California Sues EPA in Attempt to Tighten Car Emission Rules

November 12, 2007

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The state of California sued the federal government last week, insisting that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency quit stalling and issue a waiver that will authorize the state to enforce its emission standards on cars and other light vehicles, the L.A. Times reported.

The state-adopted standards seek to cut California carbon emissions by one-fourth by 2020, the Times reported.

"There's no legal basis for Washington to stand in our way," said California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger while announcing the lawsuit with California Attorney General Jerry Brown.

California and some other states have requested an EPA waiver that will authorize them to enforce their own emission limits. Those state regulations, which would take effect as early as 2009, cannot be enforced without an OK from the Bush administration. Under the Clean Air Act, California has special rights to adopt its own pollution controls. Other states, in turn, have the option of adopting California's emission standards if they want tougher controls than those outlined in federal rules. But they need the federal waiver to enforce those state rules.

They are all IDIOTS!!! Used to be that you could order a car with or without floor mats and mud flaps. NOW, if they get their way, you will have to order a California car or a Maine car and if Detroit is not making Maine CARS - then you can't have one!  These are the same prople who say it is okay to be "able to buy" a diesel pick up that gets 11 mpg but will not allow a VW TDI that gets 45 mpg to be sold. THIS IS MORE OF THE SAME BASSACKWARD THINKING THAT PASSES FOR GOVERNMENT.

From Maine where "life is as it should be" BUT they didn't ask me on this one.

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