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| California sues EPA over refusal to let state limit greenhouse gases
California sues EPA over refusal to let state limit greenhouse gases
1/3/08 Quote:
California sued the Bush administration on Wednesday, Jan. 2, over federal officials' refusal to allow the state to enforce its law limiting vehicle emissions of gases that contribute to global warming, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Attorney General Jerry Brown announced the lawsuit against the EPA, which was joined by 15 other states, at a news conference.
The EPA said Dec. 19 that it denied California's request to implement clean-air standards stricter than federal rules. The federal Clean Air Act allows California, because of its smog problems, to exceed nationwide air-quality rules if the state obtains a waiver from the EPA, which had not denied any of the state's applications since the law took effect more than 30 years ago.
Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson noted that President Bush had just signed a law increasing gas mileage standards for cars and trucks and said a nationwide approach to controlling greenhouse gases was preferable to state-by-state regulation. Johnson also said the state didn't qualify for a waiver because greenhouse gases were not unique to California.
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