Schwarzenegger Threatens to Sue EPA over Auto Air Standards

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"The state applied in 2005 for a waiver that would exempt California from the federal Clean Air Act, allowing it to more aggressively regulate greenhouse gases as air pollutants."

"California needs the waiver so it can implement a 2002 state law that would require automakers to reduce emissions by 25 percent from cars and light trucks and 18 percent from sport utility vehicles starting with the 2009 model year."

"The EPA had delayed acting on the state's request because the agency maintained it did not have the authority to regulate the gases that contribute to global warming."

http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/...cle_1670871.php

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"The EPA had delayed acting on the state's request because the agency maintained it did not have the authority to regulate the gases that contribute to global warming."

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Also from the article:

However, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that the EPA does have the authority to regulate greenhouse gases, a position that had long been rejected by the Bush administration.

On Tuesday, EPA Administrators Stephen Johnson told senators that he had begun the formal process of acting on California's request, scheduling a hearing May 22 in Washington and a public comment period that ends June 15.

But Johnson refused to say when the agency would issue a decision on California's request. "We will move expeditiously, but we are going to be moving responsibly," he told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

California's requests for Federal waivers, to implement new air quality requirements, have historically always been granted.

Bush, et al are dragging their feet, and are of course on the wrong side of this issue.

Harry