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EPA Proposes to Rescind Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding and Associated Motor Vehicle and Engine Emission Standards

Key Takeaways - What Happened? On July 29, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposed rule to rescind the 2009 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Endangerment Finding (“Endangerment and Cause or Contribute...more

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EPA Proposes Repeal of Legal Foundation for Greenhouse Gas Rules

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a major shift in regulatory policy—to rescind the agency’s 2009 “Endangerment Finding” and to repeal all resulting emission standards for new motor vehicles and...more

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EPA Initiates Rulemaking to Eliminate the 2009 GHG Endangerment Finding

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") proposes rescission of the 2009 Endangerment Finding, which underpins greenhouse gas regulation under the Clean Air Act....more

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EPA Announces Sweeping Deregulatory Agenda: The Complete Set of EPA’s 31 Actions and Affected Environmental Regulations

In what it called “the greatest and most consequential day of deregulation in U.S. history,” the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its most expansive deregulatory initiative to date on March 12, 2025. Through a...more

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Foley Automotive Update - October 2024

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An article by Foley & Lardner Partner Vanessa Miller that provides a guide to force majeure provisions was published in mdm Distribution Intelligence. To address potential risks to national security, the U.S. Commerce...more

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Biden-Harris Administration’s Proposed Vehicle Pollution Standards Will Spur EV Adoption, Cut Nearly 10 Billion Tons of Co2...

As part of its push to transition the American automotive industry to electric vehicles (EVs), the Biden-Harris administration has proposed two new vehicle pollution standards. The first rule targets greenhouse emissions from...more

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EPA’s proposes most stringent vehicle emission standards ever for model years 2027-2032

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On April 12, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the notice of proposed rulemaking for “Multi-Pollutant Emission Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles” (the “proposed...more

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EPA Moves to Tighten Passenger and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Emissions Standards; Seeks to Drive Majority of New U.S. Car Sales to EVs by...

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On April 12, 2023, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan proposed aggressive new mobile source regulations limiting tailpipe emissions in two separate proposed rules: one targeting light- and...more

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RFS: Auto Manufacturers Win the Battle for ‘eRIN’ Credits in EPA’s Proposed Rule

On December 1, 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its proposed “set” rule for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program. In addition to setting the volume and percentage standards for renewable fuels...more

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NHTSA proposes MY2024-2026 Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards

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On August 10, 2021, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to revise the federal corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) emissions standards in model years (MY)...more

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Foley Weekly Automotive Report - August 2021 - 2

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This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Key Developments - U.S. new light vehicle sales in July fell to an estimated SAAR of 14.5...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update - August #2

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Focus - EPA will not approve labels that say Roundup chemical causes cancer - U.S. News & World Report – August 8 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this Thursday that it will not approve...more

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Comments On NHTSA/EPA's Claim That Fuel Economy Standards Must Be Frozen to Save Lives

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In a recent Client Alert, Will Increasing Fuel Economy Standards Really Make Cars Less Safe? NHTSA and the EPA’s Proposal to Freeze Fuel Economy Standards at 2020 Levels, I noted that NHTSA and the EPA have proposed freezing...more

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DOT and EPA Release Proposal to Roll Back Obama-era Emissions Standards for Automobiles

On August 2, 2018, the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”) and the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued two related, proposed rulemakings, which together comprise...more

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US EPA and DOT Proposal to Freeze Fuel Economy Standards for 2021-2026

On Thursday, August 2, 2018, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) jointly proposed a rule to freeze the fuel...more

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