Emissions Regulations

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Off-road Regulations to Impact Lubes

April 24, 2024

As regulators look to restrict greenhouse gas emissions from off-road heavy-duty vehicles, lubricants could contribute t ...

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EU Tightening Emissions Limits on Trucks

March 19, 2024

The European Parliament adopted automobile emissions rules that tighten emissions limits for heavy-duty vehicles while l ...

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EPA May Slow Emissions Clampdown

February 21, 2024

After pushback from automakers and unions, the United States Environmental Protection Agency may propose slowing the pac ...

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Ohio Shuns California Emissions Regulations

January 17, 2024

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed a bill into law last month that, effective March 28, prohibits a state agency from adop ...

Looser Euro 7 Headed for Approval

Looser Euro 7 Headed for Approval

December 19, 2023

The European Council and European Parliament reached a provisional agreement Monday to not make major changes to passeng ...

Carbon Footprint Methodology Validated

Carbon Footprint Methodology Validated

December 5, 2023

A Germany-based leading testing service provider validated a methodology co-developed by the Union of the European Lubri ...

EU Ready to Negotiate Euro 7 with Member States

EU Ready to Negotiate Euro 7 with Member States

November 21, 2023

The European Union Parliament this month adopted its negotiation position on Euro 7, the revamping of EU rules for type- ...

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California Adopts CO2 Reporting Mandate

October 25, 2023

California Governor Gavin Newsom finally signed into law a first-in-nation bill that requires large U.S. corporations to ...

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Legal Challenge to Minnesota Emissions Rule Falls

October 18, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court last week decided against reviewing a lawsuit first by the Minnesota Auto Dealers Association cha ...

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Product Carbon Footprint Methodology Published

October 17, 2023

After nine months of development, the Union of the European Lubricants Industry and the Technical Association of the Eur ...

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Several EU Members Propose Looser Euro 7

October 3, 2023

European Union member states last week agreed to push the bloc’s executive arm to relax Euro 7 automobile emissions re ...

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California Can Set Own Truck Emissions Rules

April 19, 2023

The United States Environmental Protection Agency granted California authority recently to begin requiring increasing pe ...

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EPA Proposes Tighter Emissions Standards

April 12, 2023

The U.S Environmental Protection Agency today proposed new, more stringent federal emissions standards for light-, mediu ...

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Eneos Calculates Product Carbon Footprints

March 24, 2023

Eneos joined with environmental consultancy Wastebox and IT specialists NTT Data to work out how to calculate the carbon ...

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EPA Tightens Heavy-duty Emissions Caps

December 28, 2022

United States President Joe Biden’s administration published a final rule last week tightening caps on heavy-duty truc ...

New Vehicle CO2 Emissions Drop in U.S.

New Vehicle CO2 Emissions Drop in U.S.

December 21, 2022

In model year 2021, the average estimated real-world carbon dioxide emission rate for all new vehicles sold in the Unite ...

Euro 7 Draft Lowers NOx Caps

Euro 7 Draft Lowers NOx Caps

November 15, 2022

The European Commission last week released a much-awaited draft of Euro 7, its next automobile emissions standard, focus ...