Emissions study backfires.
Byline: The Register-Guard A government-sponsored report released last week should make it harder for the Bush administration to pursue its retrograde strategy of preventing Oregon and nine other states from adopting tough vehicle emissions standards similar to those in place in California. That's not what...

Let the lawsuits fly.
Byline: The Register-Guard If ever a federal agency deserved to be sued for failing to serve the American public, it's the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which has stonewalled California for nearly two years on its request for a waiver allowing the state to impose stricter limits on...

It'll take gas to go to hearing on emissions.
Byline: Diane Dietz The Register-Guard Want to speak your piece on Gov. Ted Kulongoski's controversial proposal to sharply reduce auto emiss- ions? You'll have to burn some gas - and spew at least a little pollution - to get to a public hearing, because the...

The crafting of the National Low-Emission Vehicle program: a private contract theory of public rulemaking.
I. INTRODUCTION Under the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 ("CAA"),(1) the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("U.S. EPA" or "EPA") is expressly prohibited from enforcing more stringent motor vehicle emissions standards until the year 2004.(2) However, Congress granted the State of California a preemption...

California's AB 1493: trendsetting or setting ourselves up to fail?
On July 22, 2002, California's state legislature courageously stepped deeper into the national economic and political minefield of automobile emissions regulation. California once again thrust itself into the forefront of environmental legislation by enacting Assembly Bill 1493 (AB 1493), a law directly aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from...

Simple tips to a cleaner engine.
The Clean Air Act of 1999 (Republic Act 8749), requires all motor vehicles, whether old or new to undergo vehicle emissions testing prior to registration. The Clean Air Act sets standards for the allowable pollutant levels a vehicle must emit, given its size, weight and engine displacement,...

We have ways to make you green ... five secrets of successful social marketing.
REFERRED TO AS a "mass persuasion exercise," Al Gore's Live Earth was by far the biggest, boldest and loudest environmental public education event ever created. Over 100 musical acts, performed on seven continents, attracted two-billion viewers within 24 hours. Undeniably, it was an incredible feat. But did the celebrity...

Now you see it, now you don't.
Former New York City Mayor John Lindsay once quipped that he didn't "trust air he couldn't see." Now, people in urban areas across the nation can see their air and are anything but sanguine about it. Since passage of the original 1970 Clean Air Act and its...

Mitsubishi 'i' gets 5-star eco rating.
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced that the oio concept test car it will be showing as a world premiere at the 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show achieved maximum 5-Star ratings (lowest environmental impact) in fuel consumption and emissions testing conducted July 31 to August 5 at the ADAC1 TechnikZentrum technology...

CLF needs your help bringing zero emission vehicles to New England.
THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR is one of the largest --and fastest growing--sources of air pollution in the Northeast. Tailpipe emissions account for 30 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions in the region--well above the national average. They also account for a third of all ground-level ozone-forming pollutants that can cause...