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Law Practice

Feb. 25, 2009

EPA Reconsiders California's Request to Enact Stricter Emissions Standards

The Obama administration began a formal process this month to reconsider granting California a long-stalled waiver to enact strict vehicle greenhouse gas standards, sending a signal that the state could move ahead with its landmark law as soon as this spring.

By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - The Obama administration began a formal process this month to reconsider granting California a long-stalled waiver to enact strict vehicle greenhouse gas standards, sending a signal that the state could move ahead with its landmark law as soon as this spring.

If allowed to take effect, the law, which would require a 30 percent reduction in tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions by 2016, would force...

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