Natural Gas Infrastructure Firm Seeks End To EPA Auto Rule Fuel Mandate

January 17, 2013
A natural gas vehicle (NGV) infrastructure firm is urging EPA to revise its light duty vehicle greenhouse gas rule to eliminate a requirement for NGVs to use twice the amount of natural gas compared to gasoline in order to win credit under the rule, arguing that the mandate will discourage investments in cleaner transport such as NGVs. Pennsylvania-based VNG Co. filed a Dec. 17 petition for reconsideration with EPA asking it to scrap language in the final model year 2017-2025...


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