Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 04:50:10 +0000
It has taken over 20 years, but EPA has finalized its next step in reducing pollution from new trucks. Unfortunately, it falls short of what states are already doing. On paper it may appear to align with aspects of the most stringent option considered by the agency in its proposal, but many of the finalized changes in […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 06:20:09 +0000
The EPA is getting ready to finalize a critical regulation limiting emissions of smog-forming nitrogen oxide (NOX) and soot (or particulate matter, PM2.5) from new heavy-duty trucks. This is the first time EPA has sought to limit emissions in over two decades, and it is long overdue. Unfortunately, one of the reasons the regulations have failed has […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2022 11:10:19 +0000
The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the transportation sector accounts for approximately 27% of all greenhouse gas emissions annually in the United States, and emissions from road transportation — driven by carbon-creating internal combustion vehicles — account for a large majority of that. For years, researchers have tried to measure these emissions more closely, but […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 23:24:28 +0000
Historic investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law headed to all 50 states in effort to transform America’s school bus fleet WASHINGTON (October 26, 2022) — Today, the Biden–Harris Administration announced the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, awarding nearly $1 billion from President Biden’s Bipartisan […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 07:03:32 +0000
If you had the opportunity to watch the fifth congressional hearing to investigate the January 6th attacks on our capital, chances are you heard one name spoken repeatedly: Jeffrey Clark. When I watched the hearing, the name rang a bell. This was the same Jeffrey Clark, who oversaw environmental enforcement during the Trump administration, an area of (lack […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2022 01:18:14 +0000
This term, alongside a number of cases with the potential for seismic implications, the Supreme Court also took up West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency. Though the case caught fewer headlines, it, too, threatened Earth-shifting implications all its own by thrusting into question a critical EPA lever for addressing climate change. Now we have that decision in […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2022 11:00:41 +0000
Originally published by Union of Concerned Scientists, The Equation. By Dave Cooke It has been over twenty years since smog-forming and particulate pollution standards for heavy-duty trucks were strengthened. In the absence of federal action, states have moved forward to reduce pollution from trucks. Unfortunately, just last week truck manufacturers filed a lawsuit to prevent states from enforcing […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 10 May 2022 11:00:32 +0000
Attorney General Launches New Office of Environmental Justice Courtesy of The United States Department of Justice. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland was joined by EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan [last week] in announcing a series of actions to secure environmental justice for all Americans. In addition to launching a new Office of Environmental Justice within the […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 06:40:08 +0000
This is a condensed, online version of the report. Access to all figures and full report are available through download of the PDF. Ten years ago, the Obama administration set strong standards for global warming emissions and fuel economy for new passenger cars and trucks, aiming to double efficiency by model year (MY) 2025 (EPA and […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 03:57:55 +0000
Lawsuit Challenges U.S. Postal Service Plan to Buy 150,000 Gas-Guzzling Trucks WASHINGTON — The Center for Biological Diversity, CleanAirNow, Sierra Club, and 16 states filed lawsuits in California federal court today challenging the U.S. Postal Service’s decision to replace its aging fleet with close to 150,000 gas-burning delivery trucks. Last year the Postal Service, under […]