EPA allows California to regulate car gases linked to climate change
By | Published: June 30, 2009
International Business Times: "EPA finds that California continues to have a need for its motor vehicle emissions program, including the greenhouse gas standards," the agency said in a statement today. The new standards will be effective immediately in California and 13 more states and the District of Columbia. The regulations require automakers to raise the fuel economy of cars and trucks sold in the state by 40 percent over the next seven years, to an average of 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016. "This …
EPA allows California to regulate car gases linked to climate change
International Business Times: "EPA finds that California continues to have a need for its motor vehicle emissions program, including the greenhouse gas standards," the agency said in a statement today. The new standards will be effective immediately in California and 13 more states and the District of Columbia. The regulations require automakers to raise the fuel economy of cars and trucks sold in the state by 40 percent over the next seven years, to an average of 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016. "This …
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