Sentences with phrase «of emissions regulations»

In the early 1970s, muscle cars hit the wall of emissions regulations and disappeared for decades.

The high GVWR vehicles receiving a detuned version of the engine is because of emissions regulations.

Their experimentation began with the Cosmo Sport in May, 1967 and ended, in production terms at least, when the final RX - 8 left the production line in 2012, as the characterful power unit finally succumbed to the demands of emissions regulations and fuel economy targets.

After Friday's accusations from the EPA concerning Volkswagen's alleged violation of emissions regulations, Volkswagen has now issued a nationwide stop - sale for affected new 2015 and 2016 diesel models equipped with the 2.0 - liter TDI engine, as well as all certified pre-owned vehicles with the diesel four - cylinder.

Automakers have fought the prospect of emission regulation tooth and nail — so why bow out now?

Here is an edited excerpt from that wide - ranging discussion, which touched on everything from the importance of collaborating with China to the job - creation benefits of emissions regulation:

Not exact matches

Most of it will come from mines in Wyoming and Montana that find themselves without domestic customers since the shale gas revolution, combined with emissions control regulation, drove utilities in the U.S. to shut down coal - fired plants and fire up cleaner - burning natural gas plants.

«If you take a look at California or the Eastern states of the U.S. they are very much focused on reducing CO2 emissions and have special regulations,» Aschenbroich said.

Obama had introduced a raft of regulations intended to slash emissions of carbon dioxide blamed for climate change, a policy course that accelerated the retirement of older coal - fired power plants and bolstered the nascent solar and wind sectors, which depend heavily on weather conditions for their power output.

Pruitt has rolled back a slew of Obama - era regulations limiting carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels.

Canadian regulations initially proposed a limit of 350 kg of carbon dioxide emissions per megawatt hour, but the final version of the regulations saw this limit raised to 420 kg.

A new combined - cycle natural gas power generator would generally expect to have an emissions intensity of less than 400 kg per megawatt hour, so these regulations are unlikely to be binding.

Also, the model offers companies the possibility of buying others» emissions reductions — now, making sure that such GHG cuts are additional, i.e. would not have happened even without regulation, is tricky, argues the Pembina Institute.

To fix that, B.C. needs a stronger carbon tax and new and improved regulations that cover a broader range of emissions.

Buried deep in federal regulations to restrict emissions in the coal - fired electricity sector, officials explain that the costs of those new rules is about $ 16 billion in today's terms.

It found 89 per cent of managers agreed energy transition risks - such as increasing emissions regulations or growing competition from clean tech alternatives - will significantly impact the valuations of the oil companies in the next five years, compared to 46 per cent when the survey was conducted in 2017.

While Mr. Müller denies having known of illegal software that evaded emissions regulations, he held high - ranking positions at Volkswagen when the so - called defeat device was being developed and deployed.

Alberta's new emissions regulations, just unveiled by the province's fresh NDP government, are a welcome step towards tailoring environmental policy for the needs of an expanding oil sands sector.

Since this case emerged, Hagens Berman has been on the forefront of this highly specialized realm of law, relying on our legal team's steadfast and intensive investigative skills to unearth additional emissions - cheating schemes by other automakers, staying one step ahead of government regulators in our pursuit of car manufacturers that have violated emissions standards, regulations and consumer confidence.

Commonly referred to as Utility MACT, this regulation forces utilities to install «maximum achievable control technology» to reduce emissions of mercury and other pollutants.

In environmental policy, the Party promises stronger greenhouse gas emission regulations and enforcement in the oil - patch; a water management plan to ensure that current and future needs are balanced; a moratorium on additional resource development on lakeshores and lake beds; a Green Energy Plan to support green energy projects and move the province away from coalpower; and a land - use framework that curbs urban sprawl and safeguards farmland and habitats in the vicinity of cities.

So, if one does want to lower emissions, the choice is not between a carbon price and nothing, but between a carbon price and regulations, technology subsidies, higher - cost renewable energy, or the long list of other tools.

In cases where a regulatory proposal deals with carbon emissions (e.g. regulation of emissions from vehicles or coal - fired power plants), SCC is used to express the monetary value of changes in emission amounts.

State and federal authorities, through laws and regulations, limit the amount of VOC emissions allowed, depending on regional air quality issues.

