandal over emissions testing.

By contrast, Trump's presidency casts serious doubt on the United States» ability to meet its own commitment to cut emissions between 26 and 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025 — though the U.S. delegation has promised foreign colleagues here that America's private sector can deliver without federal support.

Transportation emissions threaten to undercut blue states» climate goals, raising questions about their ability to lead U.S. climate efforts at a time when the federal government is rolling back environmental regulations.

«The use of hybrid locomotives can reduce locomotive exhaust emissions and energy consumption, while providing an adequate or equitable amount of power to operate trains,» says Warren Flatau, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration.

Another coalition of environmental groups has sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to reverse a two - year delay of another methane rule, this one governing emissions from drilling on federal and Indian lands.

One big challenge to U.S. efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions comes this week, as a federal circuit court hears arguments over a challenge to the White House's major climate change initiative, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) regulations targeting emissions from power plants.

Nationwide, if only 15 percent of residential property owners took advantage of such programs, the emissions reductions would contribute 4 percent of the savings needed for the U.S. to reach 1990 emissions levels by 2020 — all at no net cost to local, state or federal governments because owners pay back the loans.

U.S. Supreme Court justices offered President Barack Obama's administration some encouragement on Tuesday as they weighed the lawfulness of a federal regulation limiting air pollution that crosses state lines, mostly emissions from coal - fired power plants.

If the U.S. establishes a federal trading system in response, the scale of U.S. emissions trading could supplant the dominance of the E.U. in the budding global carbon market.

But the federal government will cut its own greenhouse gas emissions — at facilities ranging from the U.S. Department of Defense to the Post Office — by 28 percent by 2020, regardless of legislative action, per plans released today to fulfill an Obama administration executive order.

For the fourth consecutive year, U.S. automakers have exceeded the federal government's requirements for greenhouse gas emissions, and they have also achieved record fuel efficiency.

Government Applications — SMRs are specifically identified as carbon - free energy for U.S. government facilities to meet or exceed the carbon emissions reductions per Executive Order 13693 «Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade».

2016 Low and No Emission Vehicle Deployment Projects Jul 27, 2016 DOT Federal Transit Administration An overview of transportation programs across the U.S. with low and no - emission projects during the 2016 fiscal year.

As auto makers, federal policy makers and environmentalists get ready to craft the next round of U.S. corporate average fuel economy, Tonkin raps an Environmental Protection Agency proposal to improve fuel - economy and carbon - dioxide - emissions reductions equivalent by as much as 62 mpg (3.9 L / 100 km).

Foreign and domestic automakers must meet federal emissions and safety standards before they can sell cars and trucks in the U.S..

Volkswagen reached a $ 14.7 billion settlement with 475,000 U.S. owners of diesel vehicles and federal and California regulators in October after admitting to installing secret software in its diesel cars to cheat emissions tests.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has a bone to pick with Volkswagen's «clean diesel» advertising for emissions - cheating cars.

Mazda3s certified to U.S. Federal exhaust emission standards are equipped with catalytic converters employing advanced single nanotechnology.

Like its competitors, a diesel particulate filter (DPF) system had to be adopted by the Duramax in order to meet Federal emissions regulations in the U.S..

It is another sign that, in the absence of leadership by the Bush Administration and the federal government in Canada, U.S. States and Canadian provinces are seeking global partnerships to reduce emissions — or, at the very least, coordinate efforts to do so.

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Representatives Scott Peters (D - CA) and Carlos Curbelo (R - FL) introduced a bipartisan bill which would direct federal agencies to work together on a plan to reduce emissions of super greenhouse gases.

In the U.S., a range of legislation and regulation at the federal and state levels governs miner safety, coal mine reclamation, coal plant siting, thermal pollution from coal plant cooling, coal combustion emissions, and disposal of coal waste.

If the U.S. government thought NASA climate scientist James Hansen has been a thorn in its side, just wait until he quits his job and becomes a full - time activist ready to take a more active role in lawsuits challenging the federal and state governments over their failure to limit emissions.

New federal environmental regulations call for substantial emissions reductions from U.S. power grids.

State action has been crucial to continuing emissions reductions and engagement in the climate process, but there is no substitute for federal U.S. leadership on climate.

According to Salon.com, which obtained over 300 emails of personal messages between lobbyists and Canadian officials, the CEA is part of a sophisticated public affairs strategy designed to manipulate the U.S. political system by deluging the media with messaging favorable to the tar - sands industry; to persuade key state and federal legislators to act in the extractive industries» favor; and to defeat any attempt to regulate the carbon emissions emanating from gasoline and diesel used by U.S. vehicles.

Second, our companies are for renewables, not against them, investing $ 81 billion in renewables and carbon - reduction efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions between 2000 and 2012 — nearly as much as all other U.S. industries ($ 91 billion) and more than the federal government ($ 80 billion).

The study at issue is a 2011 report in which Nisbet analyzed claims by some environmentalists that they lost the political battle over creating a federal cap - and - trade tax on carbon dioxide emissions because environmentalists were outgunned; that is, because industry associations and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce marshalled resources far beyond those of cap - and - trade's supporters.

But significant new policies at the federal and state level are necessary to meet the U.S. commitment under the Paris Agreement to lower its emissions to 26 percent to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.

Both voluntary activities and a variety of policies and measures that lower emissions are currently in place at federal, state, and local levels in the U.S., even though there is no comprehensive national climate legislation.

It's also possible that actions by states like California, or even individual cities and major corporations, would manage to stabilize U.S. emissions anyway, no matter what the Trump adminstration does on the federal level.

The combination of industry standards, best practices and effective state and federal regulation is protecting communities and the environment — while making available increasing volumes of cleaner - burning natural gas that is allowing the U.S. to lead the world in reducing carbon emissions from electricity generation.

How would phasing out U.S. federal leases for fossil fuel extraction affect CO2 emissions and 2 °C goals?.

This paper examines the implications for U.S. fossil fuel production and global CO2 emissions of ceasing to issue new federal leases for fossil fuel extraction and not renewing existing leases for resources that are not yet producing.

After being heavily lobbied, however, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized imported power, including hydroelectricity, as an important way for states to comply with the new federal emission rules.

The U.S. Senate today rejected a Congressional Review Act resolution to revoke a regulation limiting methane emissions from oil and gas production on federal lands.

At Georgetown University today, Obama stated that his administration would expand renewable energy projects on federal lands, raise energy efficiency standards on appliances, and, most importantly, limit carbon pollution from both existing and new power plants, which represent about 40 percent of the U.S.'s emissions.

In the absence of federal regulations, business uncertainty is growing as more U.S. states and regions move to enact their own limits on CO2 emissions from power plants.

Low - cost gas and wind generation is clobbering coal in the Midwest as elsewhere in the U.S. Regardless of new federal government policy pronouncements aimed at rescuing coal, low - emissions sources are likely to prevail in MISO's view.

Once the dominant source of U.S. electricity, it's been on the wane in recent years as it's struggled to comply with federal limits on mercury emissions and lower natural gas prices.

The head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Global Energy Institute recently wrote, «Technology and innovation, rather than sweeping federal mandates, offer the best approach for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating the impacts of climate change.»

Reports indicate that 20 % of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions can be traced back to fossil fuel development from federal public lands and waters.

Governmental actions in city, state, regional, and federal programs to promote energy efficiency have also contributed to reducing U.S. carbon emissions.