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Plant Oil Powered Diesel Fuel Systems, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Transportation
Geography
Year
2012
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
About this case
Filing year
2012
Status
Petition for review filed.
Geography
Docket number
12-1427
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.)
Case category
Federal Statutory Claims (US) → Clean Air Act (US) → Industry Lawsuits (US) → Federal Vehicle Standards (US)
Principal law
United States → Clean Air Act (CAA)
At issue
Challenges to greenhouse gas emission standards for heavy-duty trucks and to greenhouse gas emission standards for model year 2012-2016 light-duty vehicles.
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Topics
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Documents
Filing Date
Document
Type
Topics
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10/23/2012
Petition for review filed.
A clean diesel company filed a lawsuit challenging EPA’s and the Department of Transportation’s joint fuel economy greenhouse gas emissions standards for passenger medium- and heavy-duty trucks. In particular, the lawsuit alleged that the regulations only measured greenhouse gases from the tailpipe and did not account for producing the fuels.
Petition
Summary
Challenges to greenhouse gas emission standards for heavy-duty trucks and to greenhouse gas emission standards for model year 2012-2016 light-duty vehicles.
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Group
Topics
Policy instrument
Fossil fuel
Greenhouse gas
Economic sector