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.
Not exact matches
Air board staff was concerned that converted Priuses could cause more air pollution and urged for stricter standards, even though all sides agreed that they lower greenhouse gas emissio
Air board staff was concerned that converted Priuses could cause more
air pollution and urged for stricter standards, even though all sides agreed that they lower greenhouse gas emissio
air pollution and urged for
stricter standards, even though all sides agreed that they lower greenhouse gas emissions.
In addition to the new engine, Mazda has also announced that it will begin electrifying its cars in 2019 but focus on markets it calls «regions that use a high ratio of clean energy for power generation or restrict certain vehicles to reduce
air pollution» (read: markets with extremely
strict emissions
standards).
This evening, shortly after George W. Bush signed the weakened Energy Bill into law, EPA administrator Stephen Johnson announced that California (and the 16 states that had pledged to adopt California's
standards) will not be granted a waiver from the clean
air act to put
stricter pollution controls on vehicles and drive a higher CAFE
standard than is included -LSB-...]
The drops are largely the result of
stricter pollution - control
standards enacted in the 1990 Clean
Air Act amendments.