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EPA rejects states' greenhouse-gas limits on cars

The Bush administration Wednesday derailed an attempt by California and 12 other states to enact the nation's first greenhouse gas-limits on new vehicles, according to USA Today.

The efforts by states to regulate carbon-dioxide emissions that are considered a prime cause of climate change are not necessary in light of the energy bill just signed into law by President Bush, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency said.

Posted by Peter C. T. Elsworth  at 11:18 AM to Environment , Government regulations | Permalink

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