J_Adams: CARB Historical Events
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In response to
- The discovery of "Smog" in 1943.
- The recognition that the primary contributor to smog was vehicle emissions in the 1950s.
- The nation’s first tailpipe emissions standards for hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide (1966), oxides of nitrogen (1971), and particulate matter from diesel-fueled vehicles (1982);
- Catalytic converters, beginning in the 1970s;
- On-board diagnostic, or “check engine” light, systems, beginning with 1988 model-year cars;
- Zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) regulation (1990) that requires manufacturers to produce an increasing number of ZEVs;
- CARB initiated the Children's Environmental Health Protection Program in 200
- The nation’s first greenhouse gas emissions standards for cars (mandated by the Legislature in 2002 and approved by CARB in 2004); and
- California’s Advanced Clean Cars Program (2012), which reduces both conventional “criteria” and greenhouse gas pollutant emissions from automobiles.