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CAFE standards forthcoming

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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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
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USA
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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

House to investigate fuel economy standards

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

On September 30, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, told Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood in a letter that the Obama administration may have violated the Administrative Procedure Act in negotiating the increase of the corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standard to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025 for model year 2017 through 2025 cars and light trucks

EU announces vehicle efficiency measures

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union
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October 2 2011

On September 29, the advocacy group Transport and Environment released a report concluding that cars sold in the European Union are becoming more fuel-efficient, cheaper to run, and less polluting, demonstrating the value of 2008 legislation mandating carbon dioxide emissions from the passenger car fleet cannot average more than 130 gkm by 2015

$8.4 million for vehicle efficiency

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

Secretary Steven Chu announced $8.4 million September 27 for four projects to improve engine and powertrain efficiency

CA may suspend tax breaks

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

The California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority directed staff at a September 27 meeting to come up with a plan to determine if procedures for reviewing and approving clean energy and advanced transportation manufacturing tax exemptions need to be strengthened

$8.5 million on diesel exhaust

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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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

EU Parliament committee asks for tougher transportation standards

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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European Union
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November 27 2011

On November 22, by a vote of 35-5, the European Parliament’s transportation committee passed a resolution calling on the European Commission to introduce legislative proposals to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from road transportation by 20 percent and from aviation and shipping by 30 percent compared to a 2010 baseline

WA climate transportation impacts

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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January 8 2012

Washington State’s Department of Transportation issued a report December 21 determining that a draft climate change risk assessment model developed by the Federal Highway Administration offers an important starting point for state transportation agencies assessing the vulnerability of their assets

Administrators defend CAFE

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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October 16 2011

The House Oversight and Government Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight, and Government Spending held a hearing October 12 at which National Highway Transportation Safety Administrator David Strickland and Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation Gina McCarthy testified that their offices met with a diverse set of parties as they prepared to propose increasing the corporate average fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025