: an outlet by which engine exhaust gases are expelled from a vehicle (such as an automobile or jet aircraft)
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Rule-making to establish a legacy Besides the power plant rule, the EPA also issued separate rules targeting tailpipe emissions from cars and trucks and methane emissions from oil and gas drilling.
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Matthew Daly, Fortune, 24 May 2024
But, the National Academy of Science study suggests carbon emissions from using land to grow corn may negate, or even reverse, tailpipe emissions reductions.
—Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2024
To put that in context, that’s as much carbon pollution as comes out of the tailpipes of 6.6 million cars over the course of a year.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2024
Electrifying Cars The federal government’s most significant climate regulation, this rule by the Environmental Protection Agency is designed to slash tailpipe pollution.
—Coral Davenport, New York Times, 9 May 2024
The Department of Energy has frozen permits for liquified natural gas, issued strict rules on tailpipe emissions, and Biden’s signature legislation — the Inflation Education Act — is slated to create more than 271,000 new clean energy jobs.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 13 May 2024
After all, this city of boardwalks, boats and bicycle-taxis is refreshingly free of the gridlock, tailpipe fumes and claxons that plague most fast-growing Amazon cities.
—Mac Margolis, NPR, 12 May 2024
Separately, the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which represents petroleum refiners, has started to buy ads in nine battleground states urging Americans to fight Mr. Biden’s regulation on tailpipe emissions.
—Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 9 May 2024
The specific policy limits the amount of carbon emissions allowed from a car’s tailpipes.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 9 May 2024
Matthew Daly, Fortune, 24 May 2024
But, the National Academy of Science study suggests carbon emissions from using land to grow corn may negate, or even reverse, tailpipe emissions reductions.
—Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2024
To put that in context, that’s as much carbon pollution as comes out of the tailpipes of 6.6 million cars over the course of a year.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2024
Electrifying Cars The federal government’s most significant climate regulation, this rule by the Environmental Protection Agency is designed to slash tailpipe pollution.
—Coral Davenport, New York Times, 9 May 2024
The Department of Energy has frozen permits for liquified natural gas, issued strict rules on tailpipe emissions, and Biden’s signature legislation — the Inflation Education Act — is slated to create more than 271,000 new clean energy jobs.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 13 May 2024
After all, this city of boardwalks, boats and bicycle-taxis is refreshingly free of the gridlock, tailpipe fumes and claxons that plague most fast-growing Amazon cities.
—Mac Margolis, NPR, 12 May 2024
Separately, the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which represents petroleum refiners, has started to buy ads in nine battleground states urging Americans to fight Mr. Biden’s regulation on tailpipe emissions.
—Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 9 May 2024
The specific policy limits the amount of carbon emissions allowed from a car’s tailpipes.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 9 May 2024
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“Tailpipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tailpipe. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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