Sentences with phrase «smog standards»
"Smog standards" refers to regulations or guidelines set by government authorities to limit the amount of polluting gases and particles released into the air. These standards aim to reduce smog, a type of air pollution that is harmful to human health and the environment. Meeting these standards ensures cleaner and healthier air for everyone. Full definition
Automaker Volkswagen and two of its affiliates have agreed to pay West Virginia $ 2.65 million for failing to adhere to U.S. smog standards.
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The Obama administration plans to bring smog standards into line with its science advisors, overturning a controversial decision by the Bush administration
U.S. EPA today proposed significantly tougher smog standards after reconsidering the George W. Bush administration's controversial 2008 regulations.
As of July 25, the air across Southern California exceeded federal smog standards 81 times, an uptick over the two years prior according to the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
Congressional Republicans have been complaining relentlessly (and rather baselessly) that tightening smog standards, as Obama's EPA has sought to do, would cripple the economy.
After a scientific review required every five years by the federal Clean Air Act, the Obama EPA tightened the national smog standard in 2015 to 70 parts per billion, down from the 75 ppb limit set during the Bush administration.
The first Environmental Protection Agency was here, so California has the right to set its own smog standards, fuel efficiency standards, etc..
A new study from Johns Hopkins University shows that had President Obama backed more stringent smog standards last year, 67 % more lives would saved than under the current standard.
-LRB-...) «I have continued to underscore the importance of reducing regulatory burdens and regulatory uncertainty,» Obama said when he put the brakes on the smog standard, «particularly as our economy continues to recover.»
He sued to block the smog standards during his previous job as Oklahoma attorney general, enlisting Walker and other Republican governors to join a lawsuit drafted with substantial input from fossil fuel interests.
Soon after he joined the Trump administration, Pruitt moved to delay the smog standards from taking effect for at least a year, then backtracked under legal pressure from Illinois and 15 other states with Democratic attorneys general.
Thank goodness, because our smog standards were earlier, and more stringent.