Sentences with phrase «regulated tailpipe emissions»

California upped the ante in 2005 by adding carbon dioxide to its list of regulated tailpipe emissions.

Yesterday, the EPA held a hearing to debate whether California and 13 other states should be allowed to regulate tailpipe emissions.

But legally defining it as a pollutant allows the EPA to e.g. use existing laws to regulate tailpipe emissions.

«But legally defining it [CO2] as a pollutant allows the EPA to e.g. use existing laws to regulate tailpipe emissions.»

California's efforts to regulate auto emissions date back to 1966 when it became the first in the nation to regulate tailpipe emissions.

The latest attempt by the federal government to pre-empt California from enforcing its own laws to combat global warming was seen as another slap at the Schwarzenegger administration, which is dueling with the Bush administration over the state's authority to regulate tailpipe emissions.

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It's a tactic that dates back to the 1970s when the Clean Air Act authorized the EPA to regulate vehicle tailpipe emissions.

He was joined by three other senators in June 2008 calling for EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson's resignation, after it became apparent that Johnson had succumbed to White House pressure to deny California the waiver needed for the state to regulate carbon dioxide in tailpipe emissions.

The states argued that they can regulate carbon emissions as a tailpipe pollutant under the Clean Air Act.

Addressing another alternative — regulating only tailpipe GHG emissions in California — Defendants speculate that it «may result in greater emissions overall,» though CARB stated that GHG emissions could be reduced by «increasing vehicle efficiency» or «reducing the number of vehicle miles traveled.»