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EPA Claims ‘Overwhelming Rejection’ of EVs as It Moves to Loosen Air Pollution Rules

A proposed rule would give auto manufacturers until 2029 to meet smog and particulate matter emissions standards while the agency reconsiders the requirements altogether.

By Anika Jane Beamer

Used EVs sit on a sales lot on March 30 in West Covina, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces the continuation of congestion pricing on Jan. 5, the program’s first anniversary. Credit: Noam Galai/Getty Images

Judge Rejects Trump Administration’s Plan to End NYC Congestion Pricing

By Lauren Dalban

Vehicles move along Interstate 210 on Wednesday in Pasadena, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Trump Administration Terminates Fuel Economy Standards

By Arcelia Martin

Vehicles drive along highway 101 on May 19 in San Francisco. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

EPA Plan to End Greenhouse Gas Regulations, Expected Imminently, Will Harm Human Health, Experts Say

By Amy Green

A blanket of smog covers downtown Los Angeles as seen from Mulholland Drive in 1984. Credit: UCLA Library, Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ignoring Federal Law, House GOP Targets California’s Nation-Leading Vehicle Pollution Rules

By Liza Gross

Maryland's climate action plans include reducing transportation-related emissions under the Advanced Clean Fleets program. Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Harsh Realities Confront Maryland and Its Bold Climate Plans

By Aman Azhar

A view of traffic on California State Route 91 in Yorba Linda on Aug. 28. In its wish list for the incoming Trump administration, API asked to repeal the tailpipe and fuel economy standards for cars and trucks. Credit: Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

Oil Industry Asks Trump to Repeal Major Climate Policies

By Nicholas Kusnetz

A commuter wears a “slightly satiric” gas mask in Los Angeles in 1966. By the 1940s, smog from vehicle exhaust had gotten so bad that the county formed the nation’s first air pollution control district. Credit: Herald Examiner Collection/Los Angeles Public Library

California Slashed Harmful Vehicle Emissions, but People of Color and Overburdened Communities Continue to Breathe the Worst Air

By Liza Gross

Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivers remarks to the media following the adjournment of the 2024 Virginia General Assembly on March 14 in Richmond, Va. Credit: Minh Connors/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Youngkin Pledges to Decouple Virginia from California Vehicle Emissions Standards by End of 2024

By Sarah Vogelsong

A Shell gas station sign displays high prices on Sept. 17, 2023 in Los Angeles. Credit: Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Potential Changes to Alternate-Fuel Standards Could Hike Gas Prices in California. Critics See a ‘Regressive Tax’ on Low-Income Communities

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

Vehicles travel along Interstate 80 on Jan. 16 in Berkeley, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Vehicle Carbon Pollution Would Be Cut, But More Slowly, Under New Biden Rule

By Marianne Lavelle

The Linden Cogeneration Plant is seen in Linden, N.J. The EPA said it will delay action on the more than 2,000 existing natural gas plants that are now responsible for 43 percent of the sector’s greenhouse gas pollution. Credit: Kena Betancur/VIEWpress

Climate Rules Reach Finish Line, in Weakened Form, as Biden Races Clock

By Marianne Lavelle

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