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Automotive suppliers face many of the same issues that have bedeviled the industry throughout 2021, as well as a host of all-new challenges. The relative stability in the global supply chain that the automotive industry enjoyed for many years is unlikely to be restored.

In 2022, automotive suppliers face many of the same issues that have bedeviled the industry throughout 2021, as well as a host of all-new challenges. Unfortunately, as with many aspects...

Monday, April 26, 2021 Last week, among many actions taken by the Biden-Harris Administration on Earth Day 2021, one may have flown under the proverbial radar, though it does have significant legal implications for greenhouse gas regulation and the whole-of-government(s) approach:  the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) notice proposing to repeal the preemption portions of NHTSA’s 2019 rule entitled “The Safer Afford...

SEER Administration Tracker A collection of changes made under the Biden Administration that relate to environmental, energy, and resource issues. Members of the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (SEER) regularly update this resource, which provides practitioners with the latest updates. Changes are categorized by topic. Topics include: environment (general updates), air quality/climate, chemicals and contamination, energy, natural resources, and water. Share: The DOI applau...

Thursday, January 28, 2021 The auto industry has been planning for the impact on a change in administration on many fronts.  As previously discussed, the new administration has a strong focus on environmental policy, and is expected to make sweeping changes.  What is potentially in store for the auto industry?  The first few days in office provide clues to what will be coming. A week into office, the Biden administration has made the following moves, among others pertinent to the ...

Biden Orders Immediate Confrontation of Climate Crisis On Jan. 20, President Joe Biden signed an executive order entitled, “Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis.” It establishes the Biden administration’s commitment to immediately work to confront both the causes and impacts of climate change by implementing policy guided by science. The order rolls back many actions taken by the Trump administration to loosen environmental standa...

1209 views As a favor to the community Im posting President Bidens order to agencies to undertake a review of Trump era environmental regulations. Yesterday was also an important day for Mother Nature and the nation. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously tossed the Trump administrations replacement for Obamas Clean Power Plan (CPP) back to EPA. The Agency will now be coming out with some version of the CPP.  Look for my continuing comments on these and other ...

The car-making industry has found itself split amid a legal dispute over air pollution standards between those that support Donald Trump and those that dont.