Vehicle GHG Standards

Transportation accounts for nearly 30% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Reducing these emissions is not only a critical piece of combatting global warming, but also key to reducing harmful air pollutants that endanger people's health, especially in low-income communities and communities of color.

EPN Comments on EPA’s Proposal to Reduce Air Pollution from Heavy-duty Vehicles and Engines

EPN Presents Testimony on EPA’s Proposed Pollution Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles

EPN Applauds the Restoration of State Authority to Regulate Tailpipe Emissions

EPN Comments on EPA’s Proposed GHG Emissions Standards for Light-Duty Vehicles

EPN Presents Testimony on EPA’s Proposed GHG Emissions Standards for Light-Duty Vehicles

Reducing Air Emissions from Mobile Sources

EPN Issues Press Release as Trump Administration Finalizes Rule to Roll Back Clean Car Standards

EPN Presents Testimony on Rollback of Clean Car Standards at SAB Public Teleconference

EPN Submits Supplemental Technical Comments on Rollback of Clean Car Standards

Proposed Regulatory Rollback of Clean Car Standards

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Electric Trucks Can Fight Inflation – and Petro-State Dictators Like Putin

May 31, 2022 / by

Margo Oge /

Forbes

Margo Oge, former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, penned this op-ed about how significantly strengthening nitrogen oxide and greenhouse gas emissions standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks would have enormous public health benefits and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.

Air, Op-Eds, Stratospheric Ozone, Vehicle GHG Standards

EPA Restores California’s Power to Set Tighter Car-Pollution Standards

March 9, 2022 / by

Katy Stech Ferek /

The Wall Street Journal

Jeff Alson, former Senior Engineer and Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article about EPA’s decision to rescind the Trump-era withdrawal of the Clean Air Act waiver for California, restoring the state’s ability to set stricter vehicle emissions standards than those set by the federal government.

Air, Vehicle GHG Standards

EPA’s New Clean Car Standards: Good For the Environment, Consumers, And Auto Companies, Bad For Oil Companies

March 9, 2022 / by

Margo Oge /

Forbes

Margo Oge, former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, wrote this op-ed discussing the steps countries and automakers have made towards a transition to zero-emission vehicles, which helps reduce the world’s reliance on fossil fuel.

Air, Op-Eds, Vehicle GHG Standards

EPA Could Restore States’ Authority to Regulate Tailpipe Emissions

February 21, 2022 / by

Nadia Ramlagan /

Public News Service

Jeff Alson, former Senior Engineer and Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted and EPN was mentioned in this article about EPA’s expected reinstatement of a waiver that would allow states to set stricter vehicle emissions standards than those set by the federal government.