Pchan 5,162 Report post Posted January 3, 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7169200.stm California is suing the US federal government, in an attempt to force car makers to conform to tougher cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. California wants car emissions cut by 30% over the next eight years The lawsuit comes after the federal Environmental Protection Agency denied California a waiver from US law needed to enact its own efficiency targets. The Epa says it wants to avoid a confusing patchwork of different regulations across states. But California says the Epa has "done nothing" to curb greenhouse gases. Fifteen other states or state agencies are set to join the action. California Attorney General Jerry Brown filed the suit in the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Wednesday. It challenged the Epa's denial of California's request to implement its own emissions law - which would require a 30% reduction in motor vehicle greenhouse gas emissions by 2016 by improving fuel efficiency standards. Melting snowpack For years, California has been allowed to set its own environmental targets in recognition of the "compelling and extraordinary conditions" the state faces - and the Epa has never before denied California a waiver request. California claims it faces dangerous consequences from global warming, including to its mountain snowpack, which supplies a third of the state's drinking water, and to miles of coastline and levees threatened by rising sea levels. "The Epa has done nothing at the national level to curb greenhouse gases and now it has wrongfully and illegally blocked California's landmark tailpipe emissions standards, despite the fact that 16 states have moved to adopt them," said Attorney General Brown in a statement. He said he was aware the legal challenge could turn into a "long fight". But the Epa says new energy legislation signed by President George W Bush will provide a far more effective approach to reducing greenhouse gases than a patchwork of state regulations. Fifteen other states or state agencies said on Wednesday that they plan to intervene in support of California's action. They are: Massachusetts, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington. 1 Ladywriter reacted to this I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ladywriter 7,783 Report post Posted January 3, 2008 :happy:w00t!!!!!!!! Look at the flowers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HKofsesshoumaru 673 Report post Posted January 3, 2008 Emission testing is a pain I admit, but if see the nasty ass haze over the city pf Phoenix you would appreciate clean air. If Prescott had better wages I would still be there. I love the air up there. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "Well, Toutousai...don't you think it's a pity for Tessaiga? All Inuyasha can do is wave about a sword with all his strength...it's the same whether it's a famous sword or a log." -Sesshoumaru Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vincent 2,861 Report post Posted January 15, 2008 what? so the EPA won't let California implement it's own LOWER standards of emmissions? That seems contradictory to what the EPA is supposed represent. But can you save me? From the ranks of the freaks who could never love anyone... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
