: an outlet by which engine exhaust gases are expelled from a vehicle (such as an automobile or jet aircraft)
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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.
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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
Republican lawmakers are attempting to overturn the twin pillars of the Biden administration’s climate platform: tax credits for electric vehicles and the Environmental Protection Agency’s new rules to curb tailpipe emissions.
—Umar Shakir, The Verge, 6 May 2024
Federal regulations also are putting pressure on automakers to make significant cuts to tailpipe emissions.
—The Indianapolis Star, 25 Apr. 2024
This March, the agency implemented stricter rules to reduce tailpipe emissions from passenger vehicles.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 24 Apr. 2024
Those rules relax initial tailpipe limits proposed last year but get close to the same strict standards set out by the EPA for model year 2032.
—Matthew Daly, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2024
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
Republican lawmakers are attempting to overturn the twin pillars of the Biden administration’s climate platform: tax credits for electric vehicles and the Environmental Protection Agency’s new rules to curb tailpipe emissions.
—Umar Shakir, The Verge, 6 May 2024
Federal regulations also are putting pressure on automakers to make significant cuts to tailpipe emissions.
—The Indianapolis Star, 25 Apr. 2024
This March, the agency implemented stricter rules to reduce tailpipe emissions from passenger vehicles.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 24 Apr. 2024
Those rules relax initial tailpipe limits proposed last year but get close to the same strict standards set out by the EPA for model year 2032.
—Matthew Daly, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2024
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“Tailpipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tailpipe. Accessed 17 May. 2024.
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