States Sue SEC for Requiring Companies to Disclose Emissions
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States Sue SEC for Requiring Companies to Disclose Emissions
2024-03-08 22:37:34
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — Ten states sued the Securities and Exchange Commission this week over new rules requiring large companies to publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions. The state attorneys general say the new rules place an unfair regulatory and financial burden... Read More

California Moves to Phase Out Gas-Powered Trucks by 2036
Transportation
California Moves to Phase Out Gas-Powered Trucks by 2036
2023-05-01 19:05:28
by Dan McCue

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Large commercial trucking firms and bus operators must start transitioning to an electric fleet next year and be fully fossil-fuel free by 2036 if they want to keep operating in California, the state’s Air Resources Board said... Read More

Biden Orders Federal Vehicles, Buildings to Use Renewable Energy by 2050
Climate
Biden Orders Federal Vehicles, Buildings to Use Renewable Energy by 2050
2021-12-08 22:51:28
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — It wasn’t noted on his public schedule today, but President Joe Biden on Wednesday rolled out a plan to make the federal government carbon neutral by 2050. “The federal government faces broad exposure to the mounting risks and... Read More

Supreme Court to Hear Coal Industry’s Complaint About Emissions Regulations
Climate
Supreme Court to Hear Coal Industry’s Complaint About Emissions Regulations
2021-11-01 20:16:08
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is headed toward a landmark decision on greenhouse gas emissions as climate change moved to the forefront of international politics Monday. The Supreme Court plans to hear a case that contests the authority of the... Read More

Biden Aims For U.S. ‘Leadership’ On Climate, Announces Reduction in Emissions
Climate
Biden Aims For U.S. ‘Leadership’ On Climate, Announces Reduction in Emissions
2021-04-22 20:02:53
by Daniel Mollenkamp

At a virtual summit on climate change attended by 40 world leaders on Thursday, President Joseph Biden announced that the U.S. would reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by half over the next decade. Biden’s plan promises to lower greenhouse gas... Read More

Biden Pressed on Emissions Goal as Climate Summit Nears
White House
Biden Pressed on Emissions Goal as Climate Summit Nears

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden convenes a virtual climate summit on Thursday, he faces a vexing task: how to put forward a nonbinding but symbolic goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that will have a tangible impact on... Read More

Governors Sign Memorandum to Fast-track Zero-Emission Work Vehicles
State News
Governors Sign Memorandum to Fast-track Zero-Emission Work Vehicles
2020-07-15 15:30:51
by Reece Nations

Fifteen states and the District of Columbia agreed to work collaboratively on hastening the switch to all-electric fleet vehicles in an effort to suppress toxic air pollution Tuesday. Their goal, according to a joint memorandum signed by the states’ governors,... Read More

23 States Sue Trump Administration to Keep California’s Auto Emission Rules
State News
23 States Sue Trump Administration to Keep California's Auto Emission Rules
2019-09-20 21:58:47
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — California and 22 other states sued the Trump administration Friday to stop it from revoking the authority of The Golden State to set emission standards for cars and trucks. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed the lawsuit against... Read More

Industrial Emissions Targeted in New Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation
Climate
Industrial Emissions Targeted in New Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation
2019-07-30 21:58:09
by Sean Trambley

Last week, a bipartisan, bicameral coalition led by freshman Representative Sean Casten D-Ill., introduced legislation aimed at encouraging innovation that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from industrial sources. Casten and his counterparts in the Senate, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and... Read More

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