Proceedings challenging the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's rule preempting state limits on tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions and zero-emission vehicle mandates and EPA's withdrawal of California's waiver.

Union of Concerned Scientists v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Litigation

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motion

National Coalition for Advanced Transportation v. EPA - motion

Filing Year For Action

National Coalition for Advanced Transportation v. EPA

petition for review

Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA - petition for review

Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA

Advanced Energy Economy v. EPA - petition for review

Advanced Energy Economy v. EPA

City & County of San Francisco v. Wheeler - petition for review

City & County of San Francisco v. Wheeler

statement of issues

Calpine Corp. v. EPA - statement of issues

Calpine Corp. v. EPA - petition for review

Calpine Corp. v. EPA

Sierra Club v. EPA - statement of issues

Sierra Club v. EPA - petition for review

Sierra Club v. EPA

National Coalition for Advanced Transportation v. EPA - petition for review

South Coast Air Quality Management District v. EPA - petition for review

South Coast Air Quality Management District v. EPA

California v. Wheeler - statement of issues

motion to intervene

California v. Wheeler - motion to intervene

California v. Wheeler - petition for review

California v. Wheeler

order

Parties Dismissed Challenges to Trump Administration Actions to Preempt State Vehicle Standards

stipulation

Union of Concerned Scientists v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - stipulation

response

Union of Concerned Scientists v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - response

Courts Holding Challenges to Trump-Era Vehicle Standards and Policies in Abeyance While Challenges to Biden Reversals Proceed

Union of Concerned Scientists v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - motion

States Urged D.C. Circuit to Consider Constitutionality of California’s Clean Air Act Waiver

notice

Union of Concerned Scientists v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - notice

Union of Concerned Scientists v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - order

status report

Union of Concerned Scientists v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - status report

D.C. Circuit Granted Biden Administration Motion for Abeyance in Cases Challenging Actions Preempting State Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Vehicles

reply

Union of Concerned Scientists v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - reply

opposition

Union of Concerned Scientists v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - opposition

Automotive Trade Group Withdrew from Cases

GM, Nissan Withdrew from Defense of Rule Preempting State Low-Carbon Vehicle Standards

brief

Union of Concerned Scientists v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - brief

amicus brief

Union of Concerned Scientists v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - amicus brief

Brief Filed in Support of EPA and NHTSA’s Actions Restricting State Authority to Regulate Vehicle Emissions

Opening Briefs Challenged Lawfulness of EPA and NHTSA’s Actions to Restrict California and Other States’ Authority to Regulate Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Petitioners Sought More Time for Briefing in Challenge to Vehicle Standard Preemption Actions

Union of Concerned Scientists v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - Other

D.C. Circuit Declined to Speed Up or Slow Down Challenges to Withdrawal of California Waiver and Preemption of State Authority to Regulate Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Challengers Asked D.C. Circuit to Put Proceedings on Hold

Union of Concerned Scientists v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - statement of issues

EPA, DOT, and Automakers Sought to Speed Up Challenge to Vehicle Emission Standard Preemption Actions

Union of Concerned Scientists v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - motion to intervene

Union of Concerned Scientists v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - petition for review

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Risk is the potential for adverse consequences resulting from the dynamic interplay between (climate-related) hazards, exposure, and vulnerability of affected human or ecological systems.

Groups  of people who are adversely affected by climate change or the response to it

A set of principles, processes, and practices that build economic and political power to shift from an extractive economy to a regenerative economy.

Renewable energy means all forms of energy produced from renewable sources in a sustainable manner.

Area of the economy in which actors engage in identical or related activities.

In human systems, the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate change and its effects, in order to moderate harm, increase resilience or exploit beneficial opportunities. In natural systems, the process of adjustment to actual climate change and its effects; human intervention may facilitate adjustment to expected climate change and its effects.

The management and allocation of funds, assets and investments to meet various objectives

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Sierra Club v. EPA

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