Automakers rip Calif. emission rules
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The California Air Resources Board opened a two-day meeting Thursday to set a final plan to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions by 30 percent before 2016.
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FRESNO, Calif. -- Automobile manufacturers sued Tuesday to block California regulators from adopting the world&#39;s toughest vehicle-emissions standards, arguing in a lawsuit that the standards are the federal government&#39;s responsibility.
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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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The auto industry says it can't meet California's proposed C02 emissions regulations and argues the state has no authority to adopt them anyway. Proponents of the tougher regulations say the industry is blowing smoke.
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"The European Commission has let car makers drive away with a proposal that sets a weak, short-term standard ... and offers an open road to heavy, gas-guzzling vehicles"  Automobile manufacturers will have to limit car emissions in Europe by 2012 or face big fines, under proposals released Wednesday by the European Union. via MLive.com
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California air-quality regulators on Friday adopted the nation&#39;s first-ever rules to reduce car emissions linked to global warming, an action likely to prompt
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Japanese automakers produce the cleanest-burning vehicles and they were led in the 2003 model year by Honda Motor Co., while General Motors Corp. placed dead last, a U.S. environmental group said on Tuesday.
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California regulators approved a plan on Friday aimed at drastically reducing over the next 11 years the vehicle emissions of gases that scientists have linked to global warming.
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LOS ANGELES Sept. 25, 2004 - California has adopted the world&#39;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.
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Automobile manufacturers will have to limit car emissions in Europe by 2012 or face big fines, under proposals released Wednesday by the European Union.
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California beats back an automaker challenge to a law that requires new cars sold in the state to emit 30 percent less greenhouse gas by 2020.
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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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The six largest automakers asked a federal judge to toss out a lawsuit by California that accuses them of harming human health and the environment by producing vehicles that contribute to global warming.
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By LAURA KURTZMAN SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The six largest automakers asked a federal judge to toss out a lawsuit by California that accuses them of harming human health and the environment by producing vehicles that contribute to global warming.
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California air regulators Friday unanimously approved the world&#39;s most stringent rules to reduce auto emissions that contribute to global warming - a decision that could affect car and truck buyers from coast to coast.
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California is expected this week to order automakers to cut &quot;greenhouse gases&#39; from passenger cars, trucks and SUVs, becoming the first state in the nation to try to combat global warming.
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California air regulators on Thursday took up the world's most ambitious rules to reduce car emissions that contribute to global warming &#151; an effort that could have a sweeping effect on how the country fights vehicle pollution.