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Trump’s Emissions Rollback: What Motor Carriers & Private Fleets Must Know

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President Trump took steps to dismantle California’s vehicle emissions standards on June 12, 2025, by signing three Congressional Review Act (“CRA”) resolutions revoking California’s waiver under the Clean Air Act. The waiver...more

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Flexibility and Targets: The Latest Developments in EU and UK Vehicle Emissions Policy

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April 2025 saw regulatory developments on vehicle emissions standards in both the European Union ("EU") and the United Kingdom ("UK"). These changes will be of significant interest to vehicle manufacturers, as well as users...more

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Trucks, Trains, and Automobiles: Untangling the Status of California’s Vehicle Emission Waivers

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Vehicle manufacturers and operators in California are no stranger to complex regulations, with the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) history of pioneering mobile emission regulations. ...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update 1.17.25

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On Monday, January 13, 2025, California withdrew requests for Clean Air Act waivers from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) needed to support four recently adopted vehicle emissions regulations: 1) the Advanced...more

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California Withdraws Clean Air Act Waiver Requests for Vehicle Emissions Standards

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On Monday, January 13, 2025, California withdrew requests for Clean Air Act waivers from the EPA needed to support four recently adopted vehicle emissions regulations: 1) the Advanced Clean Fleets Regulations; 2) the In-Use...more

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New CO₂ Emission Standards for Cars and Vans in the EU

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On January 1, 2025, the new emission targets set out by Regulation (EU) 2023/851 of April 19, 2023 and Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of April 17, 2019 for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles will enter into force in the...more

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Powering Through the Environmental Challenges of EV Development - Energy Law Insights

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Join Troutman Pepper Partners Andrea Wortzel and Byron Kirkpatrick as they delve into the burgeoning world of Electric Vehicle (EV) plant development in the southeastern U.S. and beyond. In addition to exploring the factors...more

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Driving Change: Scaling Up EVs in the U.S.

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We are pleased to publish our latest white paper, entitled Driving Change: Scaling Up EVs in the U.S." The report highlights the challenges of expanding electric vehicles (EVs) and EV battery manufacturing in the U.S....more

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EPA Releases Final Rule on Vehicle Emission Limits for 2027 and Later

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On March 20, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its final rule on Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles (the “Final Rule”). The Final...more

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California AG Settles Alleged Violations of Engine Emission Control and Certification Requirements

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California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta and the California Air Resources Board (the Board) have reached a $46 million agreement with engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. to settle alleged violations of California’s engine...more

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EPA Finalizes New Vehicle Emission Limits for CO2 and Other Pollutants

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The new emission limits apply to new passenger cars, light trucks and large pickups and vans, and set increasingly stringent fleet-wide emission limits covering carbon dioxide and other pollutants for Model Years 2027-2032....more

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State Legislatures Confront California Vehicle Emissions Regulations

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Motor carriers and equipment manufacturers are closely watching federal and California Air Resources Board (CARB) developments in the future of vehicle emissions. The headline has long been that a transition from internal...more

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EPA Issues Stringent Emissions Standards for Light- and Medium-Duty Vehicles

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On March 20, 2024, EPA announced new emissions standards for light-duty and medium-duty vehicles, starting with model year (“MY”) 2027 and phasing in through MY 2032. The new standards require reductions in emissions of...more

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EPA proposes new Heavy-Duty GHG phase 3 emission standards for model years 2028-2032

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On April 12, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for “Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles – Phase 3” (the Phase 3 proposed rule or NPRM), establishing...more

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EPA grants two of three preemption waivers for CARB heavy-duty vehicle and engine regulations

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What is the significance of EPA’s March 30, 2023 Notice of Decision (pre-publication) granting two separate requests for waivers of Clean Air Act (“CAA”) preemption for California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) regulations...more

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German Court Dismisses Climate-Related Lawsuit Against Volkswagen AG

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The regional court of Braunschweig, as competent court for the headquarters of Volkswagen AG ("VW"), rendered a decision that is a significant setback for climate litigation activists in Germany by fully dismissing a...more

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California’s Clean Air Act Waiver Targeted in New Lawsuit

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Ohio, along with sixteen other states, sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday last week, over its March 14, 2022 decision to reinstate a waiver allowing the nation’s most populous state California, under its...more

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Propel: The road to zero emissions in Oxford, UK

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In the latest installment of Propel, our podcast series on self-driving vehicles, New York partner Paul Keller speaks with Councillor Tom Hayes, Council Deputy Leader in Oxford, UK, about the role the City’s mobility plans...more

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EPA announces updated vehicle and engine tampering policy

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released a long-awaited update to its enforcement policy on vehicle and engine tampering and aftermarket parts....more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update - December 2020

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U.S. EPA recommends testing wastewater for PFAS - Bullet Chemical & Engineering News – December 1 - Certain facilities may have to test for the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in their...more

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4 Things to Know About CARB’s Clean Miles Standard

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California is making significant progress on a first-of-its-kind regulation that will reduce GHG emissions from ride-sharing vehicles. As directed by Senate Bill (SB) 1014, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update - August 2020 #3

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California and five major automakers finalize deal on vehicle emissions standards - The New York Times – August 17 - The California Air Resources Board (CARB) this Monday finalized “Settlement Agreements” with five of...more

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EPA-California Legal Showdown Looms Over Authority to Regulate Carbon

Multi-state coalition’s lawsuit challenges Trump EPA withdrawal of California Clean Air Act waiver. EPA formally announced its decision to withdraw California’s 2013 Clean Air Act waiver, which allowed the state to set its...more

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EPA and NHTSA Take Regulatory Action to Revoke California Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Action May Have Far-Reaching Impacts - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”) announced a joint rule intended to substantially affect...more

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Politics Trumps Economics? Trump’s Revocation of California’s Waiver Under the Clean Air Act

Yesterday President Trump announced on Twitter that the U.S. was revoking California’s waiver under the Clean Air Act (CAA) which allowed it to impose stricter tailpipe emission standards than the federal ones. California’s...more

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