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Due to a carve-out in the 1970 US Clean Air Act, California is the only US state that can set stricter emissions standards than the federal government. ... But while California’s pollution ...
A view of Los Angeles covered in smog. Pollution in California relates to the degree of pollution in the air, water, and land of the U.S. state of California.Pollution is defined as the addition of any substance (solid, liquid, or gas) or any form of energy (such as heat, sound, or radioactivity) to the environment at a faster rate than it can be dispersed, diluted, decomposed, recycled, or ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has signed off on two major California clean air rules designed to reduce pollution from cars and trucks, including a ban on selling new gasoline-powered ...
Inadequate gas quality can impact your car’s ability to pass a smog check, if the check engine light is due to incomplete combustion, according to Dillan. Reduced Fuel Efficiency
Tesoro's Anacortes Refinery at March Point in Puget Sound, southeast of Anacortes, Washington State. Having taken over BP installations, researchers at the Political Economy Research Institute identified Tesoro as being the 24th-largest corporate producer of air pollution in the United States, releasing roughly 3,740,000 lb (1,700 t) of toxic chemicals annually. [22]
Fuel additives in the United States are regulated under section 211 of the Clean Air Act (as amended in January 1995). The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires the registration of all fuel additives which are commercially distributed for use in highway motor vehicles in the United States, [8] and may require testing and ban harmful additives.
Created in 2009 under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, it aims to push California’s fuel supply away from gasoline toward biodiesel, hydrogen, electricity and other alternative fuels.
Amoco — United States, was used as a fuel grade until BP brought it back as a fuel brand in 2017; Aral — Germany, Luxembourg; Burmah — former gasoline brand used in the UK, Australia and Belgium; Sohio — former gasoline brand, now used as a marine fuel brand in Ohio; bft — Germany; Buc-ee's — United States; Budget Petrol ...