Tag Archives: Fuel Emissions (Transportation)

The New York Times 10:00 am on October 15, 2020
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How Green Is That Electric Car? And When It Hits 100 M.P.H.?

The Tesla Model S and the Porsche Taycan give environmentally conscious speedsters an outlet for their desires.

#automobiles, #electric-and-hybrid-vehicles, #fuel-efficiency, #fuel-emissions-transportation, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #porsche-ag, #tesla-motors-inc

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The New York Times 4:01 am on September 29, 2020
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Prosecutors Target Ex-Audi Chief in First VW Emissions Trial

Rupert Stadler is accused of continuing to sell cars with illegal software even after Volkswagen’s cheating scandal came to light.

#audi-division-of-volkswagen-ag, #automobiles, #diesel-power, #engines, #frauds-and-swindling, #fuel-emissions-transportation, #hatz-wolfgang, #liang-james, #pamio-zaccheo-giovanni, #schmidt-oliver, #stadler-rupert-1963, #volkswagen-ag, #winterkorn-martin

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The New York Times 7:12 pm on September 23, 2020
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California Plans to Ban Sales of New Gas-Powered Cars in 15 Years

The proposal would speed up the state’s efforts to fight global warming at a time when California is being battered by wildfires, heat waves and other consequences of climate change.

#automobiles, #california, #electric-and-hybrid-vehicles, #environment, #fuel-emissions-transportation, #global-warming, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #newsom-gavin, #oil-petroleum-and-gasoline, #regulation-and-deregulation-of-industry

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The New York Times 11:18 pm on September 13, 2020
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In Visiting a Charred California, Trump Confronts a Scientific Reality He Denies

A president who has mocked climate change and pushed policies that accelerate it is set to be briefed on the scorched earth and ash-filled skies that experts say are the predictable result.

#air-pollution, #biden-joseph-r-jr, #california, #carbon-dioxide, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #disasters-and-emergencies, #environment, #environmental-protection-agency, #fuel-emissions-transportation, #global-warming, #green-new-deal, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration, #presidential-election-of-2020, #regulation-and-deregulation-of-industry, #science-and-technology, #states-us, #trump-donald-j, #united-nations-framework-convention-on-climate-change, #united-states-economy, #united-states-politics-and-government, #wildfires

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The New York Times 6:52 pm on August 13, 2020
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Daimler to Settle U.S. Emissions Charges for $2.2 Billion

The agreement is a small fraction of the sum that Volkswagen paid after admitting to emissions cheating in 2015.

#automobiles, #daimler-ag, #fines-penalties, #fuel-emissions-transportation, #germany, #mercedes-benz, #stuttgart-germany, #volkswagen-ag

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The New York Times 3:13 pm on July 22, 2020
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E.P.A. Proposes Airplane Emission Standards That Airlines Already Meet

Staving off a lawsuit, the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new regulations to hold airlines to the carbon dioxide emissions standards they created.

#airlines-and-airplanes, #carbon-dioxide, #environment, #fuel-emissions-transportation, #global-warming, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #regulation-and-deregulation-of-industry, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government

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The New York Times 3:18 pm on June 25, 2020
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Pandemic’s Cleaner Air Could Reshape What We Know About the Atmosphere

Coronavirus shutdowns have cut pollution, and that’s opened the door to a “giant, global environmental experiment” with potentially far-reaching consequences.

#air-pollution, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-reopenings, #environment, #fuel-emissions-transportation, #global-warming, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration, #ozone, #regulation-and-deregulation-of-industry, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government

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The New York Times 1:51 pm on June 25, 2020
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California Set to Require Zero-Emissions Trucks

The new rule, expected Thursday, would mean more than half of trucks sold in the state must be zero-emissions by 2035, and all of them by 2045.

