Sentences with phrase «emission laws for»

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Hagens Berman is one of the most successful auto litigation law firms in the U.S. and is presently leading nationwide cases against Volkswagen, GM, Mercedes and Fiat Chrysler for use of diesel emissions - cheating software.

There targets will be achieved through government laws imposed on industries, as well as national caps for industrial emissions commonly associated with smog and acid rain.

It's essential to extend and expand tax incentives for carbon capture, update state laws to include CCUS technology in clean energy standards, and fund continued carbon capture RD&D, among other things, if we are going to reach our emissions - cutting goals.

For any product that contains MDF, we are required by law to follow the CARB (California Air Resource Board) regulations, which regulate and control formaldehyde emissions in MDF.

Capt. Frank Lauricella, who leads the DEC enforcement division for Erie County, said he doesn't have the manpower to enforce on a more regular basis the idling law and other emission rules at the Peace Bridge and the West Side.

Gennaro praised Bloomberg's PlaNYC, a master plan for building an environmentally sustainable New York which, like Local Law 55, lays out initiatives for cutting the city's greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent by 2030.

Charging that automaker Volkswagen AG showed «total disregard for the rule of law,» state Eric Schneiderman announced that the state has filed a lawsuit against the company over its sale of cars outfitted with illegal «defeat devices» to beat emissions test and its alleged attempted cover - up of its actions.

Beth Newcomer The Legislative Analyst for NYC Council Member Helen Rosenthal (District 6, Upper West Side) encouraged attendees to reach out to their local Council Members and urge them to support the following legislative initiatives: • Possible legislation regarding divestment of the city's pension funds from fossil fuel companies • A bill to require the city to do a carbon footprint analysis of all the products the city procures, and to use that analysis to inform a policy of low - carbon operations • A number of bills to reduce the carbon emissions of city - owned vehicles and improve the sustainability of city buildings • A bill to enhance the city's already - strong idling laws so as to make them easier to enforce Find your Council Member here.

Jessica Wentz, associate director and a postdoctoral research fellow at Columbia University's Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, wrote in a blog post that the phrasing shift is more technically precise and likely addresses concerns about how far an agency needs to go in calculating emissions.

The new climate law set targets for curbing greenhouse gas emissions and ramping up clean energy production.

In Belgium, a group of citizens has started legal action against the government for failing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and a law student in New Zealand is mounting a similar challenge against her government.

For several major pollutants, emissions were reduced even more steeply than federal law required.

Under Obama the CEQ is moving forward with plans formulated during his predecessor's tenure for a U.S. policy on oceans — from newly protected areas to reconciling competing authorities and laws — along with continuing the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate as a way to address global greenhouse gas emissions.

According now to two separate modeling analyses published in Science, this error would lead to the loss of most of the world's natural forest because clearing those forests for bioenergy becomes one of the cost - effective means of complying with laws to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Many Warsaw delegates say the 2015 accord looks likely to be a patchwork of national pledges for curbing greenhouse gas emissions, anchored in domestic legislation, after Copenhagen failed to agree a sweeping treaty built on international law.

The United States will cut emissions 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025, a target the White House declared can be met «under existing law» — that is, without the need for Congress to pass legislation.

As for Wara, the shortcomings of current carbon markets are not enough to dissuade him from his belief that laws governing greenhouse gas emissions should be enacted as soon as possible.

An influx of pollution from Asia in the western United States and more frequent heat waves in the eastern U.S. are responsible for the persistence of smog in these regions over the past quarter century despite laws curtailing the emission of smog - forming chemicals from tailpipes and factories.

Although GM refuses to set a specific target date, some industry watchers are predicting a 1996 introduction for the Impact — long enough to give GM a chance to do the necessary fine - tuning, but soon enough to give the company a running start at meeting tougher vehicle emission laws slated to take effect in 1998.

Although the U.S. could tighten existing clean air rules to combat atmospheric nitrogen emissions, the nation has neither comprehensive laws nor adequate monitoring devices for such emissions by livestock and farms.

In California, where half the state's emissions come from livestock, lawmakers recently passed legislation that will eventually set targets for methane reductions, the most ambitious law of its kind in the country.

ref A key strategy to address ocean acidification is reinforcing existing environmental laws (e.g., U.S. Clean Water Act) to: limit runoff and associated pollutants, control coastal erosion, and enforce emission limits for pollutants such as nitrogen oxide and sulfur oxide.

A device that reduces the harmful environmental impact of bus emissions and an e-commerce platform for maternity clothes were the winners of UCLA Law contest.

For instance, the Kyoto Protocol which mandates the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions among states, or the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court which establishes the International Criminal Court, perpetuating International Criminal Law.

Interestingly enough, regarding climate change, there are efforts to have a resolution passed in the UN General Assembly that would ask the ICJ for an advisory opinion that would define states» obligations and responsibilities with respect to greenhouse emissions under international law (see policy brief issued by The Hague Institute for Global Justice).

Tighter emissions laws are killing big - displacement engines; speed cameras and radar guns threaten our proclivity for driving quickly; fewer youngsters today learn to drive or even buy cars; and self - driving vehicles are real.

