Sentences with phrase «emissions rules through»

A group of 17 states plan to file a lawsuit in federal appeals court challenging the Trump administration's decision to declare vehicle emissions rules through 2025 «not appropriate.»

A trade association representing General Motors (gm), Toyota (tm), Volkswagen (vlkpf) and nine other automakers on Tuesday asked new Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt to withdraw an Obama administration decision to lock in vehicle emission rules through 2025.

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The 17 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's decision in April to declare U.S. vehicle emissions and fuel efficiency rules through 2025 «not appropriate.»

The order gives the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency the authority to repeal and replace the Clean Power Plan, the set of rules that established goals for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from fossil - fueled electricity plants through a national trading system.

As the draft rule stands, EPA asks states to achieve a specific average reduction in their emissions rate for the years 2020 through 2029.

(This status allowed the Administration to create a special rule exempting greenhouse gas emissions — which are, through global warming, melting the artic sea ice used by the polar bears for hunting — from regulation under the Endangered Species Act.)

At least some of that amount can be achieved through regulations already in the pipeline, mainly U.S. EPA's draft rule to slash carbon emissions from the power sector and other measures included in the administration's Climate Action Plan.

Subaru, whose U.S. sales were up 20 percent through August compared with the same eight months last year, needs more efficient drivetrain technologies to help it meet tougher U.S. fuel economy and emissions rules that begin in the 2016 model year.

That led to rules that steadily reduce carbon emission levels (and parallel rules to increase corporate average fuel economy) from 2012 through 2025.

In the AEO2015 Reference case, which does not include the proposed Clean Power Plan rule, EIA projects power sector CO2 emissions to hover near their 2013 level, and remain below 2005 levels through 2040.

Specifically, EPA ignores the possibility that its rule will increase greenhouse gas emissions outside of the United States, through mechanisms such as a lower world price of oil due to restricted American demand.

Through case studies, key recommendations for new rules, and descriptions of best practices, this working paper can help state officials to determine how best to structure future state - level policies — including measures for complying with forthcoming national emissions standards under the Clean Air Act — to reduce methane emissions from natural gas development.

-- Not later than 2025 and at 5 - year intervals thereafter, the Administrator shall review the standards for new covered EGUs under this section and shall, by rule, reduce the maximum carbon dioxide emission rate for new covered EGUs to a rate which reflects the degree of emission limitation achievable through the application of the best system of emission reduction which (taking into account the cost of achieving such reduction and any nonair quality health and environmental impact and energy requirements) the Administrator determines has been adequately demonstrated.

The MATS rule, finalized in December 2011, requires coal - fired power plants to reduce emissions of toxic air pollutants through the installation of pollution -LSB-...]

Under California's proposed rules, up to 8 percent of emissions reductions could be met through offsets.

Now, they are coming for oil and gas development and manufacturing through the just - announced 626 - page ozone regulations, which will require states to dramatically reduce ozone emissions from the current 75 parts per billion (ppb) to a range of 65 to 70 ppb — though environmental groups want a 60 ppb standard, which may be the final rule.

We already know that coal is being phased out, primarily through market forces, but also through federal greenhouse gas emissions limits imposed by President Obama's EPA, for both new power plants (the rules are already in place) and existing power plants (the rules are still being negotiated).

So to push down emissions even further, the Obama administration has been issuing an array of new rules and regulations through the EPA and other executive - branch agencies.

Under the proposed rule, EPA would require states to reduce CO2 emission through a variety of activities, including (1) Increasing the efficiency of existing power plants; (2) switching from coal - fired power plants to natural gas plants; (3) increasing renewable energy sources, such as nuclear, wind or solar; and (4) reducing the demand for energy through enhanced energy efficiency.