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E.P.A. lays out rules to turbocharge sales of electric cars and trucks

The Biden administration is proposing rules to ensure that two-thirds of new cars and a quarter of new heavy trucks sold in the U.S. by 2032 are all-electric.
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E.P.A. crackdown on smokestacks
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E.P.A. tells dozens of states to clean up their smokestacks

The Biden administration is strengthening the ‘Good Neighbor’ rule, to cut pollution from power plants and factories in the West and Midwest that wafts east.
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California to ban the sale of new gasoline cars

California is expected to put into effect on Thursday its sweeping plan to prohibit the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035, a groundbreaking move that could have major effects on the effort to fight climate change and accelerate a global transition toward electric vehicles.

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Democrats designed the climate law to be a game changer. Here's how
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Democrats designed the climate law to be a game changer. Here's how

In a first, the measure legally defines greenhouse gases as pollution. That’ll make new regulations much tougher to challenge in court.
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Biden restores California's power to set stringent tailpipe rules
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Biden restores California's power to set stringent tailpipe rules

The state is expected to write strict auto pollution standards designed to significantly speed the transition to electric vehicles and influence new federal rules.
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California returns as climate leader, with help from the White House
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California returns as climate leader, with help from the White House

The Biden administration is restoring the state’s power to set its own limits on tailpipe pollution and is largely adopting the state’s rules regarding heavy trucks.
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Toyota led on clean cars. Now critics say it works to delay them
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Toyota led on clean cars. Now critics say it works to delay them

The auto giant bet on hydrogen power, but as the world moves toward electric the company is fighting climate regulations in an apparent effort to buy time.
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Trump targets Biden and Harris over hurricane response in Georgia visit

Trump targets Biden and Harris over hurricane response in Georgia visit

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Washington’s climate law faces opposition on the ballot

Washington’s climate law faces opposition on the ballot