{"id":163518,"date":"2022-09-10T15:36:47","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T15:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=163518"},"modified":"2022-09-10T15:36:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T15:36:47","slug":"using-satellites-to-track-emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/business\/using-satellites-to-track-emissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Using satellites to track emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"

(CNN Business)<\/cite>California’s powerful Air Resources Board recently passed new regulations that essentially require all vehicles sold in the state to be electric, hydrogen-fueled or at least plug-in hybrid by the year 2035. What’s more, 17 other states have <\/strong>agreed to follow California’s lead, at least to some degree, <\/strong>in matters relating to air pollution, so many of those states could also adopt these requirements.<\/p>\n

A core part of federal emissions regulations since the early 1970s has been the so-called California Waiver. California, alone among all 50 US states, has the right to set its own auto emissions regulations. No other state can do that, but other states can, if they wish, choose to follow California’s emission standards instead of less stringent federal standards.
\nThe states that have followed California’s lead on emission standards tend to be more densely populated ones like New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts. But Nevada and New Mexico have also adopted them. Together these states account for well over a third of auto sales in the United States and about 40% of its population. It’s not clear that all these states will, like California, ban sales of cars without charging ports or hydrogen tanks after 2035 but, if even some do, that could represent a large portion of the country.<\/p>\n