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Republican AGs Seek Judicial Review of NHTSA Fuel Efficiency Rule

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West Virginia AG Patrick Morrisey and Kentucky AG Russell Coleman co-led a coalition 26 Republican AGs in challenging the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards for Passenger...more

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NHTSA finalizes MY2024-2026 Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards

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On May 2, 2022, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published their new, stronger, corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for model years (MY) 2024-2026 originally announced April 1. The final...more

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Biden Administration Adopts New Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards

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The US Department of Transportation (DOT) implemented the Biden Administration’s newest vehicle-related environmental law intended to curb not only greenhouse gas emissions but also the United States’ reliance on imported oil...more

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NHTSA finalizes significantly increased fuel economy civil penalties

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) just issued a rule finalizing significantly increased civil penalties for violations of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for passenger cars. The NHTSA...more

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D.C. Circuit says trailers are not "motor vehicles"

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On November 12, 2021, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association, Inc. v. EPA, et al. held that the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) cannot regulate...more

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Democratic AGs Seek Stiffer Penalties For CAFE-Standards Violations

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A group of 13 Democratic AGs, led by California AG Rob Bonta and New York AG Letitia James, sent a letter to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (“NHTSA”) to restore penalties for automakers that failed...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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Trump Administration Issues Second Part of SAFE Vehicles Rule

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On March 31, 2020, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation, acting through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), finalized a rulemaking that the agencies described...more

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EPA-California Legal Showdown Looms Over Authority to Regulate Carbon

Multi-state coalition’s lawsuit challenges Trump EPA withdrawal of California Clean Air Act waiver. EPA formally announced its decision to withdraw California’s 2013 Clean Air Act waiver, which allowed the state to set its...more

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Corporate Average Fuel Economy/Inflation Adjustment for Penalties: Thirteen States File Judicial Challenge to National Highway...

Thirteen states filed a Petition for Review of a Final Rule of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“Petition”) challenging a rule promulgated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”). ...more

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Winston Churchill and Fuel Economy Standards

So the Trump administration has formally proposed to roll back CAFE standards for model years beginning in 2021. And California has announced its intention to start separately enforcing its own standards if the federal...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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What's New In Washington - April 2018

Congress returned from its spring recess with a host of issues to address—trade, Trump administration nominations and opioid legislation sitting atop the priority list. Given the ongoing data scandal at Facebook, privacy...more

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With Electric Cars on the Horizon, the Internal Combustion Engine Fights Back

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Turbulence in global fuel economy standards are putting new pressures on the automotive industry to shift its thinking on gasoline and electrification. In late July, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)...more

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EPA Publishes Final Phase 2 Rule for GHG Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published a joint set of greenhouse gas and fuel efficiency standards for new medium and heavy-duty vehicles and...more

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