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"GREEN" NEWS * USA - Vermont trial over state vehicle emissions standards begins
VE,USA -Land Line Magazine -April 9, 2007: -- One week after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that carbon dioxide emissions can be regulated as a pollutant, a trial in Vermont is the first of several to decide whether states may adopt tougher emissions standards than allowed by the federal government... The Associated Press reported Monday that a civil suit filed in Vermont by “a coalition of automakers and car dealers” claims the best way to lower carbon dioxide emissions is to increase gas mileage for cars, trucks and SUVs... Environmental organizations and several states, however, believe their argument is bolstered by the Clean Air Act. That law, enacted in the 1970s, allowed California to require tougher emissions standards than the federal government... Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the EPA’s argument that the federal government’s fuel economy standards trumps state law simply because it is federal, and said it must regulate greenhouse gases unless it can find scientific reasoning not to do so... Joe Rajkovacz, regulatory affairs specialist for OOIDA, said emissions standards for automobiles are a prequel for restricting over-the-road diesel engines used in trucking...
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