Sentences with phrase «established fuel economy standards»

Through the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, Congress established fuel economy standards for new passenger cars starting with model year (MY) 1978.

EPA and NHTSA plan to establish fuel economy standards for model years 2017 - 2025 — a nine - year period.

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The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program was established to determine vehicle manufacturer compliance with these standards.

The National Program does not set a single fuel economy target number for all vehicles, but instead it establishes separate footprint - based standards for passenger cars and light trucks.

Establishing and amending average fuel economy standards for manufacturers of passenger cars and light trucks, as necessary;

Throughout the first term, the Administration took strong actions to cut carbon pollution, including investing more than $ 80 billion in clean energy technologies under the recovery program, establishing historic fuel economy standards, doubling solar and wind electricity, and implementing ambitious energy efficiency measures.

This way, the EPA can set ghg emissions standards under the Clean Air Act and the NHTSA can establish Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended by the Energy Independence and Security Act.

In the U.S., for example, estimates of the SCC have played a key role in establishing the stringency of appliance efficiency standards, fuel economy standards, and power plant regulations.

In addition to regulating fuel economy, EPA is applying Clean Air Act permitting requirements to large stationary sources of greenhouse gases: power plants, refineries, steel mills, pulp and paper factories, and cement production facilities.63 EPA will soon establish greenhouse gas New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for coal - fired power plants and petroleum refineries.64 If these go unchallenged, it is likely that EPA will develop greenhouse gas performance standards for numerous other industrial source categories.

Under her leadership, the EPA has taken sensible and important steps to protect the air we breathe and the water we drink, including implementing the first national standard for harmful mercury pollution, taking important action to combat climate change under the Clean Air Act, and playing a key role in establishing historic fuel economy standards that will save the average American family thousands of dollars at the pump, while also slashing carbon pollution.