(The Center Square) — New Hampshire is appealing a federal court ruling ordering the state to continue its tailpipe emissions inspection and maintenance program despite a new law ending the program.
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A federal judge dealt one blow to the effort when he found the administration had violated the law in handpicking a panel to question climate science.
On Wednesday, just over a week after a U.S. District Court judge ordered New Hampshire to take all necessary steps to continue its vehicle inspection program, the New Hampshire Executive Council voted to let the state’s emissions testing contract expire. At an emergency meeting, the council voted, 3-2, against a 60-day extension to the state’s […]
(The Center Square) — New Hampshire drivers will still need to undergo vehicle emissions tests and get inspection stickers after a federal court judge temporarily blocked a law scrapping the program.
All this month, the expiration of New Hampshire’s vehicle inspection and maintenance program, which the Legislature voted last summer to terminate, was looming as Jan. 31 grew nearer. Then, a federal court hit pause. A preliminary injunction issued by the U.S. District Court Tuesday declared that the inspection program must continue, at least until another […]
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In bid to leave ozone pact, NH says ending emissions tests won’t worsen pollution. Some have doubts.
Earlier this year, the commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services cautioned lawmakers about potential air quality challenges and federal consequences the state could face if it moved to end mandatory vehicle emissions testing without approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Those consequences would take the form of sanctions up to the […]