An exemption is granted if the product has been determined not to cause an increase in vehicle emissions from the production vehicles for which the part is intended, nor otherwise cause vehicles to be non-compliant with the vehicle emissions certification and anti-tampering laws.

He added that rather than risk delaying the Boxster's introduction as a 1997 model, Porsche is preparing a four - cylinder engine as well as the six, just in case emissions and fuel economy laws in Europe - or anywhere else for that matter - prevent using a six.

The amount of time spent upgrading the small - block for new emission laws every decade might also be the top versus all other automotive engine development programs.

Try suing someone for harm from CO2 emissions in a court of law, based on facts and not any special laws and see how far you get.

It is suitable for stellar atmospheres where Kirchhoff's Law applies because there emission is equal to absorption.

He and a team are launching a three - year, $ 300 - million climate ad campaign aimed at recruiting 10 million fervent followers willing to push for everything from strict laws capping emissions to aggressive programs for boosting energy efficiency.

Ryan also attacks the administration for supporting the Environmental Protection Agency's right to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, claiming the EPA would be abusing the powers granted under current law.

-- # 400m ($ 530m) for electric vehicle charging infrastructure — # 100m ($ 132m) for a plug - in car grant — # 40m ($ 53m) for charging research & development — Clarifications to the law so drivers will not face taxes if charging at work — 1/3 off rail fares for 4.5 million people aged between 26 - 30 — 1 % increase in company car tax for diesel vehicles — An increase in taxes on new cars that do not meet the latest EU6 emissions band

Kirchhoff's Law states that for heat radiation, absorption equals emission at equilibrium.

Under President Obama's Climate Action Plan, the United States has acted under existing laws to cut emissions with sector - specific policies, including: emissions regulations; tax incentives for clean energy technologies; standards for energy - efficient appliances, buildings, and vehicles; and voluntary partnership programs to address market barriers to low - carbon strategies.

The absorption cross section density for radiation coming from a direction = emission cross section density for emission of radiaton into that direction; this is a form of Kirchhoff's Law.

The skin layer planet is optically very thin, so it doesn't affect the OLR significantly, but (absent direct solar heating) the little bit of the radiant flux (approximatly equal to the OLR) from below that it absorbs must be (at equilibrium) balanced by emission, which will be both downward and upward, so the flux emitted in either direction is only half of what was absorbed from below; via Kirchhoff's Law, the temperature must be smaller than the brightness temperature of the OLR (for a grey gas, Tskin ^ 4 ~ = (Te ^ 4) / 2, where Te is the effective radiating temperature for the planet, equal to the brightness temperature of the OLR — *** HOWEVER, see below ***).

Along with the threatened listing for polar bears, the Bush administration was able to issue a related special rule exempting greenhouse - gas emissions from being affected by the species law.

In a forthcoming paper for the Harvard Law and Policy review, «Fast Clean Cheap,» we argue that a regulation - centered approach would only achieve 10 — 30 percent emissions reductions in the U.S. by 2050, whereas we need 80 percent emissions reductions in the U.S. and 50 percent emissions reductions worldwide by then if we are to avoid catastrophic global warming.

Another section of the law that allowed for a wider allocation of government funds to ensure the reduction target be met was vetoed — removing the possibility of contingencies being used to reduce the gas emissions.

A report published by the Environmental Law Students Association (ELSA), called for a «carbon price escalator» with S$ 5 annual increments in the tax rate, arguing that Singapore's initial price of S$ 5 is too far off from the benchmark of US$ 50 — US$ 100 per tonne of emissions recommended by World Bank's High - Level Comission on Carbon Prices report.

In 2004, eight states sued a group of power plant owners for common law damages caused by their CO2 emissions.

The UK's Climate Change Act, passed into law a decade ago in 2008, sets a legally binding framework for cutting emissions.

Stronger state and federal laws and regulations are also needed, however, for monitoring, evaluating, and mitigating the fugitive methane emissions associated with the production and distribution of natural gas.

While the Democratic leadership of the waning 111th Congress failed to get legislation passed into law to address climate change, the House global warming committee, led by Rep. Ed Markey (D - MA), convened dozens of important hearings and briefings featuring top climate scientists and national security experts to educate Congress and the public about the need for swift action to secure America's energy independence, create clean energy jobs and mitigate climate change emissions.

The American Lung Association calls for effective enforcement of existing laws and regulations governing the combustion of wood and other biomass sources, as well as the expanded regulation of air pollution emissions from these sources.

Heartland's spokesperson frequently say there is no scientific consensus that most of the global warming of the twentieth century was man - made, or that scientists are able to predict future climate conditions, or, finally, that there is a basis in science or economics for passing laws that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Imagine lobbyists for the Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Nature Conservancy controlled an EPA rulemaking panel that would decide whether a petition to cap greenhouse gas emissions sponsored by the U.S. Climate Action Partnership — an alliance that includes all three aforementioned environoia groups — would become law.

That said, the Senate Democrats didn't go anywhere nearly as far as they might have gone in examining the responsibilities currently assigned by law to the EPA for determining what kinds of dangers GHG emissions might represent to public health and the environment, and for determining what kinds of regulatory actions ought to be taken against ever - rising GHG emissions.