Friday: Siegelman Update; Talking Cheap
Submitted by: rba on Fri, 12/14/2007 - 05:09
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Scott Horton: Siegelman Update: The story is coming out.
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Richard Simon/LAT: Tighter fuel standards clear Senate
"Today we have hybrid cars, hydrogen cars, ethanol cars and fully electric cars. And now, after 30 years, we are on the brink of passing new fuel-economy standards."
Somebody get a giant tube of lipstick, 'cause our elected "leaders" just announced the world's biggest pig is comin' to town.
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Thank goodness for CA!!!
Pushing and shoving.....!!
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/563950.html Excerpt:
State gets a win on gas law - Judge rejects automakers' bid to block big cuts in emissions.
California won its legal battle against the world's automakers over global warming Wednesday. But the state still needs the Bush administration's permission to enforce a landmark greenhouse gas law that would dramatically improve vehicle fuel economy.
A federal judge in Fresno tossed out a lawsuit filed by the major automakers that tried to kill AB 1493, a state law requiring a 30 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from new motor vehicles by 2016. The law would force automakers to improve fuel economy by an estimated 38 percent, to an average 35 mpg.
The decision provides fresh momentum for California's closely watched crusade against climate change. Yet under federal law, the state can implement its own air pollution regulations only after receiving a waiver from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.