The Department of Transportation (DOT) recently released final tailpipe pollution standards that will require average fuel efficiency of new cars and light trucks to reach 49 miles per gallon in less than four years.
04-11-2022 The Environmental Protection Agency on August 2 released its long-awaited proposal to freeze fuel efficiency standards for cars and light-duty trucks.
08-03-2018 The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Oct. 27 halted implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency鈥檚 (EPA) first ever regulation for truck trailers.
10-30-2017 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Aug. 17 that it will revisit certain parts of the Obama Administration’s 2016 Phase 2 emissions rule for heavy-duty trucks, which set new standards for model years 2021-2027 of tractor-trailers, school buses, delivery vans and other large vehicles.
08-18-2017 The U.S. District Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granted the Environmental Protection Agency鈥檚 (EPA) request for a 90-day hold on a lawsuit over the agency鈥檚 Phase 2 emissions and fuel economy standards for heavy-duty trucks manufactured beginning in 2019.
05-10-2017 Marking yet another sign that the Trump Administration seeks to roll back President Obama鈥檚 climate initiatives, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asked the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to put a 90-day hold on a lawsuit over the agency鈥檚 Phase 2 emissions and fuel economy standards for heavy-duty trucks manufactured beginning in 2019 while it decides whether to modify or rescind the rule.
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