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CELAN AIR WAIVER * USA - EPA deletes portions of documents turned over in greenhouse gas case
Invoking executive privilege, the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday refused to provide lawmakers with a full explanation of why it rejected California's greenhouse gas regulations
Sacramento,CAL,USA -AP/NY Daily News -January 19, 2008: -- California needs a federal waiver under the Clean Air Act to implement its tailpipe rules, which would force automakers to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent in new cars and light trucks by 2016, with reductions starting in the 2009 model year... At least 16 other state also want to implement the regulations... Earlier this month, California and 15 other states sued the EPA in a bid to force the agency to review its decision... The EPA informed Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., that many of the documents she had requested contained internal deliberations or attorney-client communications that would not be shared now with Congress... More than a week after a deadline set by Boxer, the agency gave her environmental committee a box of papers with large portions of the relevant documents deleted, Boxer said... The documents provided Friday by the EPA omitted key details, including a presentation that Senate aides said predicted EPA would lose a lawsuit if it went to court for denying California's waiver...
* Gov. to oppose Bush on tailpipe emissions
Washington,DC,USA -The Bennington Banner (VT,USA), by EVAN LEHMANN -19 Jan 200: -- Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas will testify before a Senate committee next week opposing the Bush administration's refusal to allow 16 states to reduce tailpipe emissions... The appearance by Douglas, a Republican, reflects a deep division between the governor, a three-time overnight guest of President Bush, and the administration regarding efforts to address global warming...
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