EPA's auto decision hurts state's efforts
Associated Press
Saturday, March 1, 2008
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The Environmental Protection Agency's decision to block California's crackdown on auto emissions is hampering efforts by Colorado to reduce greenhouse gases, an environmental group said Friday.
"The EPA has turned a blind eye to science, law and the critical role that the states are playing in tackling global warming," said Keith Hay, energy advocate for Environment Colorado.
EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson in December denied California a waiver from federal rules that would have allowed the state to adopt a first-of-its-kind greenhouse gas cap on vehicles.
Johnson said Friday that problems with global warming aren't unique to California, so a waiver wasn't justified.
Twelve other states had adopted California's restrictions, and Gov. Bill Ritter planned to approve them.
Colorado car dealers have said their industry would suffer if the state sets tougher emissions standards rather than offer incentives to consumers.
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Posted by rwmorrisonjr on March 1, 2008 at 8:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)
This is one small victory in the fight against the global warming hysteria that's swept the country. Mr. Hay says that the EPA has turned a blind eye to science, yet he and his kind continue to do the same to the latest studies that show that man-made global warming doesn't exist, and that the earth is actually starting to cool.
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