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Traffic costs high

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 2 2011

The Texas Transportation Institute issued a study September 27 concluding that Americans spent 4.8 billion hours in stuck in traffic in 2010, costing approximately $101 billion

$8.5 million on diesel exhaust

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 21 2011

Seven cargo terminal operators at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach agreed last week to spend a combined $8.5 million on diesel exhaust charges to resolve alleged violations of California’s safe drinking water and toxic substances enforcement law

CAFE rule delayed

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 2 2011

The Obama administration will delay the release of standards that would double the fuel economy of cars and light trucks from the original September 30 deadline to mid-November

Quadrennial review released

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 2 2011

The Department of Energy released its inaugural quadrennial review last week

Carmakers support mobile regs

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 9 2011

The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and Association of Global Automakers said in an amicus brief filed September 30 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that the Environmental Protection Agency is required under the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks after it determined that related emissions endanger the public

EV tools launched

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 28 2011

The Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy launched two online tools August 22 designed to help communities better prepare for widespread adoption of plug-in electric vehicles

CAFE standards forthcoming

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 13 2011

The Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency are expected to publish the official proposal for the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards this week

Heavy-duty truck standards challenged

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 13 2011

Delta Construction Co., Dalton Trucking Inc., Southern California Contractors Association, and California Dump Truck Owners Association filed a petition for review November 4 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit challenging the first greenhouse gas emissions requirements for heavy-duty trucks

Shipping emissions reduced

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • November 20 2011

The International Maritime Organization released a study November 14 that found that the world’s shipping industry could reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by almost a quarter by 2030, compared with 2010 levels, by employing energy efficiency measures introduced this July for ships weighing 400 MT or more

Critical infrastructure protection highlighted

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 25 2011

The Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration posted a report September 20 outlining a process that can be used to determine which parts of a region’s critical transportation infrastructure need protection from climate change impacts