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Light-Duty Vehicle Emissions Standards

MCLI Recommendation: “The federal government should continue the recent trend of tightening fuel economy and GHG emissions standards for light-duty motor vehicles.”

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Resource States and State Governments

Virginia’s Advanced Clean Cars Program

In March 2021, Virginia adopted HB1965, creating an Advanced Clean Cars Program. This bill expands the powers and duties of the State Air Pollution Control Board relating to low emissions vehicles (LE...
Example Executive Branch

EPA’s Light Duty Vehicle Emissions Standards for MY 2023-2026

In December 2021, EPA finalized revised national GHG emissions standards for passenger cars and light trucks for Model Years 2023- 2026. The final standards would achieve significant GHG emissions red...
Resource Executive Branch

Report, Climate Reregulation in a Biden Administration

This August 2020 report from the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law charts a course for executive action that, under a new presidential administration, would reverse the deregulatory agenda of the Tr...
Resource Congress

Proposed Green Streets Act (2021)

Reintroduced in 2021, the federal GREEN Streets Act would establish standards for emissions and vehicle miles traveled on the national highway system, while requiring states and Metropolitan Planning ...
Example States and State Governments

California’s Low-Emission Vehicle Program

California’s Low-Emission Vehicle Program (2012) includes emissions standards for both criteria pollutants and GHGs for new passenger vehicles. As of September 2019, the program is threatened by the T...
Resource Congress

Proposed CLEAN Future Act (2020)

The proposed Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation’s (CLEAN) Future Act (2020) is a large, economy-wide climate bill released by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Among ...
Resource Executive Branch

Report, Fixing Market Failures to Cut Fuel Costs and Pollution from Cars and Trucks

This report analyzes a key issue in U.S. transportation policy: the energy efficiency gap. Economists have long observed that while more fuel-efficient cars and trucks save consumers the most money ov...