Calif. OKs Toughest Auto Emissions Rules
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LOS ANGELES - 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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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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By ruling against limits on mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants, the panel agreed with those who said the law required tighter, more expensive controls.
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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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Facing federal pressure over worsening air pollution, a state air quality commission on Sunday approved its first-ever statewide emissions controls on the booming oil and gas industry.
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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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The U.S. Senate approved compromise legislation on Thursday that would force automakers to produce vehicles that get sharply higher gasoline mileage by 2020, a cornerstone of efforts to reduce oil imports.
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The bill sets higher fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks by law for the first time in 32 years.
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The agency strikes down the state's tough new rules on carbon emissions, in a move environmentalists call a crippling setback
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SACRAMENTO, California  - California's Assembly   approved on Thursday a landmark bill backed by Gov. Arnold   Schwarzenegger to make the state the first in the United States   to cap man-made greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global   warming.
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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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In a move backers hope will   inspire other states to follow suit, California Gov. Arnold   Schwarzenegger signed a pioneering law on Wednesday aimed at   reducing the state's greenhouse gas emissions.
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By Chris Bowman, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  May 31--California's much-vaunted law restricting greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles won't make a dent in global warming, even if adopted worldwide, a group of automobile manufacturers declared Wednesday.
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A plan to require automakers to cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks by about 30 percent is expected to be approved on Thursday by the California Air Resources Board, backers and opponents said.
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A federal judge in Sacramento upheld a California law regulating greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks, another in a string of legal defeats for the auto industry this year.
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California made a bold move to curb   global warming by passing on Thursday the first bill in the   United States to cap man-made greenhouse gas emissions, an   action state leaders hope will be copied across the country.