California studies tough emission rules
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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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California air regulators Friday unanimously approved the world's most stringent rules to reduce auto emissions that contribute to global warming &#151; a decision that could affect car and truck buyers from coast to coast.
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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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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 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 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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California will impose broad caps on its greenhouse-gas emissions under a landmark plan that marks a clear break with the federal government and which backers hope will become a national model.
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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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In a move backers hope will   change the U.S. approach to the problem of global warming,   California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a law on Wednesday   aimed at reducing the state's greenhouse gas 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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Led by California, 11 states are pushing hard to get pemission to set stricter standands than federal law requires.
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A federal judge in Vermont gave the first legal endorsement to rules in California, being copied in 13 other states, that intend to reduce greenhouse gases emitted by automobiles.
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U.S. automakers on Tuesday  challenged California's new air quality regulations to reduce  exhaust pipe emissions from cars and trucks.
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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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Automakers, SUV owners, and the federal government may balk at the state's latest effort to curb air pollution.
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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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FRESNO, Calif. -- Automobile manufacturers sued on Tuesday to block the world&#39;s toughest vehicle emissions standards, adopted by California regulators in September to cut greenhouse gases.