To meet the permitted limits of these regulations, many manufacturers use state - of - the - art technology to reduce pentane emissions (see for example: The Polystyrene Packaging Council, Polystyrene and Its Raw Material Styrene: Manufacture and Use November 1993; Updated January 1996).

The «coalition of the willing» approach has been used, for example, to get stronger emissions regulations in the Northeast and California, without having to win support nationwide.

Schneiderman today joined a coalition of 14 attorneys general and the City of Chicago in filing a motion to intervene in a lawsuit against EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's actions to halt regulation of leaks of greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful air pollutants from new sources in the oil and gas industry.

The current regulations are aimed at cutting tailpipe emissions of carbon dioxide, a major contributor to global warming.

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.

Former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg will run millions of dollars in political television ads against four state attorneys general who are suing the Obama administration over new regulations on carbon emissions from power plants.

Ms Kelly said the UK was also working in the UN for the European emissions trading scheme to form the basis of international regulations.

Conservatives are, on the whole, more aligned with business and / or industry Since industry is most likely to be adversely affected by the consequences of regulations to reduce global warming (emissions restrictions, for example) there is an incentive to deny global warming.

He's repealing the Clean Power Plan, every EPA regulation that finally got to the point of reducing carbon emissions.

Tenney called new Environmental Protection Agency regulations of carbon emissions from power plants «a job killer» that would not have much of an effect on the climate.

In «Let them eat carbon» Sinclair reveals the financial implications of regulations such as the Renewables Obligation and the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS).

City councilmen Ydanis Rodriguez and Robert Jackson voiced support for the resolution, contending that new plan would be worth a try if it could alleviate the burden of alternate side regulations for drivers and possibly improve asthma rates by reducing the emissions of idling cars.

«To some extent, that has taken the pressure off policymakers to do the hard work in terms of implementing policies or regulations that directly affect emissions,» Kaufman said.

Although the future trajectory of dichloromethane is uncertain, without any regulations on emissions, it is likely concentrations will fall somewhere in between the ranges presented here.

Combination of economic trends and policies Still, for now an array of Obama administration actions and economic trends are conspiring to cut emissions, according to EIA: Americans are using less oil because of high gasoline prices; carmakers are complying with federal fuel economy standards; electricity companies are becoming more efficient; state renewable energy rules are ushering wind and solar energy onto the power grids; gas prices are competitive with coal; and federal air quality regulations are closing the dirtiest power plants.

With no chance of Congress enacting legislation to make these targets into actual U.S. law, the White House is depending on using existing authority under the Clean Air Act and other laws to set regulations in place on power plant emissions, heavy - duty vehicles and more.

They exhibit so many complex phenomena that there is a wide range of research problems associated with them, including increased global awareness of the environment and the worldwide introduction of stringent combustion emissions regulations.

Moreover, Exxon Mobil expressed confidence that its oil and gas assets were unlikely to become stranded even under much tighter regulation of carbon emissions because the fossil fuels would be needed to grow the world's economies.

But with smaller parties standing to gain political influence, battles over issues such as the regulation of gene - edited organisms and how to cut greenhouse - gas emissions could grow fiercer.

Most projections say tighter regulations, cleaner sources of electricity and higher - mileage vehicles will cut industrial emissions enough by the end of this century that farm emissions will be starved of the other ingredients necessary to create aerosols, she said.

Ruling in a suit brought by Massachusetts over the regulation of car emissions, the court said that the EPA has the authority to regulate such climate - destabilizing greenhouse gases as carbon dioxide — something the agency had denied.

The bulk of these regulations require national emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants.

Based on its research, EPRI concludes that capture and sequestration of carbon emissions from coal plants would be technically feasible by 2020, and it assumes that new regulations would be in place to support that strategy.

During the hearing, Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon showed a blown - up image of a letter Pruitt sent to the current EPA administrator several years ago opposing regulations limiting emissions from the energy sector.

Many suspect crops in industrialized Western countries have been getting more light since the 1980s thanks to clean air regulations that brought down emissions of aerosols, which scatter and absorb solar radiation.

The major result of Mass. v. EPA «is that business will go and try to make a deal with Congress regarding federal regulations on greenhouse gas emissions,» says Mary Nichols, director of the Institute of the Environment at the University of California, Los Angeles, and former EPA assistant administrator of air and radiation.