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Here’s what the standards will do for health and climate.

States drive us toward a zero emissions future

Los estados nos impulsan hacia un futuro de cero emisiones

Federal standards will curb emissions and protect our health and climate

EPA’s new rule addresses pollution standards for vehicles, but must be strengthened to fully tackle the climate crisis

In 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation announced the first-ever national limits on greenhouse gas pollution from cars and light trucks. Dubbed the “Clean Cars Rule,” it would increase vehicle fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by motor vehicles, a major source of carbon pollution in the U.S. Since…

The Biden administration announced a proposed rule that would regrant California its Clean Air Act waiver

The Obama-era standards are critical to reducing carbon pollution and combating the climate crisis

Trump administration is putting polluters above people with yet another weakening of environmental standards

Earthjustice and Sierra Club, together with a broad coalition of public health and environmental groups, filed a lawsuit against former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler’s Environmental Protection Agency,challenging its revocation of California’s waiver for its greenhouse gas emission standards for new motor vehicles, as well as the state’s zero emission vehicle standards.

Lawsuit is the latest in a series to defend California’s clean car standards

Earthjustice and the Sierra Club, along with a coalition of other environmental groups, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for its attack on California, stripping the state’s authority to set more stringent greenhouse gas vehicle standards than federal standards, and rescinding California’s Zero Emission Vehicle mandate.

Environmental organizations head to court following rollback of California’s car emissions standards

Environmental law organization plans to fight back against attack on states’ ability to implement clean car standards

Under interim Chief Andrew Wheeler, U.S. EPA proposes new policy to roll back Clean Car Standards and undo decades-old agreement with states on tailpipe pollution

Norma socavaría estándares de contaminación en California, Nueva York y doce estados más

Obama administration announces new goals for cleaner cars in America

First-ever national rules on greenhouse gas pollution from vehicles go into effect on July 6