Automakers contest California&#39;s tough vehicle emissions rules
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FRESNO, Calif. Automobile manufacturers filed a lawsuit today in Fresno to block California&#39;s tough vehicle emissions standards.
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California regulators yesterday approved the nation&#39;s first limits on greenhouse gas produced by automobiles, requiring an average 30 percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions from new cars and light trucks by 2016.
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The world&#39;s biggest automakers, GM and Toyota, have taken different routes so far to developing cleaner vehicles but agree there is no one way to achieving lower fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 2 -- California, joined by 15 other states led by New York, sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday over its refusal to allow the state to set its own, tougher vehicle-emissions standards to control greenhouse gases and combat global warming.
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California sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday for denying its first-in-the-nation greenhouse gas limits on cars, trucks and SUVs, challenging the Bush administration's conclusion that states have no business setting emission standards.
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California air regulators Friday unanimously approved the world'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 air-quality regulators  on Friday adopted the nation's first-ever rules to reduce car  emissions linked to global warming, an action likely to prompt  tough pollution standards in other states and a legal challenge  by the auto industry.
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California's attorney general on Wednesday sued the six largest U.S. and Japanese automakers, including GM, Ford and Toyota, for damages related to greenhouse gas emissions.
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California air regulators yesterday took up the world&#39;s most ambitious rules to reduce car emissions that contribute to global warming - an effort that could have a sweeping effect on how the country fights vehicle pollution.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.  - Members of the board of  Calpers, the biggest U.S. pension fund, voted on Monday to  demand that major car makers meet with them to defend their  lawsuit against California's new air quality regulations to  reduce exhaust emissions from cars and trucks.
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California on Wednesday sued six   of the world's largest automakers, including General Motors   Corp. GM.N and Toyota Motor Corp. 7203.T, over global   warming, charging that greenhouse gases from their vehicles   have caused billions of dollars in damages.
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BRUSSELS -- The European Commission proposed yesterday binding rules to require carmakers to cut carbon dioxide emissions for new cars, provoking criticism from the European automobile industry as well as from environmentalists who said the regulations did not go far enough.
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Automakers and their allies have stepped up lobbying to convince states that a proposal by California to cut tailpipe emissions sharply to fight global warming could further depress the struggling U.S. industry.
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By ERICA WERNER  WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will rule by the end of the year on California's long-standing petition to implement greenhouse gas reductions on automobiles.  The law can't take effect unless California gets a federal waiver.
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California air regulators Friday unanimously approved the world&#39;s most stringent rules to reduce auto emissions that are believed to contribute to global warming.
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California air-quality regulators have adopted the nation&#39;s first-ever rules to reduce car emissions linked to global warming, an action likely to prompt tough
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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