The state auditor called on the air pollution management board to show more evidence its expensive incentive programs are working to reduce emissions while producing the socioeconomic gains the agency purports.
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A federal court in Minnesota dismissed the Minnesota Auto Dealers Association’s suit challenging the state’s emissions standards for new automobiles, finding the claims are “not ripe for judicial review.”
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Ford announced a major push into electric vehicles in Europe, vowing to convert its entire passenger car lineup on the continent to electrics by 2030.
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Several aspects of a Trump-era EPA policy were found to have let states skirt rules aimed at cutting harmful emissions.
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Environmentalists urged the Third Circuit on Friday to expand the reporting duties owed by U.S. Steel after harmful emissions lingered in a Pennsylvania town for three months following a plant fire.
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General Motors, the fourth largest automaker in the world, announced a progressive plan Thursday to become a carbon neutral company by 2040, aiming to cut off sales of most new gas-powered vehicles by 2035.
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The climate change proposal would force companies like Amazon and Apple to reveal the full extent of their carbon footprints and meet new state-mandated reduction goals.
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Oil companies burning off unwanted natural gas wouldn’t take much of a financial hit by doing away with the controversial
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California officials and environmentalists are claiming victory after President Joe Biden directed federal regulators to put the brakes on his predecessor’s attempt to gift automakers with a nationwide fuel emissions standard that would have allowed them to produce cheaper, dirtier cars.
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On the last full day of his presidency, Donald Trump’s yearslong effort to shut down Obama-era clean air protections targeting power plants went up in smoke in the D.C. Circuit.
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Researchers say governments around the world must invest now in direct air capture technology, which would scrub greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and — hopefully — thwart global warming.
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Early data showed decreases in air pollution as cities went into lockdown during the pandemic. After controlling data for weather variables, researchers say three pollutants are worse than previously believed.
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Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will this year reach levels 50% higher than before the industrial revolution because of manmade emissions, Britain’s Met Office predicted on Friday.
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Minnesota car dealers took to federal court Wednesday to fight proposed changes to the state’s emissions rules for new automobiles, saying that the state’s ongoing rulemaking is preempted by federal environmental laws.
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If people can just hail a ride from a five-star Lyft or Uber driver at a moment’s notice, will they even bother owning cars? According to research published in the journal iScience on Wednesday, the answer is yes: vehicle ownership actually increased across cities alongside the arrival of ride-hail services.
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A Canadian-owned paper pulp company went on trial on Wednesday for flouting emissions rules at its mill in southern France, the country’s biggest.
Read moreAn appeals court in Texas dismissed the state’s claims against Volkwagen Germany and Audi Germany over the car manufacturer’s installation of software in diesel cars that evaded compliance with federally mandated emissions standards. The companies’ activities were not “purposefully directed at Texas,” so its contacts with the state are “insufficient to confer specific jurisdiction.”
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A group of environmental groups wrapped up two weeks of hearings on Thursday in a unique case that could force the oil giant Shell to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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The European Union’s top court ruled on Thursday that Volkswagen breached the law by installing on its cars a so-called defeat device to cheat on emission tests and cannot argue it was merely protecting car engines.
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A British coroner ruled Wednesday that excessive air pollution from traffic fumes contributed to the death of a 9-year-old girl who died of a fatal asthma attack. The girl is believed to be the first person in the U.K. to have air pollution listed as the cause of death on their death certificate.
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