On June 11, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") announced a proposed rule to repeal key amendments to the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards ("MATS") for coal- and oil-fired electric utility steam...more
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Previously we’ve reviewed overarching expectations of the second Trump Administration, how the Trump Administration will act on California’s emissions waivers, the steps the Trump Administration is likely to take with respect...more
Under President Joe Biden’s Administration, multiple programs were created to invest in the necessary infrastructure and to support private development of the electric vehicle industry. Given the anticipated shift away from...more
On the day of his inauguration, President Joe Biden issued a historic number of executive orders, several of which focused on overturning actions taken by the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). We...more
As noted in previous editions of The Climate Report, in recent months, the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"), Federal Highway Administration ("FHA"), and California Air Resource Board ("CARB") have imposed...more
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
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
Historically, regulations under the federal Clean Air Act (CAA) and related state laws divided the world into “stationary” and “non-stationary sources.” “Stationary sources” included facilities like power plants and factories...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") has proposed regulations for calculating methane emissions fees required beginning this year under the Inflation Reduction Act ("IRA"). Section 136 of the Clean Air Act (added...more
Public policy has a significant and direct impact on businesses in the Transportation and Mobility area. Those businesses are highly regulated in the U.S. but are global in scope and the technology deployed is evolving...more
A coalition of states has opened a new front in the ongoing battles between the Trump Administration’s efforts to streamline regulations applicable to industry and the interests favoring additional regulation. In response to...more
The issue of climate change has become the focus of air emission regulations and prompted deep division in the process. The last Presidential election brought the issue to the fore in the sense that those who are now...more
China has launched or announced a significant number of regulatory initiatives in the automotive sector over the first months of 2016. I have selected a number of regulatory initiatives representing such trends, below, from...more
Pennsylvania is currently a hotbed of regulatory initiatives focused on the oil and gas industry. The Environmental Quality Board, for example, will decide on February 3 whether to adopt the Department of Environmental...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to announce between now and December 31, 2014 its plan for pursuing methane reductions from the oil and gas sector – including whether it will propose new emission...more