WASHINGTON — The Biden administration proposed June 15 that future planes produce lower levels of greenhouse gas emissions before they can be certified by federal regulators.
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Government, Business, Equipment, Fuel, Logistics 
Boeing says its 777X is already planned to deliver 10% lower fuel use and emissions and 10% lower operating costs than the competition. (Boeing.com)
FAA Says Future Planes Will Need to Reduce Carbon Emissions
Boeing says its 777X is already planned to deliver 10% lower fuel use and emissions and 10% lower operating costs than the competition. (Boeing.com) Government, Business, Safety, Fuel 
A refinery in Richmond, Calif. Oil refiners and other companies have spent more than $19 billion over the years on auctioned permits to emit greenhouse gases. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)
California Falls Short in Fight to Curb Emissions
A refinery in Richmond, Calif. Oil refiners and other companies have spent more than $19 billion over the years on auctioned permits to emit greenhouse gases. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)California’s carbon market was supposed to be a model for the U.S., harnessing the power of capitalism to fight climate change in the world’s fifth-biggest economy. But nearly 10 years after “cap and trade” began, there’s little proof the system has had much direct impact on curbing planet-warming pollutants.
May 11, 2022 Government, Business, Safety 
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Al Drago/Bloomberg News)
SEC Plan Would Require Climate-Change Risk Disclosures
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Al Drago/Bloomberg News)Companies will need to reveal detailed information about their greenhouse gas pollution under a proposed U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission plan, marking a major shift in how corporations must show they are dealing with climate change.
March 21, 2022 Government, Business, Fuel 
President Joe Biden will welcome Detroit automakers to the White House on Aug. 5. (Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg News)
Automakers to Join Biden on Emission Cuts, EV Sales Goals
President Joe Biden will welcome Detroit automakers to the White House on Aug. 5. (Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg News)The Biden administration plans to announce new limits on greenhouse gas auto emissions and new electric-vehicle sales targets at an event with Detroit automakers at the White House on Aug. 5, according to several people familiar with the matter.
August 4, 2021 Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel 
Dana's headquarters in Maumee, Ohio. (Dana Holding Corp.)
PFG, Dana Both Advance Sustainability Measures
Dana's headquarters in Maumee, Ohio. (Dana Holding Corp.)A leading private carrier and a tier one supplier recently each announced additional sustainability goals.
July 12, 2021 Government, Business, Fuel 
An oil well pump jack operated by Chevron Corp. in San Ardo, Calif. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)
Congress Reinstates Obama Methane Rule for Oil, Gas Wells
An oil well pump jack operated by Chevron Corp. in San Ardo, Calif. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)The House voted June 25 to rescind a Trump-era rule blocking the Environmental Protection Agency from directly limiting oil industry emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane, a move that would restore requirements imposed by the Obama administration while freeing the agency to craft new more stringent rules for the oil and gas industry.
June 25, 2021 Government, Business, Technology, Fuel 
A dairy cow fitted with a wearable methane reducing mask, developed by Zelp Ltd. (Hollie Adams/Bloomberg News)
Cargill Backs Cow Masks to Trap Methane Burps
A dairy cow fitted with a wearable methane reducing mask, developed by Zelp Ltd. (Hollie Adams/Bloomberg News)Agriculture giant Cargill Inc. will start selling methane-absorbing wearable devices for cows, putting its support behind an experimental technology that could help the industry cut greenhouse gas emissions.
June 1, 2021 Government, Business, Technology, Fuel 
Congestion on a California highway. (McCaig/Getty Images)
Biden Moves to Restore California’s Power to Fight Vehicle Pollution
Congestion on a California highway. (McCaig/Getty Images)The Biden administration on April 26 took a key step toward restoring California’s power to limit greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles and overturn a Trump-era policy that pitted the federal government against a state seeking to eventually ban conventional gas-powered cars.
April 26, 2021 Government, Business, Safety 
State Route 99 in Fresno, Calif. CARB is presenting its own NOx rule to its board as soon as this spring. (Gary Kazanjian/Associated Press)
CARB Ahead of EPA in Bid to Establish NOx Rule for Heavy Trucks
State Route 99 in Fresno, Calif. CARB is presenting its own NOx rule to its board as soon as this spring. (Gary Kazanjian/Associated Press)More than a year ago, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials announced the agency’s Cleaner Trucks Initiative, an effort to work closely with the California Air Resources Board to develop a more stringent “harmonized” nitrogen oxide-emissions rule for heavy trucks.
January 23, 2020 Government, Business, Fuel 
Drivers fuel their trucks at a Pilot Flying J in Shepherdsville, Ky. Improving fuel efficiency is an important step in meeting climate goals, the National Academy of Sciences report said. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
Report Urges Trucking Regulators to Evaluate Fuel-Efficiency, GHG Emissions Standards
Drivers fuel their trucks at a Pilot Flying J in Shepherdsville, Ky. Improving fuel efficiency is an important step in meeting climate goals, the National Academy of Sciences report said. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)A new study by the National Academy of Sciences urges federal regulators to conduct an “interim evaluation” of the federal medium- and heavy-duty truck Phase 2 greenhouse gas and economy rule with an eye toward more stringent standards.
October 24, 2019