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Differences * USA - Feds: Dismiss state tailpipe ruling
Justice Department officials contend U.S. law overrules Vermont decision
Washington,DC,USA -Associated Press/The Detroit News, by Ken Thomas -April 18, 2008: -- The Bush administration, in support of the auto industry, has urged a federal appeals court to set aside a ruling by a federal judge that said states have the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles... The Justice Department, in a friend-of-the-court brief filed late Wednesday, said the ruling in Vermont should be dismissed because the case was dependent upon California receiving a waiver from the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce vehicle greenhouse gas emissions... The government argued that federal law pre-empts state rules in the regulation of fuel economy standards, and Vermont's rules were contingent upon EPA granting California the exemption...
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