Sentences with phrase «new federal standards»

All models received additional side - impact protection to meet new federal standards.

Governor Rick Snyder's administration will argue for flexibility to meet proposed new federal standards for greenhouse gas emissions.

Last September I told you how conservative Texas Congressman Ted Poe introduced the BAKE SALE Act («the Bringing Awareness and Knowledge to Exempt Schools Against Legislative Encroachment Act») to gut new federal standards and allow schools to sell... [Continue reading]

Some will argue against a new layer of regulation — yet, researchers continued to make new discoveries after new federal standards on human subjects, care of research animals, and so on brought sweeping improvements to practices that had formerly produced unacceptable results.

Dark clouds of soot and gases spewed by tractors, bulldozers and backhoes are becoming a thing of the past under new federal standards that have forced cleaner diesel engines this year

New federal standards launched in 2012 that require schools to offer healthier meals have led to increased fruit and vegetable consumption, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers.

Within six months of his taking office, both houses of Congress had passed bills that imposed new federal standards for the states» accountability efforts.

Honda responded quickly, and the 2013 Civic sedan incorporated not only nicer interior trim but also acoustically insulated glass for the windshield and front windows, higher quality dampers, and a chassis reinforced to withstand new federal standards for crashworthiness.

On October 13, the nation's leading manufacturers of residential central air conditioners, furnaces, and heat pumps signed an historic, voluntary agreement with the nation's leading energy efficiency advocacy organizations supporting new federal standards for those products.

School districts serve lunch to 30 million children, and many districts have struggled to meet new federal standards for school meals and competitive foods, including increasingly stringent rules on calorie limits, whole grain content, and sodium reduction.

Advances in battery and other technologies, new federal standards for carbon - dioxide emissions and fuel economy, state zero - emission - vehicle requirements, and the current administration's goal of putting millions of alternative - fuel vehicles on the road have all highlighted PEVs as a transportation alternative.

Lawmakers, calling the roll out of Common Core a «nightmare» and a «mistake,» grilled State Education Commissioner John King and asked for more time for the adoption of the new federal standards.

Lawmakers, calling the roll out of Common Core a nightmare and a mistake, grilled state Education Commissioner John King and asked for more time to adopt the new federal standards.

Lawmakers, calling the roll out of Common Core a «nightmare» and a «mistake», grilled King and asked for more time for the adoption of the new federal standards.

Lawmakers, calling the roll out of Common Core a «nightmare» and a «mistake,» grilled State Education Commissioner John King and asked for more time for the adoption of the new federal standards.

The 2015 Hyundai Sonata has made a leap in structural rigidity thanks to meeting the new federal standards for offset crash impacts, but while the car indeed feels more solid than before, there's more to the Sonata's newfound goodness than this.

A new federal standard means side airbags will deploy in rollovers as well as side impacts.

Banks have been swamped with an influx of applications and have been struggling to adapt to new federal standards, said Joe Ohayon, senior vice president of community relations for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage.

Ever since the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Stephen G. Johnson, denied California's request for a waiver allowing it to put new controls on greenhouse - gas emissions from cars and light trucks, the agency has repeatedly claimed that its new federal standard is more aggressive than California's plan.

First, the EPA rejected California's Auto Emissions Waiver, claiming that the new federal standards were stricter than those proposed by California.

«Tucked deep into a 417 - page «Notice of Proposed Rulemaking» was language by the Transportation Department stating that more stringent limits on tailpipe emissions embraced by California and 17 other states are «an obstacle to the accomplishment» of the new federal standards and are «expressly and impliedly preempted» by federal law.»

California officials said there's a reason the industry opposes its efforts: While the new federal standards would raise fuel economy to 31.6 miles per gallon by 2015, California's rules would require the U.S. vehicle fleet to get 36 miles per gallon by 2015.