car emissions

Car owners have been unable to get emissions testing done on their vehicles since Tuesday, according to the Department of Motor Vehicles. The DMV was notified Tuesday by the state’s vehicle inspection vendor, Applus Technologies, that it was experiencing a system outage and could not perform emissions testing. It is a nationwide outage and the vendor is working to...

The Trump administration on Wednesday moved to topple California as a leading voice against climate change, charging in a federal lawsuit that the state exceeded its constitutional authority by joining with a Canadian province in a program to cut climate-damaging fossil fuel emissions.

California will no longer have the authority to set tougher fuel economy standards if the White House plan succeeds. 19 states have already announced plans to challenge the administration in court — leaving automakers like Ford, Toyota, and Volkswagen unsure whether or not to proceed with billions of dollars in investments in the technology needed to improve fuel efficiency, NBC News reported.

Even as President Trump pulls back on regulations governing car emissions, part of a broader policy of overturning environmental protections enacted by the Obama administration, California is determinedly headed in the opposite direction with stricter rules it alone is authorized to enact. During a visit to Detroit last month, Trump halted the imposition of standards that would cut car emissions...

Days after President Donald Trump announced that his administration will re-examine federal requirements that govern the fuel efficiency of cars and trucks, Connecticut’s attorney general says he plans to file a motion against any plan to roll back on emissions standards.