#air-pollution, #buses, #california, #california-air-resources-board, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #e-commerce, #electric-and-hybrid-vehicles, #environment, #factories-and-manufacturing, #fuel-efficiency, #fuel-emissions-transportation, #global-warming, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #lobbying-and-lobbyists, #los-angeles-calif, #nichols-mary-d, #oil-petroleum-and-gasoline, #regulation-and-deregulation-of-industry, #san-bernardino-calif, #states-us, #transit-systems, #trucks-and-trucking

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The New York Times 1:58 pm on June 4, 2020
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Pandemic Lockdowns Lead to Less Traffic and Better Air

Fewer cars on the road during the pandemic has meant cleaner air, but not necessarily fewer traffic deaths. Can we have both?

#air-pollution, #bicycles-and-bicycling, #fuel-efficiency, #fuel-emissions-transportation, #global-warming, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #quarantine-life-and-culture, #speed-limits-and-speeding, #traffic-accidents-and-safety, #urban-areas, #walking

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The New York Times 12:20 am on June 2, 2020
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U.S. Ruling Could Mean a Flood of New Claims Against Volkswagen

Judges on Monday cleared the way for counties to pursue the automaker, which has already paid more than $20 billion in federal penalties for cheating on pollution tests, under local laws.

#audi-division-of-volkswagen-ag, #environment, #frauds-and-swindling, #fuel-emissions-transportation, #global-warming, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #volkswagen-ag

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The New York Times 8:41 pm on May 27, 2020
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States Sue to Block Trump From Weakening Fuel Economy Rules

At stake in the lawsuit is the single biggest effort by the United States to fight the climate crisis.

#automobiles, #becerra-xavier, #california, #fuel-efficiency, #fuel-emissions-transportation, #regulation-and-deregulation-of-industry, #united-states-politics-and-government

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The New York Times 1:44 pm on May 20, 2020
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Volkswagen Settles Emissions Charges Against Two Managers

The German carmaker will pay a relatively modest fine to resolve criminal cases involving the chairman and chief executive. They were accused of not warning shareholders about a looming scandal.

#bayerische-motorenwerke-ag, #diess-herbert, #environmental-protection-agency, #fines-penalties, #frauds-and-swindling, #fuel-emissions-transportation, #germany, #potsch-hans-dieter-1951, #securities-and-commodities-violations, #volkswagen-ag

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The New York Times 7:06 am on May 13, 2020
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The Pandemic Will Permanently Change the Auto Industry

Plunging sales could force factories to close and lead to takeovers and mergers, but also bolster sales of electric cars.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #electric-and-hybrid-vehicles, #factories-and-manufacturing, #foreign-investments, #fuel-emissions-transportation, #greenhouse-gas-emissions

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The New York Times 9:00 am on May 9, 2020
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Will the Coronavirus Crisis Trump the Climate Crisis?

The battle over how to spend recovery funds — to quickly restore the old economy or invest in a greener one — will define the post-pandemic world.

#budgets-and-budgeting, #climate-change, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #epidemics, #european-union, #fuel-emissions-transportation, #global-warming, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #politics-and-government, #regulation-and-deregulation-of-industry

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The New York Times 11:41 pm on April 21, 2020
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Don’t Celebrate Earth Day. Fight for It.

The 1970 gathering ushered in significant achievements in protecting our environment. Now Trump is destroying them.

#air-pollution, #clean-air-act, #coal, #earth-day, #environment, #environmental-protection-agency, #fuel-emissions-transportation, #global-warming, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #mercury-metal, #trump-donald-j, #united-states, #wheeler-andrew-r

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The New York Times 10:08 pm on March 30, 2020
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Trump Administration, in Biggest Environmental Rollback, to Announce Auto Pollution Rules

The Trump administration has finalized new fuel efficiency standards, lowering expectations from 54 miles per gallon by 2025 to 40 miles a gallon by 2030.

#automobiles, #environment, #fuel-efficiency, #fuel-emissions-transportation, #global-warming, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government

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