The Environmental Debate, Third Edition

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300 The Environmental Debate


2016 EPA imposes new fuel economy standards on 18-wheelers, buses, delivery trucks
and other heavy duty vehicles (which make up 5 percent of vehicles of vehicles on
road but account for 20 percent of CO 2 emissions).


Catastrophic flooding in Louisiana.


Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol aims to phase down the use of hydro-
fluorocarbons (HFCs).


Dakota Access Pipeline protests begin.


2017 President Donald Trump approves completion of Keystone XL and Dakota Access
Pipelines.


President Donald Trump withdraws from Paris Accords.

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