California OKs Toughest Auto Emissions Rules
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California has adopted the world's first rules to reduce greenhouse emissions for autos, taking what supporters see as a dramatic step toward cleaning up the environment but also ensuring higher costs for drivers.    The rules may lead to sweeping changes in vehicles nationwide, especially if other states opt to follow California's example...
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By Nardone, Ralph On Nov. 16, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) submitted mercury emissions rules to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which will require stricter mercury emissions reductions for state-based industries.
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The Environmental Protection Agency issued rules yesterday that will dramatically cut toxic fumes from cars and trucks over the next 25 years.
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Southern California's smog-fighting agency went after emissions of the bovine variety Friday, adopting the nation's first rules to reduce air pollution from dairy cow manure.
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EPA officials told the agency's administrator that California had "compelling and extraordinary conditions" to justify a federal waiver allowing the state to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, according to excerpts of documents released Wednesday.
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By ED SEALOVER THE GAZETTE DENVER - Colorado's top legislative leaders asked the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday to approve California's tighter emissions standards for cars, which could open the door for a similar law to be passed here in 2008.
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The auto industry has decided to embrace the new fuel standards out of Washington. But it is still fighting tougher state laws.
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The California Air Resources Board on Friday approved a regulation to require that automakers sell vehicles with reduced emissions of heat-trapping gases by 2009, a move opposed by car companies that could eventually add more than $1,000 to the price of a
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Los Angeles -- The California Air Resources Board, defying the auto industry, voted unanimously Friday to fight global warming by adopting landmark regulations that will reduce tailpipe carbon dioxide emissions.
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Toyota, General Motors and seven other automakers filed suit on Tuesday to block California&#39;s new greenhouse gas regulation, which was approved by the state in its final form in September.
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Washington state should adopt  California's vehicle emission standards, including new  greenhouse rules attacked by auto makers, Gov. Gary Locke said  on Wednesday.
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A federal judge in Vermont gave the first legal endorsement today to laws in 14 states that aim to reduce greenhouse gases emitted by automobiles.
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California today sued the EPA today for blocking a law that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions in its cars at a stricter rate than the federal Clean Air Act standards. Fifteen other states have joined California in the lawsuit.
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Vermont and several other states scored a victory on Wednesday in their battle to get automakers to comply with rules aimed at reducing global warming
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By ERICA WERNER  WASHINGTON - The Transportation Department acknowledged Tuesday encouraging members of Congress to weigh in with the EPA on California's request to implement global warming controls on automakers.
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The House of Delegates overwhelmingly approved legislation yesterday that could make Maryland the 12th state to force carmakers to slash emissions thought to cause global warming.
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Nine automakers, led by Toyota and General Motors, have sued to block California&#39;s new greenhouse gas regulation, which would require a 30 percent cut in emissions from cars and trucks sold in the state by 2016.