Sentences with phrase «set tailpipe emissions»

The Clean Air Act empowers the federal government to set tailpipe emissions standards, but a waiver granted to California allows the state to impose stricter air pollution standards than those set by the feds.

The bill would also prevent the EPA from setting tailpipe emissions standards for cars and trucks, but the former is drawing more widespread controversy.

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The following are some facts about diesel car engines, the tailpipe pollution they emit and the «defeat device» software that federal regulators say VW used to circumvent emissions standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of California.

When EPA sets limits for tailpipe emissions from vehicles, it considers what could be achieved with new technology, not just the technology already on the market.

So when the state set out to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, regulators did all the right things - stringent tailpipe standards for cars, tighter codes for buildings, higher renewable energy standards for utilities.

Premium British brand previews its first - ever plug - in hybrid vehicle, set to intermittently motor with zero tailpipe emissions

2011 (August) National Program Standards Phase I (Heavy Duty) Sets Medium and Heavy Duty Vehicles fuel efficiency and tailpipe emissions standards estimated to reduce CO2 emissions by about 270 million metric tons and save about 530 million barrels of oil over the life of the vehicles built in model years 2014 - 2018.

Also, I had read somewhere in this set of websites or their relatives (don't remember where now), that 22 mpg was average, and the «greenhouse gas calculator» implies the average car's tailpipe emission is 400 g CO2 / mi (see below / later).

California, which has a waiver under the 1970 Clean Air Act giving it the right to set its own vehicle emissions standards, reached an agreement with the Obama administration and the auto industry that established the first limits on tailpipe carbon emissions.